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I paid Author Book Publications (ABP) $1,900 for extensive publishing and a three-month social media campaign, then $5,000 for audiobook narration, publishing and distribution. Before I paid, ABP represented that its services would include review of my entire manuscript, beta-reader feedback, editorial correction so the book would be published “100% error free,” eBook/paperback/hardcover production, distribution on more than 50 platforms, five author copies, and Facebook and Instagram marketing. I was also told the normal publishing process was 30–45 days and the standard response time was under 24 hours. My experience was very different. ABP published an outdated draft containing numerous errors. In February 2025, its representative acknowledged that publication and audiobook files on ABP's end had been “mixed up.” The erroneous version was listed for sale on Amazon. A hardcover jacket was later prepared for an obsolete 636-page version rather than the final book, which was approximately 100 pages shorter. The jacket didn’t fit properly; it was too large for the book. I was promised five or six beta readers plus editorial feedback. I received only one generalized letter praising the book, with no substantive editing suggestions, and received no reports attributable to the other promised beta readers. On December 24, 2024, my project manager told me the hardcover would appear on Amazon “within a few hours or, at the latest, by tomorrow morning.” In April, 2025, I was still reporting the lack of a hardcover for sale. This delay interfered with planned Christmas gifts, book signings and a library event. I was promised extensive distribution, social-media services and five author copies. I repeatedly requested information showing where the book was actually available. I also requested a report concerning the promised social-media campaign and have never seen the Facebook or Instagram pages ABP was supposed to create or the results of that campaign. Copyright registration was another significant issue. The salesman spoke of “registering the copyrights under your name.” In November 2025, my project manager told me, “We don’t handle copyright registrations.” I ultimately had to handle the copyright registration myself, which was one of the primary reasons I had paid ABP. The $5,000 audiobook project also became problematic. ABP's narrator was working from an outdated manuscript, requiring substantial work by me to identify and communicate numerous errors. He made numerous pronunciation errors, even after multiple corrections, and sounded bored even when the text demanded emotion. I ultimately hired another narrator at my own additional expense. In October 2025, ABP agreed in writing that if I supplied the replacement narrator's completed audio files, ABP would publish and distribute them. In November, my project manager described a process requiring approximately 3–4 days for sound review and another 1–2 days for publication setup. I uploaded the completed files in June 2026. Twelve days later, I had not even received an acknowledgment. My telephone calls were not returned, and I have received no further contact from ABP. I have retained the invoices, sales representations, emails, Basecamp correspondence and relevant files supporting these statements.

In the world of Self-publication/vanity press, Author Book Publications stand tall amongst all others, they are truly legitimate and professional in the industry. They offer top notch consultation, affordable rates (with a huge variety of additional options if you're so inclined) and efficient, smooth communication/transparency when it comes to the editorial and practical processes of bringing your manuscript to life! The staff are supportive, knowledgeable and incredibly easy to work with. Once all is said and done and you're holding the final product in your hands, it really is a hell of thing, I cannot thank or recommend them enough for all they've done and continue to do! Will definitely be using them again when I can afford to publish another project!

Total SCAM company (see on the internet). The reviews on their own website are wrong and are not from their own customers, but are all from AMAZON customers! So that's the first lie! I didn't see the bad reviews until after I hired them, and did finally get a refund, but only after filing a complaint showing them their bad reviews on the internet. ALSO TRUSTPILOT ALLOWS people from these SCAM companies to post their own reviews - so you can never be sure they are from real happy customers. BEWARE! Check all resources before hiring these companies out to scam indie authors, which is rampant these days. I fell for several myself, who all looked legit.

Author Book Publications hides rare gems inside. The first genuinely surprising thing was when I made the initial contact I was not talking to a chatbot, but a real person. Then I was referred to amazing Cody Barker who was like an Earth Angel when he talked me through the publishing process. I cannot stress enough how patient he was with me when I was "wrestling" with the bank link and he had to come up with another one. Speaking of patience, Conard Martin must be the epitome of that when I was offgrid for days and he was trying to get in contact with me. And my gratitude goes for the rest of the team, too. You are amazing and I am so grateful!

I'm in their process of trying to get my book published. We've been at this since December 2025. In the beginning the communication was great but as the project move forward it became less and less to the point where I'm not sure what to do. This shouldn't be this hard. April 2026 - Just a little update. It doesn't appear to be getting any better and I always say...no response is a response,

Mr. James Dean team leader, was always available and was very patient with the author, Victor Aday, and myself throughout the entire process. This was our first experience publishing and Mr. Dean's unconditional assistance made the experience effortless. We were very pleased with the final product and the team's insight into the production of Mr. Aday's written journey.

"🚨 Red Flag Alert 🚨 As a published author, who has seen it all, I'm calling out overpriced audiobook services! 💸 Got quoted first 2000 then later$1,500 if I do my own work, voice over, etcetera. Then if I do more work, they quoted 700.00 for something else blaming the cost of voice over people. After checking on trust pilot I found some mixed reviews, that should scream use caution people

I don't understand the hunky dory reviews here. The editorial team is okay-ish, but ABP has no clue what book marketing really involves. No marketing campaigns on Amazon, IngramSpark, KOBO or D2D for my book - although they promised specific expertise on Amazon. All they do is mindlessly posting content on FaceBook and Instagram pages invisible to your target group readers. Twice they were planning to post content that had no relation to my book at all. So they're sloppy as well. Results: none. No followers, no reviews, no sales. Paid $ 3,000 for this. Look, may be you'll be happy when you want to publish a book on knitting and you haven't got a clue how to do that. But most of the stuff they do you can do yourself. For authors with professional ambitions: look somewhere else. Go to Reedsy for instance.