My experience with Amazon Publishing My name is Betty Bockoras. My friend, Nora Brickel Wilson and I worked together in writing, "Mama's Gift." After we finished, I was faced with the problem of where to get it published. Then someone referred Amazon Publishing. Problem solved! Still, I proceeded carefully. I had been taken advantage of by a previous publishing company with a different book. They had charged me ten times what Amazon was charging - and with unsatisfactory results. But Amazon proved to be the real thing! They assigned me a "Project Manager," named Mark Bennett to work with me. He was very patient and kind as he answered all my questions, and there were many. First he guided me through doing the cover and then the story, with nine pictures inserted. I am very pleased with the finished product, which is now for sale on Amazon.com, both paperback and eBook.

I had a great first experience with… I had a great first experience with Amazon publishing company. At first I was overwhelmed and didn’t know where to begin but the team I was assigned helped me every step of the way and made everything seem more attainable. I was grateful for the access to chat with them and the prompt responses. I would definitely recommend this service to someone wanting to publish their work

Really happy with Amazon publishing… Really happy with Amazon publishing company’s work! The whole team were a great help during the whole publishing process. Great job Zach, Ryan, Kevin and Co!

Misleading. They'll use a free ISBN in the Standard… They'll use a free ISBN in the Standard publishing package to publish on Amazon which will limit your book within Amazon platform only, meaning you cannot publish your book on other platforms. The only way is to delist your book listing on Amazon, all reviews will be gone, if you want to publish your book on other platforms in the future. The salesperson will not tell you that and that's misleading. I was very disappointed at their service. Would not recommend ever.

I am giving my team a 2 I am giving my team a 2, for many reasons. I employed AMZ in late November 2023 to publish and promote my new book. I am a second time author and first time "publisher." With a "Ton" of promises I paid $2,700 for the publishing, website, marketing for 3 months and a laundry list of promises. As the process evolved the project manager came to me with extra charges that could not be avoided. Charges such as web hosting. I use a web hosting service for my business that costs me $12 a month, AMZ's price was over $100 a month. Is my website being seen by anyone, no. Is there marketing to push my website, I paid for it, no. The team suggested a trailer. It was included in my original purchase. I did the voice over then provided the video for the trailer, they changed it. They created their own version and I had to insist that they went back to what I wanted. Upon completion of the trailer I asked where it would be seen? If I did a search on AMZ for a thriller (which is a category my book might fit into) I would see trailers from other authors. I then paid to have my trailer on those pages. It still hasn't shown up and it is 2 months later. Then I opened one of my competitors books and their trailer showed up on their home page, this was January 15 when my marketing began. I have yet to see any evidence that the marketing I am paying for is showing up anywhere. I asked what it would cost to put my trailer on my home page, they gave me a price, I paid for it, that was 2 months ago and they still have not figured out how to get it on my home page. Then they insisted I do pay per click to get noticed. So I pay $500 a month and a search for thrillers, mystery got me to page 30 before giving up as I did not see my book in 30 pages. What am I paying for? And, why? If it's not being seen in the first few pages it's not worth it. So then they told me I should try directed marketing and that launched last week, where? I still cannot find any evidence of that either. I know the 5 people who ordered my book. Yeah, 2 months of advertising and it hasn't reached a single buyer. Not one! What am I paying for? Why am I paying anything. I am not directing people to a website no one will ever find, why am I paying for a website? Then I reread the first chapter and found a typo that wasn't even a word. The editor didn't even find a misspelling of a word that isn't a word. When I asked for it to be fixed they wanted to charge me $600 for that.