[hellbannedguy]

I don't know if I should give any advice.

But there are so many publishers/companies that prey on people who want to write, or think they are good enough to publish.

They are called Vanity Publishers.

It's a huge scummy business. It all seems kosher because the customer agrees to the deal.

[webmaven]

Vanity Publishers (and variants like poetry "competitions") are a huge stain on the publishing industry. SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America) maintains the Writer Beware website, a set of resources documenting, naming and publicizing such predators and their practices:

https://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-bewa...