Yet, somehow, most of them manage to overcome the situation and do find a job eventually. Most book publishers who say they do not consider unagented manuscripts, mean that they will not consider an unsolicited manuscript from anyone except an agent. The solution to this is to get the publisher to ask you for your manuscript. The way to get the publisher to ask to see your manuscript is to send a convincing query. Yes, a few publishers will not even consider an unagented query, but most publishers will give a query a hearing.
Fewer magazines refuse to considered unagented submissions.
Those that do are often at the top of their particular market. Click to learn how. Find your local gay bookstore. There have been 1306 visitors here since April 11, 1997.