I decided not to run with this book puplishing company. Their upfront publishing cost is pretty fair as compared to others I have inquired about, at $600. However, after a deeper dive online, I learned that they have a recurring monthly fee of $249 per month, of which the phone agent failed to mention. (Red Flag) That is pretty steep, especially when an author cannot be certain as to how successful their book will be. And although publishing companies produce tangible books and place them on sale for you at various bookseller companies, I am looking the future prospects on that. Much of what is being sold these days in books, music videos, ect. is quickly going digital. This in essence cuts out the 'middle-man', as most, if not all can be done by oneself, that is if they are willing to do the work themselves. I am in the process of doing this and began with the Amazon Kindle platform, of which is pretty straightward, uncomplicated and very fair, with only a 3% sales fee. That said, I would suggest other authors to consider the same. Peace out, Brian.
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Unhappy C.
Only name is Christian-they operate as pagans
very bad customer service. takes for ever to get the response and you dont get your royalties on time? fake company. They charge you high fees to publish but when it comes down to service they are no good. not recommened. They are christian faith publishing in name only
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Brian R.
Untrustworthy company
No communication. Never tell if your book is selling nor send you any money from sales. Very untrustworthy company.
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robert B.
I paid $10,000 to edit and re-launch my…
I paid $10,000 to edit and re-launch my book. They promised that it would be done in 6 to 8 months and it took them 15 months to release my book and over 2 years for the marketing program. I did not sell any books through their program. I am a Christian and this organization should not bear the title of Christian. It was a very very bad experience, communication was horrific, and the results were even worse. They shared with me that I sold a certain amount of books, but these were the books that I purchased myself to sell locally.
My book was made into a play Andrew over 70 people in the theater to watch the play, I sold my book locally out of my trunk and I did so much better than the $10,000 investment that I invested into Christian Faith Publishing. A total ripoff and disappointment.
My book was a good product. I received many many wonderful reviews locally and someone is even now working on my book to make it a film.
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Eric M.
A publisher without a schedule.
This is a hybrid publisher that will not create a schedule for working on your project, so it is impossible to schedule promotional work or a release date that can be depended on. Their communication is constantly lacking and vague in terms of when to expect. There is no ability to problem solve within their plan, once you commit to their process it is like a manufacturing process that needs to complete things on their terms and their timeline, which is always about two to four week later. You need to be very careful about their work to make sure that they do what they are expected with high quality.
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Seth F.
I paid 5K for publishing making none!!!
I paid 5K for publishing my Book !!!
I didn't make a dollar with sell, after two years they removed my book from the shelves. They asking now to renew contract $$ so me paying them even more money ?!
* They're Not Worth a 1/4 of what they asked. Seriously my wife and I all our other Books will publish elsewhere for sure !!
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Patrick T.
Christian Life Publishing is a total…
Christian Life Publishing is a total scammer organisation. The address provided for Christian Life Publishing LLC, 55 W 14th St STE 101, Helena, MT 59601, appears to be a shared business hub hosting multiple unrelated companies, including LLCs like Loving Life, LLC, SEJ Holdings, LLC, and PURE AVIATION LLC, as well as real estate services like Windermere Helena. This raises doubts about the company’s operational base and its capacity to deliver the specialised promotion my book requires. Additionally, their request for a payment screenshot is highly unusual and inconsistent with standard practices in first-world countries. This method is more commonly associated with regions such as India or Bangladesh, further casting suspicion on your location and legitimacy. The banking details referencing Wise at Rue du Trône 100, 3rd floor, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, also seem inconsistent with your stated U.S. address, adding to my concerns about whether they are operating from the location you claim.
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Allan H.
My experience with Christian faith…
My experience with Christian faith publishing was horrible. I sent them my novella that I was working on and they made all sorts of promises and bragged about how good they were.
I signed up with them and started paying them my monthly fee, and all I got in return was non responsiveness, except to say that they would fix it, which they never did, and then completely incompetent edits. I should’ve used test pilot before ever talking to them, but I was naïve. More disturbing than the non-responsiveness to my requests was their complete incompetence in editing. To give you my bona fides, I must tell you that I have a masters degree in education, went to a name, college, Rutgers, and I am completely competent with the English language. They took my completely competent grammar and formatting and destroyed it. I will give you one example, I gave them a chapter list with names of nine chapters. They sent me back a so-called “final edit“ of my novella which consisted of 86 chapters or one per page. The chapters were alternating my name and the title of the book. Frustratingly incompetent. Quite frankly, I don’t understand how they managed to get a two point something on trust pilot! A cherry on top is that they stopped a line in mid-sentence, put in one of their dopey, incorrect chapter headlines, and then started up the sentence again as a new chapter! Also, they continued the sentence after the new chapter heading with a different font and a much smaller size. THEN, not only that, they insisted that I pay the rest of what they felt I owe them after having been completely unable to deliver what they promised to deliver the manuscript for which I was paying them. They are now threatening to send my account to collections in order to punish me by ruining my credit. That will not work.
I am meeting with my lawyer on Friday of this next week to discuss various courses of action ranging from a countersuit and a possible class action.
I will amend this review after coming to a decision about what actions my lawyer advises me to take.
Right now, I am boiling with anger and that anger may have spilled over into the quality of the writing in this review. I am just too angry to spend time on editing this. My best to you all.