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How to Submit Books to Doubleday

Doubleday Publishing Group is part of Random House. In order to have a book published at Doubleday Publishing, an author will need to secure a literary agent. Doubleday receives thousands of queries and submissions annually and only considers those from literary agents. The literary agent will then try to have the book published at a publishing house. The list of publishers with whom they work may include Doubleday. Doubleday publishes hardcover and paperback books in a variety of genres. They publish both non-fiction and fiction.

Things You'll Need

  • Query letter
  • Manuscript
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Instructions

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      Find a literary agent to represent you. Your agent will pitch your manuscript or manuscripts to book publishers, including Doubleday. The literary agent is better equipped to match the manuscript to a publisher.

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      Increase your chances of being published by Doubleday by creating a manuscript on a topic which they currently need. For example, nonfiction writers will increase their chances of being published by Doubleday if they write a biography.

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      Expand your fiction horizons by providing Doubleday with the genres which are not over-represented in their book catalog. Fiction writers who write exciting works of adventure, confession or mainstream fiction will have a solid chance at getting published by Doubleday.

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      Experiment with different fiction genres in order to get published by Doubleday. Try experimental writing, ethnic fiction, historic fiction, or religious fiction. Find an agent which works with those genres.

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      Accept offers to be published by a major publishing house, even if it is not Doubleday. It is more important to find a publisher who will pay you an advance and royalties for your work than to try to get published by one specific publisher.

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