Book Writing Founders Reviews

Name: Book Writing Founders
Address: 447 Broadway 2nd Floor, Unit #A100, NY, New York
Rating: 4.52

4.5 Rating 130 Reviews

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of reviewers recommend Book Writing Founders

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447 Broadway 2nd Floor,
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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“I was passed to several different Project Managers over the course of eighteen months. My children’s book was never formatted correctly. They refused to refund money. I don’t believe they use their real names. Very sloppy work. They should refund money to everyone that they scammed.”

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Posted 8 months ago

“As a professional person, I am ashamed to even post this review. I have only two words to describe this company. "Digital Fraud" . I am going to pursue legal actions to get my money back. I am actvely speaking with lawyers.”

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Posted 10 months ago

“Everything went wrong, this company is a total fraud and sham. They took my money delivered almost nothing and attempted to scam me countless times. I have pages of complaints and significant proof of the fraud they have committed against me. I STRONGLY recommend you not consider this organization. There offices are parking lots, mailboxes and boarded up buildings. They run everything through a single number. You can’t find a thing out about their leadership, you will be over promised and get NOTHING from what you pay. Every time there is a real review, you will see these one paragraph reviews, which I’m convinced they write. They will try to take you for money on every front, give you almost nothing and what they do give you is totally inadequate. Again, I could go on for pages. I am pursuing legal action against them including working with the FBI fraud division. They have a number of shadow, ghost companies, but don’t be surprised. Just look at the websites, it’s the same one with another name. Again, I have absolute proof of their deception, fraud and misdirection. SAVE your money and a ton of pain.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“When I hired these goons they insisted they needed to RE PUBLISH my book so after a couple of minutes I agree BUT what I did NOT know at the time was that THEY republished MY BOOK yet THEY ARE GETTING THE MONEY FOR THE SALES!!! THIEVES!!!😠”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Biggest joke EVER! I wrote my children’s book and hired them to publish it and they also added THEIR OWN illustrations and that’s when I knew I screwed up! The just of my book is a little girl gets a kitty for her birthday and the family lives on a farm in rural Mississippi with all the usual farm animals. A tornado hits while the dad is working in the city and the little girl and her mom are shopping in the local store. When everyone is decided to be ok they drive home and the idiotic illustrations show the mom standing outside in the yard SMILING as she sees the DESTRUCTION!?!? Somebody needs to make it make sense”

