News

This news is from last October, but it’s important for anyone considering using the Lulu service.  Lulu has showed some ill effects due to the faltering economy – as a result it is cutting its workforce in order to make up for lost revenue.

On the one hand, this is surprising.  Lulu has a fairly good business model.  Given that books are only printed when they’re bought, Lulu does not lose money on books that are printed but not sold, as is the case with a traditional publisher.  Every Lulu author will likely print up at least one book – […]

New success stories in the news: this comes from an article in Publisher’s Weekly about new self-published writers who have hit the big time.  Note: these are all either non-fiction or youth-related books, though fiction for the adult market can have success as well, as noted in the review of Futureproof by N. Frank Daniels.

On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman

This book is the exception, not the rule, as Nancy Tillman was able to sell 35,000 copies (not a typo) of her book before finding a publisher.  Getting a publisher was a virtual inevitability.  The book […]