How to find an agent to promote new author

Publishing companies will sometimes accept solicitations from un-published authors, however your best bet would be to find an agent who already has established connections within the publishing industry.

I would highly recommend reading this eHow article.  It describes how to find an agent in the literary world and get started in your career.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2716_find-literary-agent.html

From the article: "While a few publishers accept submissions directly from the author, most of the large publishers will only consider manuscripts from an agent. "

Good luck!

The Ehow article recommended is a good one but a great source for info is Writersmarket.com

It is a subscription site but it is very reasonable.  The database will help you find an agent and a publisher.  It also has great advice on virtually every aspect of the writing life.

 Good luck!