I'm looking for avenues to publish my novel. It is action/horror/vampire related. I'd like to find a reference guide that could help me locate the best publishers to submit to by genre and what their submission guidelines are, page count for types of novels and other interesting factoids like that. This can be something online, a book, magazine, whatever.

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Ask your local library for the latest edition of "Writer's Market." It lists publishers and what they look for and also tips from the pros on getting published.

The Writer Market is a book that will help you. You can find a copy at most libraries or you might find something on line from them.

Well, there's a few books: Writer's Market, Poetry Market, Children's Writer and Illustrator's Market, Novel and Short Story Writer's Market seem to come to mind. http://www.writersmarket.com Also, check out http://www.writersdigest.com There's a lot of good information there on all aspects of the business.

First get a copy of the latest Writer's Market. It will tell you what publishing companies do and do not accept unsolicited manuscripts. Second get a copy of a book called How to be Your Own Literary Agent. It should tell you everything else you need to know about the publishing industry. Third, DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE. A lot of scammers will ask for a little bit of money to cover their postage costs. Once you send in a little, they figure they've got you hooked and will ask for more and more. If anyone asks you for money, you don't want to do business with him or her.