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CABest Edit services I am half way in getting my book edited from Excel Book Writing Company. Mr. David Basely is Project manager who is taking care of my editing process. Very Very responsible , Committed to his job and I really appreciate him and his team. So far I am very satisfied. I look forward to working with David and his team from Excel Book Writing in future as well.
akgoff
GBThe truth is not in this company The truth is not in this company. This company does not stand by its word and does not honor its agreements. I made it clear from the very beginning how dissatisfied I was. The poor responses were acknowledged and followed with empty promises ("I will personally see to it....") After a year of problems (passed around to different project managers, different writing teams, poor writing quality, poor communication, etc.) and giving them multiple "second chances to make it right," I requested the refund guaranteed in their contract last fall. The company representatives would go silent and after a couple of months of pestering on my part, they would schedule a call to discuss the logistics of a "settlement" document. Then, the call would be canceled. The last call I received, during which I was assured that the matter would be resolved right after the first of the year, was in December. It of course was not. I could go on, and I am not the type to flame anyone, but after about two years, my patience is at an end. (If you look at the other unsatisfied reviews, this appears to be a pattern.) Their money back guarantee appears to be a sales ploy that they have no intent to honor, short of a lawsuit forcing them to do.
martha
GBNot a pleasant experience My experience was great for two reasons. 1. A finished product that is beautiful and 2. Ethan Rogers who took over the project and brought it to fruition. The experience was not pleasant from the beginning. There were so many communication issues. Ethan was the only saving grace. It was he that stuck it out and helped me through all the issues.
Gina Schluneker
GBCompany provides great support! Mikhail has been a pleasure to work with. He communicates quickly with answers and provides daily or weekly updates regarding your project. Graphic design artists do great work on your illustrations. They do nice work on your website design. Their editing staff and book layout team could use more experienced personnel; however, they work closely with you to support your vision.
Zeke Smith
GBDO NOT USE EXCEL DO NOT USE EXCEL! These people are useless. They mis-formatted the interior of my book in an egregious way such that the two-page spread illustrations were misaligned! Then they wanted to charge me a lot of money for them to fix their own mistake. They also suck at communicating, and most weeks they don't work on your project. They don't even open the file. Most of the 5-star reviews you see were coerced out their clients when their projects were going well, so keep that in mind when making a decision about where to put your money. *Addendum to original review* In Excel's response to me, they said "Upon reviewing your project, we found that all approvals were given for the formatting and layout, including the placement of two-page spread illustrations. However, we understand that sometimes preferences may change after publication..." My preferences never changed. Excel never showed me what that interior would look like in a printed version of the book. Turns out, the interior they created for me misaligned the two-page spreads. I thought I could trust Excel to do their job of formatting the interior of the book (after all, that is why I contracted them in the first place), but I was wrong. Whoops. Then they asked me for $300 to fix their own mistake.