Small Presses
I’m almost convinced that small presses are the future of publishing. It takes almost a miracle and all planets lining up to actually get a reply from queries to agents, and good luck getting into one of the Big Five (or is it now the Big Four?) without an agent. Most small presses are nice enough to reply, which is nice nowadays.
In any case, here’s a list of small publishers I found that may be useful.
https://morganshamy.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-big-list-of-small-press.html