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A TOC is a table of contents. These are often requested as part of nonfiction proposals.

An unsolicited mss is a manuscript which has not been requested. Many agents and publishers will not accept unsolicited mss, but this does not necessarily mean they are closed to approaches – many will prefer to receive a short query in the firs...

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Advances are up-front payments made by traditional publishers to authors, which are off-set against future royalties. So, an author might receive a $5,000 advance before their book is published. When the royalties start coming in, the publisher keeps ...

An agented submission is one which is submitted by a literary agent. If a publisher accepts only agented submissions then you will need a literary agent to submit the work on your behalf.

"Recto" and "verso" are the publishing terms for right and left-hand pages in a printed book.

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An unagented submission is one which is not submitted through a literary agent. If a publisher accepts unagented submissions then you can approach them directly.