Reviews

I am so proud of this, (Musical Chairs, by Sheila Levin) but it wouldn’t be right not to share that without you two —as we all know that this would not be the book it is without Marci’s amazing editorial eye and Deb’s patience, with a smart-ass, slightly hostile and suspicious old lady writer. Whatever happens, I will, I can promise you, I will always be grateful.

I am a first time author, I wrote my book 10 years ago initially, I always knew someday though I would like to get it published. A couple times throughout the years I had even contacted a couple of agencies acquiring about getting it published. All that did was lead to harassing phone calls, almost every day. I then thought wow! they must really like the idea of my book, or they must really want my money. I am not going to lie going POD and having someone do your ebook is expensive so it is important to choose a company that will use that hard money you have made and make the most out of it. The cost was one of the reasons, I waited for so long to publish. Then this year, while taking a English class in college, we had to do a project and my group and I decided to come up with a picture children’s book, my group almost had to do nothing as the thoughts and ideas poured out of my head. After it was completed we submitted it , success! everyone loved it, and we all got an A on the project. everyone had said man, you should write children’s books. All I could say was, I did write a children’s book it’s just not published yet. That is really what made me want to be able to tell people I am a published children’s author. So I dived back into my book, I changed some things and rewrote some parts making my 10 year old story come to life once more. I then started the process of contacting Pod companies, and once again harassing phone calls. I had almost let one company talk me into going with them, but the lord had spoke to me and what he was telling me was to research more companies, that I should not go with the one I was choosing to go with. So I trusted my instincts and thoughts the lord was putting on my heart. Finding First Edition was no easy task to find. I had to look into a lot of POD reviewer websites, I would write down each company that had reviews with the highest stars, then I would go on a separate search, to see if I could find any complaints about that company.. through those searches I had discovered that the company that kept harassing me to publish was one of the worst on the reviews and had the least amount of stars, they also had so many negative reviews… I was on the right track. Finally, I came across a review that had First Edition at the top of its list. so I did a search on them. Low in Behold, I found no negative reviews, I even found a blog that someone had wrote while they were going through the process with First Edition. Although, other authors were telling the person be careful, and don’t go with a POD company this person stayed positive and stuck to their guns. the blog went on a period of about 4 months, and at the end of the blog the person had said thank you all for your concerns, I was right and I have received my book and I couldn’t of chosen a better company to go with. That was all I needed to hear, wow a real experience and she was still happy with the choice she made after still hearing negative ideas from the others. So I decided to give Debbi a call, after talking to her, I knew her company was the one I wanted to go with. I prayed about it before making my final decision and everything felt right. So we started the process. IM not going to lie and say every process was easy or didn’t have its challenges because it did. But, Jessica, Justin, and Dave all with their excellent feedback and responses to my complaints, were able to settle me down and handle those issues and get them resolved. At times I thought to myself wow, I am really being a pain in the Butt! a real Diva! about this, but then I had to think. No, I just know what I want and this book was my baby that I had held on to for 10 years. It didn’t matter as much as I was a pain in the butt, they never once made me feel that way. On many occasions, I would have one of those three Justin, Jessica, or Dave working with me in the live chat changing all the things I wanted and making things just right, to how I envisioned it. Even after all the bumps and the long road it took to get my book done. I agree and feel how that blogger had felt, I feel happy, satisfied and accomplished. I could not have made a better choice by choosing First Edition as my publishers. Now when I tell people I wrote a children’s book, I can finally say and it’s Published It’s called
Ferret Adventures
A ferret’s life, from a ferret’s point of view
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Pet shop Mystery.

Thank you so much First Edition team for your Excellent customer service and making sure things were done right. To you, that is reading this know that you will not be sorry for choosing First Edition. What are you waiting for? Pick up that phone and call Debbi today, you wont regret it.

First Edition designed the cover for my romance novel and hit it out of the park. The very first general concept they gave me was fantastic and we went from there. It required only a few minor tweaks and the whole process was very speedy and professional. Justin from the design team made every adjustment quickly and precisely. I couldn’t be happier and will absolutely be using First Edition for the next cover and other promotional services.