Do I send a sample chapter off to a number of publishers?

As a result the couple collaborated on their own version, producing three sample chapters which they sent to publishers.

The sample chapters had passed muster and now the editor wanted to see the completed manuscript of the first novel.

For example, free sample chapters of its books are typically available on the Baen Web site.

She sent out sample chapters and proposals to thirty literary agents and received several phone calls back within a few weeks.

The sample chapters of my autobiography are on the seat next to me, and they're a complete shock.

One reason the Kindle isn't dead is that you can download sample chapters.

Ultimately some of these contacts will result in sample chapters being sent to an editor at the home office.

A sample chapter was released on November 28, 2011.

A writer is asked to create a sample chapter on spec.