Unsolicited Manuscript's Weekly Digest - 9/15/25
Exciting new additions to Imprint Insider, Job Board, and Query Calls
As always, make sure to scroll all the way down to enter in this week’s PR Pitstop!
Publishing Secret: The One Metric You're Not Paying Enough Attention To
I just learned this from a panel of acquisition editors!
Today, I was sitting in on our weekly acquisitions meeting when something that turned a strong book proposal into a rejection totally surprised me: your social media engagement is more important than your follower count.
13 New Literary Agents to Query This Week - 9/14/25
They just opened their inboxes to unsolicited submissions.
The Unsolicited Manuscript Query Calls column is updated every Sunday. Check out this fresh list of 13 agents who just opened their inboxes to manuscript submissions this week, and you might just find that perfect match you’ve been looking for.
New Jobs in Publishing You Should Apply for This Week - 9/14/25
9 new roles across editorial, marketing, publicity, and more!
Stay up to date with Unsolicited Manuscript’s weekly job roundup. The Job Board column is updated every Sunday. Subscribe below to never miss an opportunity!
PR Pitstop!
Once again, it’s time for the weekly exclusive feature for paid subscribers. The goal of this community is to create a safe space where you can ask questions about all things book publicity—from influencer collaborations, brand partnerships, online and in-person book tours, media opportunities, and more.
Here are the rules:
Post your question(s) in the comments below (if you have more than one question, please compile them into one comment)
Keep in mind, I will offer advice to your situation, not definitive answers. If I don’t know the answer, I will direct you to a resource that might help.
Keep comments focused. This isn’t the place for self-promotion or long commentary about your book, publishing, politics, etc. If you reply to someone’s question, be helpful.
There’s no such thing as a stupid question!
The deadline to post a question is Wednesday night; after that, you’ll have to wait until the next PR Pitstop. I will respond to all comments by Friday.
Hi Abigail, really appreciate the literary agents to query each week, that's such a helpful resource. I will admit that for the past few months I've hardly looked at it because I was never seriously considering trying to pitch my novel. And I would still say I'm more inclined to self-publish, for a variety of reasons.
But here's my question - I'd be curious to get a professional opinion of parts of my manuscript (from an agent? editor?) where they'd give me brutally honest feedback about whether there's any chance whatsoever that someone might be interested in this. The options could be:
A. Sure, give it a shot, there's potential here. Not much, but some agent might be desperate enough to take a flier.
B. Well, I doubt anyone would be interested, but you never know.
C. I wouldn't bother - this isn't publishable, stick to self-publishing and you might find a few unsuspecting suckers who lack literary taste
D. Are you kidding me? You call this writing?