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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Nope. In my case, my preliminary letters to publishers all resulted in the same notice: "We are no longer considering outside and un-agented works." In other words, dismissed without even a look. And some of those were the books I sell on my website right now, and seem to be entertaining a few people.
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And the reason for this is that every author believes she or he is the next JK Rowling and so swamped publishers with unsolicited manuscripts. Many publishers now rely on agents to prescreen and they learn quickly which agents are trustworthy and which aren't.
I haven't read your books and I am not commenting on their quality, but it seems to me that if your books are of good quality and you have a growing audience for them, that you should be able to find a respected agent and turn those rejection letters into acceptance letters. Whether getting an agent is worthwhile, depends on what you want.