Creating My First One-Piece Cover
Creating front and back covers for your book becomes second-nature after several practice runs. There are two things I’ve come to appreciate with this feature: the automatic calculation of the spine and the automatic inclusion of the barcode on the back cover.
One-piece covers are a bit trickier to create because I found myself constantly adjusting [...]
Explaining My Absence
The reason I have neglected this blog is quite simple . . . I was publishing my book, testing out the one-piece cover feature. I’ll post about that later, but I wanted to let you know that this blog hasn’t died. I’ve just been extremely busy these past several months.
Hope you all have a wonderful [...]
Publishing a Calendar with Lulu
This week, I decided to veer away from book publishing altogether to experiment with some of the other features Lulu has to offer. As you know, I published my second photo book. I also tested out the calendar publishing feature and experienced similar setbacks.
Another frustration I had was the calendar format. They offer a [...]
Lulu 2.0
If you have an account with Lulu, then you have already received this message. If not, then this will be useful to you if you are planning on publishing photo books or books with the 9×7 dimension.
Dear Lulu User,
In our ongoing efforts to provide you with the most cost-effective and easiest to use marketplace [...]
How Does Lulu Pay Out Royalties?
From Karen:
How does Lulu pay royalty payments? Do they send a cheque? Are they other options such as paying directly into a Paypal account?
Yes to both.
Lulu pays royalties in US dollars, euros and pounds sterling either by check or PayPal. To set your payments, click on the My Revenue tab, located in the My [...]
How Much Does it Cost to Publish a Book Through Lulu?
Lulu markets itself as the publisher who publishes for free. That’s not quite true because they want you to order a proof of your book before you make it available to the public. A loyal reader wanted to know just exactly how much will it cost to publish through Lulu. The answer is: It varies.
To [...]
How to Revise a Project on Lulu
Cheryl at Blooking Central asked me how an author would go about revising a project once it’s posted. You can revise a project as many times as you need to before you buy an ISBN number. Once you’ve bought this number, you still have the option to revise your book, should you notice a gross [...]
Purchasing a Distribution Package
Before you read any further, I’d like you to click on the above screenshot. Take a look at the first entry, where you’ll see a link that says “Purchase a distribution package” in the ISBN column. That is what you can expect to see after you’ve published the first draft of your book.
Provided you don’t [...]
You’re Published . . . almost!
This screen is also self-explanatory. Before you do anything, bookmark it because it has some important links that you may need later.
Lulu requires you to publish a copy of your book before you make it available to the public. This is so you can check for copy editing mistakes as well as typos within [...]
Pricing and Licensing Screen
This screen does just what it implies. Let’s start with the licensing. Most authors choose the standard copyright license. However, there are a variety of licenses you can choose from, such as the GNU or the public domain. You decide.
Okay, now let’s get on with the pricing. This is where I see many authors screw [...]
