Sandpiper,

I know that you want to choose the best publisher so I'm going to give you my honest opinion of AH. Like Lynn, I received a professional looking book and was treated with courtesy and respect. They also wrote an excellent press release and I was pleased with the fact that they gave away free review copies of my book to the media.

However, AH made numerous and inexcusable errors doing my galley proofs. They were unbelievably sloppy and for a period of time, I worried that I would never have a book. Moreover, there is a class-action lawsuit pending against them by disgruntled authors.

That does not include me! I'm perfectly happy with my book but I agree with Lynn that I paid for a lot of unnecessary services.

I published my last book with Lulu. If you're comfortable with a company that does not have online phone support but will deliver a stellar product, Lulu is the most cost-efficient way to go. They do have online chat available with staff and all questions are answered on the community forum. I have no complaints whatsoever about Lulu and I published my book with them for a fraction of the cost of AH.

I would recommend iUniverse over AH. Just my two cents :-) Good luck to you. Sigrid