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A publisher asking for money upfront is a vanity press. They get your book typeset, edited, cover design made, blurb and e-book and Kindle formats then print a few hundred copies, publish on Amazon and you never hear from them again after that.
Either use the money to self-publish yourself (Amazon KDP guides you through the whole process and it costs between 90 and 300 dollars without a professional editor ) or look for a reputable agent and wait for the book to be accepted by an indie or tradit