lulu writing website

@Anne18 (11029)
December 8, 2011 1:43pm CST
I know lots of people write on mylot, but has anyone used the lulu website and had there book/writings published by them? Wondering if it is any good and worth trying ot get my book published by then. Its worth going ot have a look around
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
8 Dec 11
I have not heard anything bad about lulu and know they have been around for a long time. Have you researched what you want Anne? There are several ways to go when it comes to getting published and demand/print is just one of them. One good thing in your favour is there are lots of publishers/printers around. Britain is a great area for book creation!
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@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Not sure yet what ot write, people say write about something you know best, so it will have to be cheap meals and cleaning. I would only want hard copies, but my pc skills are bad so setting it up would be hard
@p1kef1sh (45681)
8 Dec 11
I have a book in preparation at the moment and know several people that have used Lulu successfully. I have produced a photo book on Blurb and also Apple. Both worked well. The prices on Lulu aren't bad and there's no minimum order. In fact the one that I did on Blurb I did for the mother of a myLot friend and have never seen the completed book myself except on the computer screen! I had it dispatched straight to her in the US.
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@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Have never heard of Blurb or Apple. I'm just wooried about my typing skills being so bad and trying ot set it up etc
@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
23 Dec 11
I put in some poems in poetry.com that later became a part in Lulu. Thanks for reminding, I may check if my poems are still there. Earlier they put in our poems in books together with other poems, and we didnĀ“t get paid, but maybe got a bit of reputation.. It seems the earning possibilities have improved..
@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
24 Dec 11
Hi, Anne18 If you want to read some poems, they are in Triond and I put them there about a year and an half ago. The username is the same as here.. I am also moving some to Expertscolumn so they will be there in the future.. Publishing poems and articles in a book in Lulu would be interesting too..
@Anne18 (11029)
27 Dec 11
Hi there, Thank you for taking the trouble ot answer my discussion
@Anne18 (11029)
23 Dec 11
Hope your poems are still there, perhaps you could share with us on mylot your poems. I would love ot read them
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9 Dec 11
Lulu's reliable. I've published there. Their formatting demands are a lot simpler than Smashwords and Amazon (for example), especially if you're ONLY going for e-publishing. There's no question of "trying" to get published. You simply upload the book and cover and they publish it, simple as that. There's no editorial filter or anything. It's all free, too (they work on commission) but you'll have to do your own promotion work.
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
I'm very worried about my poor pc skills and the typing it in etc. I only want hard copies
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@Anne18 (11029)
12 Dec 11
Well I can't do a word doc LOL
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12 Dec 11
You create the book BEFORE you upload it, not on the site. Usually, this is done as a Word doc (or a PDF). You get everything right then you upload a final version with a cover and everything. You can print everything out and check it all while you're preparing. For example, I have about half a dozen versions of my book sitting on the PC at home (at the various stages of editing) but only upload the final, complete, checked version when I'm ready to publish.
@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
8 Dec 11
I have never heard of the site. I do not know of anyone that has had their books published there either. I know quite a few people that write for other sites as well as get their books published. Good luck to you
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Thank you for all your good wishes
@Anne18 (11029)
23 Dec 11
Might try and figure it out in the new year. I want hard copies, not e books
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• United States
11 Dec 11
You are very welcome. Let us know if you get published.
10 Dec 11
i've actually never heard of it.. but i'm quite interested now..
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Any tips you can pass on to me to actually use it would be most grateful for
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
mmmm quite interested.... have you looked yet? What did you think
11 Dec 11
i'm currently looking now lol!! i think it seems pretty good.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
9 Dec 11
If I get anytime tonight then I will have a look at it. Thanks for the information. It is unbelievably hot here today. And it supposed to be ou winter
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Hi there, Cold here today, heating on and not looking forward ot it going off. Day in today putting christmas tree up!
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
13 Dec 11
I have a book that I'm working on right now, but I really haven't though about how I'm going to go about publishing it when I get done writing it. Most of what I hear as being the best way to publish these days is to find a publishing house that has on demand publishing. The reason that I've heard this is a great way to go is because of the fact that you don't have nearly the overhead with publishing in that way.
@Anne18 (11029)
23 Dec 11
Are you able to share with us what you are writing about? Would love to konw
• Philippines
9 Dec 11
I've known the site for a long time now but my english do not let me finish a book there. I will need more time learn writing stuff then forget other things first if I want to have my first book published.
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Hope you get to finish a book and get it published
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
10 Dec 11
HI sis! I have no idea about how popular this site is. I never heard this site before and this is my first time. Even if I am not the one in writing things but I am sure will take a look at it to know more about it. Thank you for the information!(^^)
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
HEY SIS.... missed you, hope you are ok. Hope you had a look round lulu and like it and can pass me some tips on about it! Good to see you sis
• United States
9 Dec 11
Lulu.com is pretty good. I published a book with Lulu. It's called Blue Roses. You set your price and then Lulu adds on their commission, so the books can be a bit expensive, but it's still a fine site to self publish.
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Would love ot self publish, would only want hard copies, I'm scared that my pc skills are very poor and I wouldn't be able ot set it up properly etc. What was Blue Roses about?
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@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Thanks for getting back so quickly. I used to write poetry when I was a girl!!
• United States
11 Dec 11
Blue Roses is a book of my poetry. I have one smaller book published by a small print on demand publisher... that one was From My Heart to Yours, and the one I self published is Blue Roses.
• Philippines
9 Dec 11
I have not ,first time to heard from you..
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Hope you go and have a very good luck at looking at lulu website
@myrnz626 (112)
• Philippines
9 Dec 11
haven"t read those sites, books... try your best and i will wait for yours. have a great day and happy mylotting! :)
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Hope you have a good time looking at lulu and happy mylotting ot you as well
• India
15 Aug 12
I published my books with smashwords, after reading your topic and the BR, i think lulu is better than smash words, better to give a try to this site. What is their minimum payout?
@Anne18 (11029)
19 Oct 12
smashwords, never heard of that one. No idea what payout is.. think I might go to the local printer, i'm a bit old school on things like this plus pc skills bad so wouldn't really be able ot type up properly what I wanted
• Canada
8 Dec 11
My husband and I have both published with them, and they are actually wonderful. If you look at our site called twoguelphauthors.webs.com you can see for yourself how well things turned out. I highly recommend them!
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
I would only want hard copies but I don't know if I can actually write it on pc as pc skills are bad and I'm not sure if I would set it out properly etc. I would hate to make a mess of it
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
8 Dec 11
Personally, I have not used Lulu, but I have friends who have. These friends are the same people that we bought our business from. When they created the business, they created a free ebook that is given away to subscribers to our newsletter, which we still actively promote to this day. About a year or two ago, our friends had that ebook put into a real book form, published and for sale on Lulu. I am not sure if they get many sales as the book is pretty widely known throughout the world in our industry in the ebook form. So many people already have it and may be happy with just having it in that form.
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Thamnk you for sending me good things your friends have had from lulu
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
9 Dec 11
I use blogger site for my blogs. I have 260+ blogs in it running to several pages. I wanted to know about epublishing so that I may publish a few of them into ebook format. thanks for telling about this site. good day.
@Anne18 (11029)
11 Dec 11
Glad I have given you something new to look at. Do you get paid for blogging? What do you blog about? I would want hard copies of my book, not into ebooks