Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd. Omdömen 

My overall experience with this company was one of huge disappointment in the formatting of my book and the lack of promotion after publication. It seemed to me they took my money (a considerable amount), then forgot about me. I would strongly urge caution and to approach other publishers before committing to Austin McCauley.

From the first anticipated contact till the release of my book, and more. Austin Macauley held my hand throughout the whole process. The details and the attention provided to me, speaks volumes in just how good hands I'm in.

The editing team, the marketing team have simply been amazing. This has been a watershed moment, I wish I had done this 10 years ago. I am having the most amazing adventure, it is simply life changing!!!

It was nice of Austin Macauley to publish my book and they have been very helpful on the way through. However marketing it in Australia has had its problems. Retail outlets seem to have trouble purchasing the book through their normal supply chains. Shipping Costs from London to Australia are also very expensive.

Prompt responses and informative step by step guide to publishing

As a writer, I really met a team of dedicated professionals. They know what they are doing and they do it right in every little, and yet, important detail. They know how to listen, they can help. At each and every step, you can feel they are experienced. I definitely recommend Austin Macauley Publishers.

AM kept me connected from the very beginning to end. The editors responded quickly to all of my questions and concerns.I was pleased with the finished product.

They take your money, publish an amateurish-looking book (e.g. the bottom lines of the pages on a two-page spread are not consistently aligned, and on some pages the ink looks faded), do absolutely nothing to promote your book except make it available on a few booksellers' websites such as Amazon, and then after two years, because the book hasn't sold well (and why would it when the publisher has done nothing to promote it?), they drop you altogether.

I wrote a previous review with 5 stars, at this point I was going through the publishing process however I am so disappointed. AC were great through the original process and the published book was great. Since publishing though, I feel a bit like a forgotten entity. I have done all my social media promotion, got 3 book signings off my own accord yet I havnt seen 1 single thing where they have promoted on my behalf. I thought that was why we pay all the money to them but obviously I was wrong. I really hope I can take my second book elsewhere but unfortunately I may be tied now.

This company first said they wanted to publish my book to say a few weeks later they wanted me to pay for it. I unwisely did and have not been receiving my royalties from my Amazon sales. The cost from them was nearly the same, so I'd buy from Amazon and sign and re-sell my books. I've purchased a hundred books with no royalties from Amazon, only from them in the UK directly, which has been limited. I have refered countless others to Amazon to purchase, but have received no royalties from people who showed me the book they purchased. I don't know how many other have bought my book I have not been paid for.
Also they butchered my manuscript after I hired my own freelance editor to revise it. They changed correct things to fit their british minds or something. They made tons of extra work and I never got it back right after they got a hold of it. I'd avoid avoid avoid..

An elderly friend of mine who I’ve supported for years contacted this company about his book and got very excited about their projections of a million copies at £x each. He has been trying to get his book out there for many years. This was well over a year ago that Austin Mc said they could help him. He’s heard nada since. Zero. Zilch. Nothing has materialised. He keeps on hoping. I am worried he’s being made a mug of.

THEY STEAL YOUR ROYALTIES!!!! Do not publish with them!!!!

When Austin Macauley accepted my manuscript for publication, the editting team boosted my self-confidence and I knew I could work with the publishing company through the various stages. I am not a computer whizz, but Austin Macauley guided me successfully at each stage. The design team realised my vision for the cover.

I believe that Austin Macauley and his team are the best bublishers, first, they provide support ;second, they help the authors motivation ;and third, they pave the way to achieving the goal.
Austin and his team helped me achieve my heartfelt dream, with their support and assistance, reach what I wished for.

I learned how to deal with the different steps from formating to publishing. Very useful !

From start to finish my experience with Austin McCauley Publishers has been great! I have been highly impressed by the communication level there is between the author and staff. I would highly recommend this publisher to any author or new author.

I have found Austin Macauley Publishers a pleasure to work with. They put me at ease in terms of the process and steps involved. The journey consists of stages and they liaised with me throughout to reach our mutual goal of publication.

Thus far, Austin Macauley have been wonderfully supportive, and it is very much appreciated.

I published this review on 3/25/24. On 6/16/25, Ganesh Koumar of their marketing department offered some new approaches, but only if I would remove the review.
I removed it. Nothing happened. So I am reposting the review, with some edits.
This was my second book, so I thought I knew what to expect from a publisher - an editor who would push me to make my writing communicate effectively and a marketing department that would get the book noticed in all the right places. And I found some good reviews for Austin Macauley, so I signed the contract hoping for the best. I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Austin Macauley's editing - what there was of it – seemed not to have been done by a live editor. Except that an AI edit would have done a better job. It changed correct grammar to incorrect; in one case it even reversed the meaning of the sentence. I wound up doing all the proofing and editing myself, with no help from a series of about six "Production Assistants" who came and went without noticeable effect.

They did finally publish the book, more than two years after getting my signed contract. Their “Guide to Marketing” promised that I would receive my complimentary copies and other marketing materials within two weeks of publication; it took ten weeks and multiple emails with my new “Senior Marketing Lead,” who agreed that this was unacceptable but admitted she couldn’t do anything about it. That was my first clue about the marketing department.

They listed the book on Amazon and other book websellers in paperback and e-book format. But they didn’t ask me about how to describe the book on those websites, and what they posted trivialized the book. I finally got that improved, although not fully satisfactory, after appealing to Amazon. The holiday season was arriving and my book would be relevant then, so I asked what they were doing to market it and waited to hear from them about press contacts, featured stories, etc.

They weren’t doing anything. They wanted me to construct a website for the book. They wanted me to pay to advertise it in Publisher’s Weekly. They wanted me to market it on social media. Their entire marketing effort consisted of sending a “pitch” to bookstores, libraries, and newspapers prior to publication. I asked to see the “pitch” but never got it. I emailed repeatedly for more information and got no response. Finally I called hoping to speak to a real live person but all I could do was leave a voicemail. That did finally produce a response from my Marketing Lead telling me that all their marketing was done prior to publication but that they might send another “pitch” after six months had passed. It was obvious that their marketing was nearly non-existent.

Austin Macauley “published” my book, in the sense that they got it printed and available for purchase on book websites. That, I suppose, is worth the small fee they charged me, which would hardly cover the cost of preparing and printing. But they stand to lose more than I do if the book doesn’t sell, so I don’t understand why they won’t market it. I have now engaged a professional marketer to do that for me; I’m hoping the extra cost will be covered by a significant increase in sales.

It’s also interesting that the reviews of Austin Macauley are either wonderful (61%) or terrible (24%) with hardly any in between. How does such a love/hate evaluation happen? I can only imagine two possibilities. One is that they make a conscious decision to do nothing for one book out of four. The other is that the positive reviews are phony. Either way, your book faces at least a 25% chance of an unhappy outcome like the one described in my earlier review. Go figure.
I put a lot of effort into my book. I wish I had chosen a publisher who was worth it. If you are an author in search of a publisher, look elsewhere.

Definate Vanity publishers. I have had 2 books published by them of which I know some sold as family and friends bought copies that I signed personally yet when the time came for royalty payouts they said my sales were zero which is not correct. I outlaid £10,600 to get the top level of service yet have received absolutely nothing but excuses so AVOID at all costs