The Shocking Truth About Whether You Really Need an Agent Revealed!
Most traditionally published authors have agents. The reason is that most traditional publishers don’t accept unsolicited manuscripts from authors, so the only way to get your manuscript in front of an acquisition editor is through an agent. (If you happen to know an acquisition editor at a traditional publisher, you may be able to send your manuscript directly to that editor. If you decide to take this route, you should ask yourself how many acquisition editors you know. I know a few trad-pubbed authors with enough connections that they prefer not to work with an agent. But not many.)
