lulu is an online publishing house specialized in books and calendars which offers independent authors the chance to self-publish their work with their on-demand printing service.
The site offers a wide selection of covers, paper quality and format, full color or black and white printing and all the templates and instructions to properly set up your book; moreover, lulu also provides free ISBNs to distribute your book through Amazon and an e-books distribution service (paid).
PROs
- PayPal accepted
- free ISBNs (if you accept giving lulu all publications rights on your work)
- Community indexed store and works
- published works will be distributed also on Amazon (requires ISBN – very high site share)
CONs
- high images quality requirements
- complex template for books set up
- delivery costs and time
- high production costs
- static pricing: you set a price, but your earnings may decrease as production costs rises