Western Book Publishing Avis 3

(Prior to placing this review, I have emailed it to Western Book Publishing (WPB), for their info.)
I would urge anyone considering using these incompetent (at best), charlatans, to think twice, and learn from my mistake. I did not want to give them a one star but there are no minuses.

As a new author, based in the UK. I admit to being naive. However, I have a full, chronological email trail which corroborates all I have written.

If I can save others from such trauma, this review will have been worth it.

In June 2025, I paid WBP £1,600 for the publication of my children’s book, three months of extensive publishing, and global distribution.
I chose WBP for their ostensibly professional and informative website.
I was duped.

I encountered numerous major problems, including:

Substandard editing:

This resulted in me completing my own proof work.

Poor layout of my book:

They had obviously not read my book, and so their formatting was not in line with any of the illustrations. Consequently, I had to complete this on my own too.

Inadequate marketing:

I am not referring to sales. This is simply about how and where my book was marketed, as opposed to their promise of extensive global marketing.

Gross incompetence:

Repeatedly, I found myself having to rewrite their publicity narrative because their attempts did either not marry the illustration they chose, or their narrative was grammatically incorrect and/or nonsensical. Even then, on occasion, they would post something completely different from that which I had endorsed!

Furthermore, when they eventually launched my author’s Facebook platform, I noted 1,000 instant followers, who were of dubious character or unreputable. Unfortunately, these are still in situ.

Unscrupulous tactics:

They attempted to extort £1,000 for an ISBN number, telling me the one I had paid for was only for the UK and not global! They also tried to gain a further £500 for a bar code!

After a laborious and anxious few months, I do now have a book, with which I am happy. It is advertised on Amazon, and printed by them,
But this has been hard come by!

I had requested a full refund in August, and latterly a half refund. However, the manager in question turned this around, writing that I am threatening to post this review. It is not a threat!

They purport to be based in Texas, but I have my doubts. English is not their first language, (they are from Pakistan), I did not have a problem with that initially, not until I realised, they were using AI to mask their lack of a comprehensive English language. (They refute this).

Please feel free to contact me for more detailed elaboration.

When I looked at the WBP website, I was immediately impressed with the quality of book cover art and illustrations. Once I had the opportunity to speak with a team member, they directed me to a few Author websites to provide a further demonstration of their production team's quality of work. As my Project Manager, Casper Williams was very efficient with regard to hammering out the details and updates I requested of his design team.

I am not a customer of WesternBookPublishing.com. This review is being left as a public transparency warning, in line with Trustpilot’s “freedom of expression” policy, and is based on publicly available information and my own research.

Western Book Publishing claims to be a U.S.-based company offering full publishing services. However, its website, structure, and content appear nearly identical to a number of other domains that list different names but operate under similar business models.

These include:

Similar templates and branding

The same U.S. address reused across multiple sites

Recurring phone numbers tied to international scam reports

Domains hosted under the same masked WHOIS privacy service

Other domains in this group have already been removed by hosting providers for violating platform policies.

Again, this is not a review of a transaction. But in my opinion, there is strong reason to approach this brand with caution, especially when large up-front payments are requested without clear, independently verifiable business credentials.

I encourage Trustpilot and readers to independently investigate connections between this site and similarly structured ones operating out of Karachi, Pakistan, despite claiming U.S. business addresses.

This is a good-faith review based on legitimate concern for consumer awareness and online transparency.