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Today, thanks to the proliferation of the internet, there are various self publishing options available, and one of the most popular self-publishing option is the portal lulu.com
The major advantage of lulu.com as a self-publishing option I the zero upfront cost the author has to shell out. Lului.com adopts a cost-on-demand production based on generating books from the PDF file provided by the author. This provides the author with artistic control over the book as well.
The author gets to fix the price for the work and lulu adds a nominal charge per page for the publication and an extra charge for the cover and binding. The author adds a royalty above the printing cost and Lulu charges 20% of the royalty as its fees. Lulu also ffers lied services such as getting an ISBN, getting listed on the database used by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and even shipping the books. Lulu also tracks and pays royalties for the online sales generated.