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Submitting Your Book To A Publisher
A ​Virtual Seminar

You've written your book, congrats! Now you want to see it get published. But how to find the right publisher for you? If you find the right publisher, how do you make them interested in your manuscript? And if they have only a few slots available how do you have them take a particular liking to your submission? Local Gems Press shares the secrets of how to go about getting yourself a publisher. 


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Next Virtual Seminar:
11/22/22
​7pm EST


In This Seminar You Will Learn:

How To Research Publishers

~ Find out how to find publishers who might be interested in what it is you are writing. 

How To Catch The Publishers Eye

~Some publishers get an overwhelming amount of submissions, learn how to make yours stand out from the slush pile. 

How To Increase Your Chances of Being Chosen

~ Learn some simple yet effective ways to ingratiate yourself to the publishers and editors and improve your chances of acceptance. 

How To Submit Your Manuscript

~ Learn the inside and out about manuscript submissions including standard manuscript format, cover letters and queries. 

How To Avoid The Things That Will Get You IMMEDIATELY Rejected

~ Learn the very common things many poets and authors do that can get their submissions instantly thrown out of the running and how to avoid them.

and much more...


How Does It Work?


Register below claim your spot. (Spots are limited)

Follow the Paypal link back here to get the zoom link. 

Join us for the live seminar. 

The link to the zoom seminar will also be sent to your email several hours before we go live. 

Contact [email protected] if there are any problems. ​

What If I Can't Make The Time?


Got something the time of the live broadcast? The benefits of being virtual is flexibility. Everyone who signs up will be given the recording of the live seminar after it is completed. 

Tickets: Full

Tickets Close November 21st Midnight EST
​(Or when full.) 

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