"A waste of time and money."

A waste of time and money.
This company is a complete sham. I have been trying to get them to do any work promised me. Other publishers stated my length of book should have taken 4-6 months to complete. It has been approximately 18 months, and I have just completed editing! Which I did 85% of it myself. Their 'Senior Editors' have come and gone at least six times now. Never with prior notice to me. Nor with my permission. Their 'editing' skills are barely high school level. It took four months for them to edit the first eleven pages of my book. It took four months to edit the last eleven pages. Then I had to 'fix' my story because they had doubled up paragraphs or for some reason, took them and put paragraphs in new spots. I had to 'fix' the story back to how I submitted it. They changed and ruined the ending of my story. I had to rewrite it and resubmit it.
These people have lied to me 70+ times. gotten nothing done as promised, ever. Now, I haven
t heard from them for five weeks. I will be litigating them if I do not receive a refund.
Go find a real publisher. These people just put you off over and over.
I could go on and on. This company has also broken my heart and destroyed my barest expectations. I have completed two other books. I will go somewhere else for my next project.

"My experience here at Excel Book…"

My experience here at Excel Book Writing has been great. Ben Fisher & Dustin Brown who are my project and marketing manager have shown be great success and great work. Currently my book is in the works and I’m very satisfied with it. I would definitely recommend anyone to go to Excel if they’re looking forward to publish a book.

"HORRIBLE COMPANY AND PEOPLE "

Terrible experience. Wasted $650 to publish a book back in 2022 and has been nothing but a headache. Working with these people is not an enjoyable experience. This company is a scam or just filled with incompetent people who argue with you. Publishing with them was not fun. I don't understand what's so difficult about giving people their refunds if their book wasn't successful. It's free money for them that you don't get back.

Update: they really contacted me asking me to take down this negative report without doing any work for me first. This “Pearl Dominic” if that's even her real name, is a b**** who needs an attitude adjustment.

Update: “we value transparency and integrity.” is bull****. Yet when I reach out to this "Brandon Ross" I get no answer and you call that professional? And your "boss lady" Pearl Dominic answers the phone "what's up?" In the rudest tone. You people are full of sh**.
If you're an author and you're reading this stay away from this company they Do Not have your best interest at heart. This report is the most honest one you'll read. The five star reviews are fake.

"Excel is the best"

My book is published and I'm satisfied with the package I purchased. I see negative reviews about clients but then again everyone has their perspective of working. David Basley and his team gave me satisfaction as I was told when I signed up with the company.

"They take your money and don't do the work"

I purchased a package from excel book writing to help me publish my book. I also purchased a advertising/promoting package for the book. They took significantly longer than they said it would take to do the book. Then they didn't do anything to promote the book. They finally agreed to give me my money back for the advertising package, but I have only received $1000.00 of the $5500 I paid them. It has been over a year since they signed a contract stating they will give me the money back, and I am now having to take them to small claims court in Chicago. Do not waste your time and money. This has been the biggest headache of my life!

"Excel helped to make my dream of…"

Excel helped to make my dream of becoming a children’s author a reality . Thank you so much Dustin for all your kindness and support . I know you were quite busy with many other clients but you always managed to get back to me in a timely manner . I am so excited to have my work published soon . Thanks again .

"How could I have been so trusting"

