DAW publishes science fiction and fantasy. They're one of the big publishers for fantasy and science fiction; the others being Baen and Ace. The interesting thing is that these publishers will take submissions without an agent, and ask for the whole book instead of a query.
But submissions begin in a slush pile, or a pile where unsorted books get a first read, and most people don't make it out of the slush pile. What gets the book out of the slush pile and into another set of hands is less how good the book is (though that helps) but how
I admit I fantasize that my book is on someone's desk, a someone who has influence in making decisions. Or in a meeting. Or on the "Congratulations!" pile. Realistically, however, it's probably still on the slush pile, waiting.
At least it hasn't been rejected yet. There's always hope.
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