I may be in love with ‘Lulu’ — self-publishing center Lulu.com that is
Sometimes I’m amazed at what writing resources there are on the Internet which I’ve not yet found. Today I just found another which I think is a good one — Lulu.com. I’ve spent the last half hour looking around, and as close as I can figure, it’s a very reasonable self-publishing center. The membership to the site requires registration, but it’s free.
The beauty of the whole place is that they seem to have very reasonable pricing if you want to upload a manuscript, pick the binding and cover you want, and “publish” it.
Publishing in this case means putting it up on Lulu.com for people to order. They produce copies for you on-demand as people order them.
The company makes money, I assume, not just on the fees they charge for printing and shipping your book(s), but mostly on the various PR packages they offer to help you market and sell your book(s).
There’s nothing really new here. Many companies have come into business to offer on-demand self-publishing on the Internet. I haven’t looked at any in recent years and there may be some much better than Lulu.com — but the Lulu.com site includes a nice forum and various “community” features.
Have you done any self-publishing? I know some of you have. What services have you used, and would you recommend them for any of us? Why or why not? Share your experiences with us, please.
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