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Lightning Source Inc

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Lightning Source Inc. specializes in providing a comprehensive suite of on-demand, print and distribution services for books to the publishing industry. Located in La Vergne, Tenn., it provides print options and a complete bookselling channel in the United States and the United Kingdom. The firm offers various products, such as traditional paperback/hardback books and color books. It serves the print and distributor markets with print-to-order, print-to-publisher and print-to-warehouse services. Lightning Source Inc. has rec... read more

Location details

1246 Heil Quaker Boulevard, La Vergne, TN, 37086, United States

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WeekdayScheduleStatus
Mon9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Tue9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wed9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thu9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Fri9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
SatClosed
SunClosed
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6 months
3.7107 reviews
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Kathleen W. 
on Birdeye

2 months ago

There needs to be a minus star for Lightning Source service. When I started using Lightning Source for printing our books, they were great. I had a rep I could call or email and get a quick real personal response. Now it has grown beyond terrible. Quality is still good but literally no customer service. Ten days ago, I received someone else's book when I ordered a book I wrote and published. I filled out the form on the site for problems with an order and included a photo of the package, order sheet, and wrong book. Also ema... read more

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Marcie H. 
on Birdeye

3 months ago

This company has no integrity about people or there employees are anyone they have no morals and they lie to everyone even to the public this is the worst company that you can work for  

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Julia S. 
on Birdeye

4 months ago

If I could give a zero star rating to this company I would. It actually deserves a minus zero star rating. The problem isn't with their printing quality, which is excellent. The problem is with their customer service, which is the worst I have ever experienced. And customer service these days isn't what it should be. I won't go into details here, but I will tell you that I sent about five emails, and left about five Voicemail messages, before I got any help at all. And I only got help in the end because I had a number for Cr... read more

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ROBERT E. 
on Birdeye

10 months ago

LSI used to be great--smooth, efficient, dependable. Since automation, publishers have lost touch with representatives -- the human touch. "- So called "Support" is two spindly legs trying to hold up a mountain. My initial "Set-up" at LSI was completed May 15th then it hit a snag, a stop for two weeks. IBPA got the book moving, and it went out to Market -- Amazon, three weeks after submission. At the same time I ordered two boxes (50) for Home Office use. After waiting two weeks, we found the Print Order still there only ... read more

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Bala Z. 
on Birdeye

a year ago

I am a small publisher who has been with Lightning Source for decades. Their customer service in recent years has been abominable. In January I took advantage of transferring one of my accounts from LSI to Spark. It has been nothing short of a nightmare trying to access the remnants of the old account to download sales data. I have been wrestling with the support team for at lease 3 weeks and no one is able to understand what I am wanting. Very frustrating. These guys are getting too big to service a small guy like me and th... read more

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Joe C. 
on Birdeye

a year ago

These folks print absolute garbage. The paper quality is so bad you can see through the pages. When you bring it to their attention they do nothing, even when they acknowledge the mistake. If you are self-publishing I recommend you go someplace else! 

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Lightning Source Inc has a 3.7 star rating with 107 reviews. 

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Lightning Source Inc is closed now. It will open on Monday at 9:00 a.m. 

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