LULU.COM
Seamus:
A few publishers have recommended Lulu.Com. Does anyone here have experience with lulu?
rafael:
I do. Lulu works for me because it doesn't cost me anything -- I upload my PDF and the cover art, then I point customers to a URL where they can purchase my book. It's fairly easy to use, and it's not terribly pricey for your consumers (for example, I just published a 428-page 8.5x11 book, and the 'creation cost' is only about sixteen bucks, so I can charge thirty dollars, and I feel like that's a decent price for the customer).
Problems with Lulu include shipping costs (which recently went up, causing much consternation).
Other than that, I'd ask -- what is it that you need to know?
iago:
Lulu is good for getting started (it's how I did), but if you're considering pre-printing stock rather than just having folks order a copy at a time through them, you'll find a better rate for similar quality elsewhere -- the cost of using Lulu has been going up in the past couple years, both in terms of the base unit cost of products and in terms of their shipping costs.
Seamus:
Quote from: rafael on April 05, 2009, 07:04:19 PM
I do. Lulu works for me because it doesn't cost me anything -- I upload my PDF and the cover art, then I point customers to a URL where they can purchase my book. It's fairly easy to use, and it's not terribly pricey for your consumers (for example, I just published a 428-page 8.5x11 book, and the 'creation cost' is only about sixteen bucks, so I can charge thirty dollars, and I feel like that's a decent price for the customer).
Problems with Lulu include shipping costs (which recently went up, causing much consternation).
Other than that, I'd ask -- what is it that you need to know?
Thanks.
Expensive is their shipping.
If I use LULU for a project, am I still able to use another printer if I want to order a large number of copies, while still using LULU?
greyorm:
Quote from: Seamus on April 05, 2009, 08:07:44 PM
If I use LULU for a project, am I still able to use another printer if I want to order a large number of copies, while still using LULU?
Yep. There should be no problem doing so (at least I have never heard of one).
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