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Wouldn't surprise me... I don't want to take the back cover off and clean it though, in case I mess something up.
But you'll probably need an agent to get your foot in the door for any "big" publisher.
Nothing wrong with being a fantasy writer I mean, you can do a lot more with it then you can contemporary and get away with a lot more.
And yeah, I wasn't thinking when you said UF. I jumped straight into PNR...
I'm trying to figure out if there are any "big" UF publishers, but so far, I haven't really found any. It's starting to worry me a little bit.
You haven't looked hard enough. The best thing to do is find some Urban Fantasy books and look to see who publishes them.
Here are three that I know of, and their guidelines say nothing about needing an agent to submit to them.
Ace and Roc are part of Penguine. They take Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Here's a link to their submission guidelines:
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/specialinterests/scifi/submission.html
Then there's Baen who publish Sci-Fi and Fantasy only:
http://www.baen.com/submit.asp
I hope this helps you in your search.
Edit: I forgot Tor/Forge. You don't need an agent to submit to them either.
http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=torforge&id=255#ctl00_cphContent_ctl30_lblQuestion
TNK, thanks for the links. I know I wasn't the person asking about it, but I do write UF/PNR so, yeah, thanks.
Thanks for this list as well. The thing about subbing to these houses without an agent (except for Tor I think) is that your story will more than likely end up in the slush pile and may not get read. I hope I'm wrong about that though.You haven't looked hard enough. The best thing to do is find some Urban Fantasy books and look to see who publishes them.
Here are three that I know of, and their guidelines say nothing about needing an agent to submit to them.
Ace and Roc are part of Penguine. They take Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Here's a link to their submission guidelines:
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/specialinterests/scifi/submission.html
Then there's Baen who publish Sci-Fi and Fantasy only:
http://www.baen.com/submit.asp
I hope this helps you in your search.
Edit: I forgot Tor/Forge. You don't need an agent to submit to them either.
http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=torforge&id=255#ctl00_cphContent_ctl30_lblQuestion
You haven't looked hard enough. The best thing to do is find some Urban Fantasy books and look to see who publishes them.
Here are three that I know of, and their guidelines say nothing about needing an agent to submit to them.
Ace and Roc are part of Penguine. They take Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Here's a link to their submission guidelines:
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/specialinterests/scifi/submission.html
Then there's Baen who publish Sci-Fi and Fantasy only:
http://www.baen.com/submit.asp
I hope this helps you in your search.
Edit: I forgot Tor/Forge. You don't need an agent to submit to them either.
http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=torforge&id=255#ctl00_cphContent_ctl30_lblQuestion
This.
And if you want to write fantasy types, then do research in the Fantasy section of AW. Those folks know their stuff and the Cantina is a great place to hang out.
E-pubs are building their UF stock. Lyrical and Entangled jump immediately to mind. Takes time to become one of the big boys, but that doesn't undercut their value.
Small press doesn't = small money for the author, you know. That's not automatic.
Yes, you should look at the imprint's guidelines.
Another fantasy publisher is Pyr.
If you haven't read The Dresden Files yet, do so. Jim Butcher is one of the biggest names in UF. Ask in the Cantina for other recs. Some of those members already have books out.