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This one is very retrospective.In May of 2018 my mother passed. She had been with Olympia Vanity publishers for a few years working on 2 titles. I did warn her against signing any contract with them.But she stubbornly followed her dream and parted with £6000 in the process. I contacted them after her death and I could see how she had been taken in by the false camaraderie. For 2 months I kept being called with offers to buy her remaining copies of books at a discount. Amazing!! She'd already paid for them. When it became apparent that they would get nothing from me I received a"copy"of a letter that my mother would have received approx ' 2 weeks before she died. It said that the titles had been remaindered and the rights were returned. Strange how I never found the original copy of that letter and that my mom never mentioned it at the time. A dear John letter. When I put this information on their Facebook page they demanded that I retract it. I didn't so they blocked me. If you're an aspiring author.... Take heed. Do your research on this company first.
They took our money, sent us physical copies, and then never fulfilled any other obligation on their end. It's funny how again and again their response to authors is that they can only send out emails about our books, and we manage to not hear back from a single person. Without any evidence of these emails that are being sent out, I'm not sure I can believe it, as my book has a 5 star rating on several sites, and again, never heard from a single person.It's been over a year, we haven't heard from anyone and reaching out is virtually pointless unless you want to be led in a circle of excuses.If you do get conned into believing they will help pursue your dream of becoming an author, at the very least do NOT let them write the back blurb. It will be generic, forgetful, and if my experience is any indicator, will spoil part of the book. Trying to push for the unique and fun blurb I'd had ended with essentially being told they're the professionals and know what would pull attention better than I would. I spent a year living off change because aside from rent this was my most important bill to get paid, only to feel completely taken advantage of at the end. It's heart breaking to be an aspiring author in a time when the only way to do that is with exorbitant amounts of money. If you can't afford an agent your options are vanity press which largely take advantage of our dreams, or by the online superstore who's also incredibly misleading in what you'll get.
After securing a contract for my client with Olympia Publishers, I was impressed by the tremendous support and assistance provided by their Submission team, editors, and Publicity department. As a Literary Agent, it was an honor to work with Olympia Publishers, who demonstrated exceptional professionalism at every stage of the process. I highly recommend Olympia Publishers to both authors and agencies—they will not disappoint.Luther AkyooLiterary Agent
I hardly go online to write reviews, either I'm extremely happy about a service/business that I want to help promoting them, or i gave them enough time to prove they can do better and yet they failed again and again.Took me 12 years to write a book, editing it 3 times professionally and searching for publishers.I understood Olympia publishers are hybrid, but they made me believe that once the agreement is signed, I have my book out there like no other. I raised all my concerns right at the beginning and they assured me they got it. I must admit that I came to realize that they are a one man show business with 20 emails , PR, ops, legal, production, etc. and checked them on linkedin, 1 person , James.I paid over $4200 to them, the sample covers they provided me were absolute rubbish. Showed me how careless they are on what they are putting out there. But again, I said to myself, you are overthinking.Long story short, after 2 years of waiting, they finally published my book, (with the cover I made somewhere else and paid for it seperately), full of mistakes, and ZERO ZERO ZERO marketing and PR. They asked me to send them emails of the neighbouring book stores to email them, which they didn't (I could do it myself).I can write for 2 days here, JUST DON"T BE AN IDIOT and TRUST ME ON THIS. DO NOT waste your money. As a writer to another writer with so much of hopes and dreams, please don't waste your money on them. you are better off self publishing it. Don't bother their reply to this comments, I've been talking to them for over 4 months before I wrote this review and they are fully aware of what they did.
If you want to work with a professional, top grade, supportive publisher then look no further than Olympia Publishers. From the beginning to the end, Olympia are with you every step of the way, keeping you updated and informed about the process.Fully recommend.
Working with Olympia Publishers has been a wonderful experience! I felt supported as a first time published author and appreciate their time and effort put into creating my book. They respected my ideas for edits and helped bring my vision to life. Thank you!
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