How could he find a publishing house for a novel he had written?
If you want to publish your novel, you can refer to the following steps: 1. Confirm the genre and theme of the novel and whether it has been approved by the readers. This would help to determine whether the novel had enough market potential before finding a suitable publishing house. 2. You can start looking for a publishing house through web search, social media, library catalog, and other means. You can also refer to the catalog of some literary publishing houses or editing companies or contact potential editors to ask if they are interested in publishing novels. 3. Understand the requirements and standards of the publishing house. For example, whether they required the novel to have a specific format or word count, whether they required the author to provide copyright pages or other documents, and whether they accepted self-publication. 4. Contact potential publishing houses. You can contact them via email, phone, or online meetings. Please make sure to provide all necessary documents and information such as the copyright page and outline of the novel before starting the conversation. 5. Negotiations. Once a potential publishing house was established, they would need to negotiate the details of publishing the novel, including pricing, publication date, copyright transfer, and so on. 6 Waiting for publication. If they successfully obtained the opportunity to publish a novel, they would have to wait for the publishing house to complete the publishing work and deliver the novel to the readers. It takes some time and effort to publish a novel, but if you can persevere and work with potential publishing houses, you might be able to succeed.