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Lulu Publishing - Contract & Services Reviewed in The Fine Print of Self-Publishing
FORMAT OF BOOKS: Ebook, paperback, and hardcover
GENRES ACCEPTED: All
PUBLISHING FEES: Lulu charges no up-front publishing fee for authors willing to do all of their own cover design and formatting. In that case, there are distribution fees only. (See http://www.lulu.com/services /distribution for details.)
For authors who need design and formatting services, Lulu bundles together their most popular services, previously offered a la carte, into three publishing packages (for black & white interiors), which can be found at http://www.lulu.com/services/pre-publishing/.
Best Seller: Priced at $629, this package includes:
• ISBN
• One galley (review) copy for author
• Customized, template-based cover, based on author-provided images, blurbs, etc.; designers can also use images from Lulu's free image library
• Inclusion in Lulu's globalREACH distribution service, making your book available to online bookstores and allowing brick-and-mortar bookstores to order your book upon customer request
• Email support (no phone support)
• Template-based formatting, including your choice of 6 interiors
• Up to fifteen images
• Table of contents
• Editorial Review, in which an editor will suggest an editing level and provide you with a sample edit and price quote.
Masterpiece: Priced at $1,429, this package includes everything in the Best Seller package, plus:
• Premium cover (includes two custom cover designs)
• Phone support (three phone appointments throughout the publishing process)
• Conversion of your book to the ePub format (ebook)
• Ultimate formatting (an expansion of basic formatting, ultimate formatting includes unlimited images, but doesn't include resizing the images)
Laureate: Priced at $4,729, this package includes everything in the Masterpiece, plus:
• Three additional phone calls during the publishing process
• Twenty-five hardcover books (black-and-white interior, 6" x 9" trim size only)
• One hundred paperback copies (black-and-white interior, 6" x 9" trim size only)
• Editing up to 100,000 words
These packages are well-priced, however it's hard to understand how three (or even six) phone calls during the publishing process would be sufficient. The lack of allowed communication is problematic, but if you understand these limitations, proceed—but use your calls wisely.
There is a children's book publishing package (not covered in this review) described at http://www.lulu.com/services/pre-publishing /childrens-imagination-package.
Lulu's a la carte services can be found at http://www.lulu.com /services/pre-publishing (by scrolling down the page).
NOTE: This is just a portion of the actual review of Lulu.com. To learn more about Lulu.com's printing fees, royalty structure, contract terms, and marketing services, you have to buy the book.
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