Primary Publisher(s) seem to be unlisted...

[Odd John]

Would someone please do me a favor and do a Basic SEARCH on publishers? (NO filters, shows 192 publishers.) I do this and neither MACMILLAN nor St. Martin's (a huge division of Mac in its own right) show in the results. I don't want to bother our esteemed Admin/SysOp unless this is confirmed.

Thanks! 

[jonny_555]

Hey Odd John, I get 192 as well.

Also do not see those publishers 

[Odd John]

Thank you very much, Jonny! Will report.

[Patrick]

The major publishing houses aren't listed because they don't take queries directly from authors. They only deal with agents. If I missed an imprint that does take queries direct please let me know.

[jonny_555]

Are the publishers in that list essentially open to authors directly? Ooooh I never knew that 

[Odd John]

jonny_555: It's case by case. Here's a very small listing. As this article isn't dated, I can't vouch for it. Take it with 5 grains of salt, one for each of the BIG 5.....

https://authorspublish.com/10-imprints-of-big-five-publishers-open-to-direct-submissions/

[Odd John]

Here's what we're looking at: CHART of the BIG 5/Major Imprints relationships:
(Don't forget to SCROLL down!)

https://almossawi.com/big-five-publishers/

[jonny_555]

Thanks Odd John! Grains of salt taken

Reassuring to know there are MANY sectors to each big five banner so some options