As a green, beginning author I was more than happy when Xlibris wanted to publish my first two books HAMLET IN BALTIMORE and ALEX AND THE AMAZING CATVENTURES.I never even heard of BBB or Trustpilot reviews and ratings. (lowest ratings) I was given a "Discounted price" but was told I also MUST purchase various additional items like subscription to a magazine which features review of books etc.Xlibiris promised to do publish the a manuscripts that i submitted that and my own illustrations by Michael Wittman. I waited for the proofread copy which was done by a number of people (did the first editors quit?)Hamlet was published and a number friends and family members purchased it .Then I started receiving =emails from the readers. They all loved the book but complained about the number of major grammatical errors.English is my 4th language so I expected that Xlibris will, during proofreading and editing make the necessary correctionsI paid Xlibris again for reprinting and was sent a number of costly propositions for advertising but no royalties. The company claimed that no copies were sold. ALL IN ALL I SPENT about $20,000. Even when I sent the a printout of the sales sheet from Amazon there were no royalties paid. I had to contact other companies to correct and reprint my books. That was my retirement money.
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A pioneer of the supported self-publishing industry, Xlibris is a book publishing company created by authors, for authors. Xlibris has helped over 60,000 authors publish over 75,000 unique titles. One of its founding principles, which still stands since the company started publishing in 1997, is that authors should have control over their work. Xlibris holds true to this purpose as they help hundreds of authors publish every month in the method of their choosing.See more
