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  • george the 23rd
    Nov 1 1:52 AM
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    Does anybody know anything about it? Good? Bad?
    It seems like a good deal, but I'm a bit unsure.

  • Stuart Higginson
    November 2 ↑
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    Hmm, I was hoping the blog would have had some respondees by now ~ I have exactly the same question!

  • whyspr
    November 4 ↑
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    I have a friend who published a book of poetry there. I had to have him get the book for me and send him the money because I had trouble with the site. When I spoke about "publishing" there Someone told me there is another site that takes a smaller percentage of your sale. The book by my friend is paperback, has no illustrations, but is a pretty well made book all the same. I think you can add illustrations but Im not going to swear to it. If I can find the name of the other site that was mentioned to me I'll post it here.

    • george the 23rd
      November 4 ↑
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      I want to leave blank pages throughout, with things like "content missing", "insert picture here" and so on... I think it's more fun that way!

  • whyspr
    November 4 ↑
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    Just saw this on another post in here guys... contact this guy if you have any questions "I have 2 Poetry books published by Lulu.com ( Via Rossendale Books UK ), and they are selling really well ( I also have my own 6 websites used for promoting my work... my main site being:
    POETRY FROM TOM MCGREEVY
    http://poetryfromtommcgreevy.weebly.com
    I cant fault LULU and will be publishing again with them later in the year !
    All my books are available as Paperbacks or ebook downloads
    ( The cost of my downloads is: £2.99 (GBP), Lulu/Rossendale take .99p, and I get £2.00 (GBP) per download )
    My first Poetry collection published in June 2008 was ' Poems for Paula ', and is available at:
    http://www.lulu.com/content/2641854
    My second published collection is ' I'm a Soldier...get me out of here ! '
    and is available at:
    http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/im-a-soldier-get-me-out-of-here/6742572
    I am more than happy with Lulu ' Print-on-Demand Publishing.
    Any other questions ask away !
    Tom Mcgreevy
    ( English Author/Poet, Berkshire UK ) "

  • sentient
    November 4 ↑
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    I'm considering using Lulu service to make a nice surprise gift for my wife. Does it work pretty easily for that or is it basically geared more towards revenue publishing?

    • george the 23rd
      November 4 ↑
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      I really don't know... That's one of the reasons I started this thread. From what I can tell in the fine print on the site, there is no minimum run, so I believe if you just wanted a single copy, you could get it. I'm thinking of publishing within the next couple of months, or as soon as I can get all my work edited for clarity and transferred to word format. It's harder than I thought it would be!

  • Camack
    November 5 ↑
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    I just discovered this site, so I haven't delved into it too much yet. To let you know: I use www.blurb.com to self-publish my books. I did check into Lulu at one time, but it looked a bit confusing to me. I am totally happy with Blurb.

  • S Lexington
    November 11 ↑
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    lulu poetry? i think it used to be the international library of poetry who were con artists if you ask me.

    • S A Adelmann
      November 11 ↑
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      Lulu started out unaffiliated. they recently purchased the domain name, "poetry.com".

      International Library of Poetry (and their website, Poetry.com) went out of business. They are not related in any way.

  • S Lexington
    November 11 ↑
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    that's good, i lost a heap of poetry when they closed down their site. probably should have made my own copies on paper
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