How could I have been so trusting...for so long...after so much waiting. True, my manuscript was finally packaged as a book. True, it did go to Amazon. And that is the end of the positive experience with Excel. I should not have agreed to a website...it was simply made through GoDaddy and I paid royally for the Website domain name. I actually gave them money for ink and paper because the publishing of the book was going to be 'amazing'. I was promised 300 books plus 10 hard cover books just because I was the author. No...it didn't happen. And I gave them a lot of money. But...they promised the books would arrive on my doorstep. I am still trying to accept the fact that they have already forgotten who I am. Please don't use this company.
I DON'T SEE A SPACE FOR AN ADDITION TO MY REVIEW...THEREFORE I WILL CONTINUE HERE...
I began my relationship with Excel, almost two years ago. The people with whom I first worked are no longer a part of the 'team' and I moved on to a working relationship with Brandon and David. Both individuals were most pleasant to work with and David professionally corrected some significant errors previous co-workers had made. I was encouraged to (with haste) pay for a domain name as the timing was crucial. This individual also attempted to develop a website which was a disaster...and David corrected.
The biggest problem was the length of time it took to move from one step to another. There was always a reason why the book was not developing. Brandon became involved, and again, he was a most pleasant individual with whom to work.
I was requested to pay (and I have the contract) for both paper and ink. I was told that the quality of the book would be amazing because of this request. But...nothing happened. David and I worked on the book, page by page. I was pleased with his completed project. It was at this point that everything stopped. There was one excuse after another...they said changes were being made with the publisher. They said that because of these changes they were delayed in producing my book. The initial contract was for me to receive 10 (ten) hard cover books simply because I was the author. Another member of the team, Alice, and I discussed the books that would be available for sale. She would keep 250 and I would receive, at my home, 50 books.
Nothing happened!!! NO BOOKS for which I paid $$$$$ We had phone calls. I was nice and then I was not very nice. I was frustrated and angry...and so disappointed. I am not one of the 'well known or famous' authors but to me, my book was/is important. This was my second book
to be published. David promised the books would be available. Brandon promised the books would be available. I began to make scheduled events...the local book store, two particular groups. The library wanted to buy books for their shelves and to have a program. I received letters from three individuals who became aware of my book on FaceBook and they were so complimentary. One of those individuals tried to order ten additional copies. My website would not allow the customers to receive the books they ordered but their credit cards were charged. Brandon somehow saw to it that at least one of the customers received the ordered books. I don't know about the other individual.
I still had NO books of my own and finally ordered THREE copies from AMAZON. It was the only way I could get a book!!!!!
I am not able to carry on with scheduled events to promote the books and I would need to order numerous copies from AMAZON. I have already paid for books...300 of them.
I told either Brandon or David that my book looked good and they replied that "Just wait until you see the difference in one printed through Excel!" We began the discussion about the books arriving probably in February...then I was promised by the end of the next month...and on and on we went.
I am a pretty kind individual but finally I told Brandon and David that I would seek out an attorney ... BUT I was told that the books would be on their way soon. They promised!!!!! How many times I heard that!! We promise to have them there soon.
I liked working with them. I trusted them. I was proud of my book. BUT...I HAVE NO BOOKS!!!!! I promptly paid for everything along the way. AND I HAVE NO BOOKS!
Creating a review was an avenue I could afford in trying to resolve this challenging situation. I just want the 300 + 10 hard cover books. I even challenged David that I thought I deserved 20 hard cover books in addition to the 300 for sale.
Thank you for taking my review into consideration. I appreciate the work Brandon and David did but now I expect to see the fruits of my labor.
I would request that the 300 books be sent to my home address, no shipping charge, along with the books I am entitled to as the author.
David and Brandon...thank you for your work but...the job isn't completed yet. I JUST NEED MY BOOKS.

"Trouble in Tweetle Town gets its wings!"

This is to review my experience with my project manager Selena Martin. Selena notified me on February 26, 2024, that she would be in charge of my book project moving forward. She has always corresponded in a very professional manner and proceeded to move my project along for publication by the end of March. There were hurdles along the way, and together we persevered and my book project turned out to be the very colorful childrens book which I am very proud of. My story and the illustrations came together beautifully, after having a rocky start in December 2023. I'm very grateful to Selena Martin for her help on my book project.
Trilla Cook
Trouble in Tweetle Town 2024

"My experience on my first book "

I had a really nice experience as a first time author, I got Davin as my project manager along with Alister and they really helped me and walked me through everything, definitely would suggest them as project managers for anyone new signing up.

"Positive experience with Excel"

I found Excel Book Writing, as well as my Project Manager Seth, to be diligent, trustworthy, and prompt. They made the editing/publishing experience smooth and I am happy to see my writing out there due to their hard work. I will have more books in the future, and plan to publish with Excel again when the time comes.