There are many variables and choices along the self-publishing road, whether an author decides to use author solutions companies like AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Infinity, Xlibris, Mill City Press or the many others using POD (print on demand) technology. Some publishing overlords will snipe from the hedgerow on our road and argue and catcall to us that…
Lulu Poetry Launched – Reviewed
Hot on the heels of Lulu’s recently introduced assisted publishing packages, Lulu today launched Lulu.poetry. Built upon Lulu’s successful tools and widgets platform, Lulu.poetry offers many of the same publishing options, including their ‘Publish by Lulu’ and ‘Publish by You’ options. “Whether you’re a professional writer compiling your magnum opus, a talented weekend poet sharing…
Lulu – New Publishing Packages
Lulu has launched some new assisted publishing packages which they say are aimed at the authors who wish to focus their time on promoting and marketing their books rather than the nuts and bolts of putting their book together with Lulu’s on line tools. This does suggest a subtle change on Lulu’s publishing strategy. The…
Eoin Purcell’s Article – Self publishing as a threat to niche
Eoin Purcell has written an excellent article today on his blog about the effects self publishing is having on small and medium sized traditional publishers, particularly DIY services like Blurb and Lulu. “Eoin Purcell works and lives in Cork where he is Commissioning Editor with one of Ireland’s oldest independent publishers Mercier Press. Prior to…
Adventures with Blurb – Part Three
The biggest challenge with using Blurb’s free publishing service is knowing whether an author can turn their book into a viable product for self-publishing. There are several black marks going against Blurb and they are serious enough to send most authors on their heels in the direction of the door. Blurb offer no distribution beyond…
Adventures with Blurb – Part Two
The very mention of the word ‘Blurb’ seems to send authors into an immediate comparison with DIY author solutions service, Lulu. While it is understandable, I still see one highly established company pitted against a young pretender. These modern day forces in the author solution world have emerged from different corners of the DIY self-publishing…
Adventures with Blurb, Part 1-(I’m Eileen Gittins—who the hell are you?)
She is bright, a successful business woman, having worked across the globe with Kodak and Vice President at Wall Data as well as Board Director at Qbiquity and Popular Demand. She studied photography in her younger days and is founder and CEO of Blurb.com, an on line self-publishing solutions company for photographers and authors alike.…
Blurb.com – The Coming Adventure
Over the past year the ‘Adventures with Lulu’ articles have drawn some of the widest and most sustained interest from visitors to this site. On a personal basis, they also provided me with plenty of enjoyment and experience of my own self-publishing journey, notwithstanding the fact that they directly led to my last two books,…
Authors On Line – Reviewed
Authors On Line describe its company as an author solutions service. The company proudly claim to be the original UK based company to offer a digital Print On Demand publishing service with full distribution. It may have been, but a lot has changed in self-publishing since it first began in internet publishing in 1997. There are more…
Wil Wheaton’s Interview with Lulublog.com
There is an interesting interview with author, actor, social commentator and BBC correspondent, Wil Wheaton about his new book ‘Sunken Treasure’ on Lulu.com’s blogspot. Wil Wheaton is an author who was previously published by a tradional press but choose the avenue of self publishing with Lulu. You can catch Nick Popio’s interview with Wil Wheaton…