Send the manuscript in separate unbound sheets, unless otherwise instructed. You could likely do better. Read about the publishing industry. Learn how it functions. Read publishing law books.
Publishing contracts are complex and intimidating to the new writer.
Be prepared so you can act quickly if a publisher decides to publish your book. Publishers will not wait long for you to evaluate the contract due to ever changing market conditions. You could lose a publishing opportunity by not being prepared. 3.Do not mention the word proposal in a query letter unless it is a book proposal. Novice writers often write, I propose to send my manuscript to your firm and the publisher thinks the query is a proposal and not a finished manuscript leading to a rejection for the unknown author.