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Posted 1 year ago

“My name is Linda Gragg. I have had a first author experience that has left me devastated. I had many "helpers" who did not help, It took over a year to publish, and due to incompetent information and explanation given I have a product that is going no where. My initial cost was $3000 which went up to the $7000 mark over the year as additional "choices" of advertising costs which where not explained but just "my choice". Being a first time author I got took and took bad. I do not recommend this company and I am going to review them on every web site I can find. It is a scam. They did not even publish their name on my book. There is no accounting for money spent, advertising plans, no financial accounting , nothing. They promise on emails what they will do , then it is not done. Their website promises transparency, honesty, etc. It all sounds so good. You will be took plain and simple with this company. I repeatedly asked for the books that were to be shipped to me and never got them. I set up a separate account in the bank for sale revenue to come to, and it was set up wrong, and I have not received one penny from book sales. Not one penny. This is wrong on so many levels. I have daily reached out for help and now there is simply no response because I have repeatedly told them that there is no more money coming their way from me. Yet, no one does nothing. They will take your money, as much as they can get, and you will end up in a position of losing it all. I warn you, this is a total scam. You will lose your money and have a product you cannot use. I will now take the time to review this company on every website I can find warning people off from losing their money. I would not have given them one star if it was possible. They take raw authors who want to publish and crush them. I will not use this company and would not recommend them to anybody ever. I kept hope up until it was crystal clear that nothing more was going to be done to help me in any way. They want to talk to you instead of putting anything in writing. Fortunately for me, I got a lot of things in writing that will come in handy if I decide to pursue them in any way. An experience like this crushes you. The only reason I ended up with a single book, was I bought my own book. I gave them $1000.00 for the book convention and I was supposed to receive 70 books back that were unsold, and after repeatedly asking for them, still to this day have not received the books. I have daily asked for advertising accounting as I see they have done nothing and $400.00 of that last $1000 was supposed to go to extra advertising. If you want to just throw your money away. This is the ideal place to do it. They promise Transparency, Honesty, Financial Accountability on their website. Don't believe it. You will also not get Advertising Progress as they don't do it. Not unless you give them more money. An overall total rip off. They don't deliver. Scam.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Bookwriting Founders company is nothing but a scam, promising you the moon and delivering nothing but lies and broken promises. I was initially drawn to this company based on positive reviews I found online, which I’ve now come to realize were linked to Bookwriting Founders’ website and therefore can’t be trusted as legitimate reviews. I wish I had taken more time to investigate further and discover the real truth – this company preys on naïve authors and does nothing but take their money and run. I paid $7100 upfront for services related to editing and publishing my manuscript in Oct. 2022, and was promised that the book would be ready for publication on Dec. 1, 2022. I was promised a “dedicated team of 5 experts” (writer, editor, research, and Q&A). No matter how often I asked, I was never provided with the names of “my” team, nor did I have any way of working directly with them. Every time I called to voice my concerns about extensive delays, incomplete and incorrect files, and inept editing, I was told people were in meetings and would call me back. Needless to say, no one would call back, and over time it became clear it was a massive shell game, designed to keep stringing me along with nothing to show for my substantial payment. The inept handling of my manuscript verged on unbelievable – the editing was slip-shod and inaccurate, and many pages were not edited at all. There were random and bizarre word changes, like the editor just grabbed a different word from a thesaurus, even though the suggested word didn’t make sense in the context of the sentence. Formatting was an ongoing issue, including page numbers hidden by text and photos incorrectly sized, leaving random blank areas on pages. My instructions were never followed, and mistakes showed up time after time, no matter how often I was assured they had been corrected. While still early in the editing phase, they heavily pressured marketing upsells. Since the basic work had yet to be completed, I declined and let them know I wanted to see a finished product before considering any additional marketing expenses. After that, the project became a nightmare with no resolution – no finished book, no responses to my phone calls or emails. I was consistently lied to, and eventually the project manager head offered numerous apologies and acknowledged that I had received unsatisfactory treatment, frustrating experiences, and multiple delays. At one point she even suggested that a “rogue employee” had been sabotaging work, and I have now seen that same statement in several other critical reviews. Her promises for addressing my multiple concerns were empty, and a quality finished book never appeared. It became painfully clear over time that this dishonest and incompetent company had no interest in helping me publish my book, but only in playing an expensive and cruel game of dodge and deflect at the writer’s expense. I have since read many reviews by other authors to now realize this is the company’s modus operandi. When I asked for a refund, which was included in my contract (“Money Back Guarantee based on Dissatisfaction with the Quality of Work or Service”), my request was ignored. I sent a formal demand letter, which was also ignored. I personally checked out the three addresses listed on their website(s) for Illinois: 4803 N. Milwaukee Ave., Buffalo Grove, IL; 2057 Green Bay Road, Highland Park, IL; and 9300 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles, IL, and discovered the company exists only on paper, there is no physical office at all. Because the company has no legitimate physical address, I have no way to legally serve court papers for small claims court. Their “100% money back guarantee” is worthless, and I’m out over $7,000. If you call 312-625-1056, you are going to be scammed. I hope this review helps warn other aspiring authors. Please do your research and don’t fall victim to this corrupt company.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“AVOID THIS COMPANY! Paid $3500 for a package deal which included many things, but most importantly book publishing. They quite literally took all of my money and provided no finished book. Switched project managers twice and customer service is horrible. I wish I could go back in time and save myself stress and money by avoiding this company completely. Don’t make the same mistake.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Do not use this company. They promised a completed book in 3-4 months…nope. After 10 months I still have no product. Every time I was supposed to enter a new stage I was contacted to try and obtain more money for things I had in my contract that I already paid for. My questions about this were received with bullying and condescending attitude. After 10 months of going back and forth with the awful illustrations, I was told I needed to add 10 pages to a children’s book or Amazon wouldn’t publish a physical book. They apparently didn’t know this…really? How are you a publishing company that doesn’t know this. When I spoke to a manager about this I was talked over, talked down to, and hung up on. They refused to fulfill my contract, even 6 months late, and offered a 40% refund for something I didn’t receive. I will be seeking counsel for a full refund. I’ve never dealt with a company so unprofessional.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Two years ago I sent Book Writing Founders 2,000.00 to publish my books since they offered me a base amount of 2,000 to do both books. One was already published and on Amazon and I had sent them my changes I wanted them to do. They went into my Amazon account and put their name as the publisher did not make my changes and did nothing with the second book. So I wrote a bad review in which they promised they would put the second book on audible for me. That never happened. So before you decide to send them money make sure they actually do something for you first. I lost 2,000 dollars that I will never see again.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“This company STOLE $500.00 from and did no work. They told me they were going to give me my money back and never did. Now, I'm having to go legal, because this publishing scammed me. They don't respond to emails, phone calls, or text messages.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“It's a scam. After 3 months, I got an edited .pdf file. That's nearly $1200 worth. I had a 2 month refund guarantee which was not acknowledged. They tried to up-sell me at least four times which would have added up to $6000. All the 'pros' that I worked with have heavy foreign accents, (Pakistan). They are full of babble and double-talk, never intending to really help the author to publish, but to skin him of all their money. I fired them. Beware!!!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Worst experience! Don’t let their politeness fool you. The took $3500.00 of hard earned savings and did not produce a single finished product and the manuscript was submitted ready to print with full instructions. All they want is your money and will suck the life out of you. So their money back guarantee means absolutely nothing. Do your research! Don’t learn the hard way! Be careful! There are sites available that will keep you informed. Still waiting on that refund!!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Bookwritingfounders scammed me of my money. I paid them 5000$ for a marketing plan for which they had promised to sell 2500 copies of my book within 3 months. They created the amazon account but did not give me the username and password. They did not do any marketing qnd when I pressed them for answers They sent a photoshopped image from my alleged dashboard claiming that I had sold 500 copies in under 4 weeks. I however did not believe them so I hacked into my amazon account and found that they had sold 0 copies. Eventually they claimed that a rogue employee was behind this and they promised to give my money back. They didn't I filed a bank claim and they begged me to withdraw it by claiming I had done it accidentally so they would refund me I refused Now I am suing”

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Posted 2 years ago

Book Writing Founders is rated 4.5 based on 130 reviews