I was looking for the best option for self-publishing my first children's book.Despite seeing some bad reviews, I still went with Xlibris.I received a "discount" on one of their packages, I paid for this, and we started the process.As soon as they received my payment, the harassment started. I received up to 60 phone calls a day from their salespeople, aka "my marketing manager" (I have missed call logs saved). I stipulated the time I was available to talk due to a full-time job. The initial package claimed to have everything I needed. However, I then needed a returnability programme, marketing plan, fees for this and fees for that. The items such as bookmarks, cards, author copies of books took the longest to arrive.They do zero marketing of your book aside from listing it on various websites. The book went to print but had grammatical errors that they told me would be dealt with by an editor before printing. I purchased 200 copies of my book, so I know they are making plenty of money. I have sold most of my copies myself, with no help from them. They have sold six books in 12 months. These are all referrals I have sent to their website. Unless you have $20,000 to spend, stay clear. Xlibris is not a self-publishing company. This is a ripoff company. I have had to block their numbers to stop the phone calling non-stop, trying to get me to buy into some new marketing scheme that they don't follow through on.
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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
