Sending your query letter directly to publishers
Many large publishers will not look at unagented material. However, this still leaves
many who will. And most will look at any letter that you care to send them. Because a
publisher can buy your book, and because you're likely to get a much faster response
from a publisher than you will from an agent, I recommend that in addition to sending
out your queries to agents, you also send them to publishers.
The best resource for finding publisher information online is
Writersmarket.com at http://www.writersmarket.com(^)
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