Lulu.com Makes Self-Publishing Easy and Affordable

If you want to self-publish your work, then you must check out the www.Lulu.com website. Lulu.com offers free, on-demand publishing for books, e-books, music, images, calendars, and more and also provides a marketplace for independently published content.

The latest endeavor of Red Hat co-founder Bob Young, Lulu (www.Lulu.com) is a web site that allows people to publish and sell their own books, e-books, images, multimedia and music. Lulu provides the creators and owners of content—businesses, educators, artists, musicians, and others—with control over how they use and share their work. The Lulu brand is derived from the concept of a "lulu," which is an old-fashioned term for a remarkable person, object or idea. The enterprise is driven by Young's strong belief that improving access to information creates a firmer foundation for knowledge advancement, whether in education, computer code, or other realms.

Founded at the end of 2002, Lulu continues to grow rapidly, with over 45,000 books lining its virtual bookshelves. Independent authors and publishers publish more than 167,000 new titles every month, in addition to thousands of songs, images, calendars, and other projects.

Linda Locke
MidlifeWriter.com