2008 Woodie Awards
Lulu.com gives new writers a chance for publication
Taylor Higgins
Issue date: 2/15/07 Section: Features
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What if you could publish your own professionally printed book in a couple of hours and then order and pay for only as many as you want?
What if the set up was free? Sound too good to be true? Not if you let Lulu do it.
Lulu.com is a premier independent publishing marketplace for the do-it-yourselfers. It allows anyone, including students, to publish and sell or buy any digital material available.
The site currently has over 100,000 published titles and 2,500 new each week.
Lulu.com uses a print on demand (POD) method of producing books or other media one at a time. With print on demand, a printer produces hard copies of a book from a digital file.
That way, the book is only printed when someone buys it.
With Lulu, an author submits a digital file of the book and then the site creates a print ready version of the file.
When a customer buys that book from Lulu, the printer prints that copy (or copies) and ships it within days.
There is no fee required to create an account to buy or to sell and Lulu only keeps 20 percent of the revenue the content produces while the creator keeps 80 percent.
The company does not ask the creator to change anything and allows the creator to set the price of their work.
The difference between Lulu.com and other online competitors is that there is no minimum order required to publish and sell on Lulu.com.
"I think Lulu.com would be a great way for students to publish their work. It's a great opportunity to get some really great work out there, and the best part is that it is free," said Jennifer Copolla, sophomore, South Plainfield, N.J.
What makes Lulu.com so unique is that the "published by you" ISBN is portable. By giving authors the "published by you" option, Lulu.com is also giving its customers the ability to fulfill orders for their books anywhere.
Lulu.com also offers marketing tools on their website for those individuals wishing to publish materials.
What if the set up was free? Sound too good to be true? Not if you let Lulu do it.
Lulu.com is a premier independent publishing marketplace for the do-it-yourselfers. It allows anyone, including students, to publish and sell or buy any digital material available.
The site currently has over 100,000 published titles and 2,500 new each week.
Lulu.com uses a print on demand (POD) method of producing books or other media one at a time. With print on demand, a printer produces hard copies of a book from a digital file.
That way, the book is only printed when someone buys it.
With Lulu, an author submits a digital file of the book and then the site creates a print ready version of the file.
When a customer buys that book from Lulu, the printer prints that copy (or copies) and ships it within days.
There is no fee required to create an account to buy or to sell and Lulu only keeps 20 percent of the revenue the content produces while the creator keeps 80 percent.
The company does not ask the creator to change anything and allows the creator to set the price of their work.
The difference between Lulu.com and other online competitors is that there is no minimum order required to publish and sell on Lulu.com.
"I think Lulu.com would be a great way for students to publish their work. It's a great opportunity to get some really great work out there, and the best part is that it is free," said Jennifer Copolla, sophomore, South Plainfield, N.J.
What makes Lulu.com so unique is that the "published by you" ISBN is portable. By giving authors the "published by you" option, Lulu.com is also giving its customers the ability to fulfill orders for their books anywhere.
Lulu.com also offers marketing tools on their website for those individuals wishing to publish materials.
Viewing Comments 1 - 6 of 8
Tina Edgar
posted 2/17/07 @ 2:03 PM EST
I am Tina Edgar I'm currently writing a cookbook I would just like to know a few things about publishing my book such as how big does a paperback need to be? How big Should my fonts be? Can I have colored or black and white pictures? I am writing my book on a microsoft works should I insert my own pictures or do I have to send them to you? Do I need need a isbn # ?
I am really kind of new at this so any help you can give me will be appericated Please call me at 941-375-2261 or email me at t. (Continued…)
rainman1966
posted 3/26/07 @ 4:28 AM EST
im writting book on peoms and would like two know alittle more
1..can i have little pick on each page..price..
2.. im not avery good speeler is there any way it gets cheacked?
3. (Continued…)
mom of young writer
Donna
posted 4/02/07 @ 12:15 AM EST
I am the mother of a 12 year old that loves to write. He has been writing short stories since first grade and began his first chapter book almost 2 years ago. (Continued…)
TruthStabsViolently
posted 7/10/07 @ 5:40 AM EST
I'm an axe murder and I'm interested in writing a book about my misadventures involving chopping up people and hiding their remains in various ways. I want to write a how-to book to help other axe murders and other serial killers to succeed at what they love to do. (Continued…)
dining room furniture
posted 10/19/07 @ 11:30 AM EST
very funny.
dining table
posted 10/24/07 @ 10:46 AM EST
The internet today is the best tool for amature publications. If its good, it will get read by millions.
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