Comments on: Lulu now offering eBooks http://deadrobotssociety.com/2009/11/06/lulu-now-offering-ebooks/ Writers on Writing Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:26:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JustinMacumber http://deadrobotssociety.com/2009/11/06/lulu-now-offering-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1864 JustinMacumber Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:43:54 +0000 http://deadrobotssociety.com/?p=1261#comment-1864 Dave, I'll have to give that a look-see. Thanks! Dave, I’ll have to give that a look-see. Thanks!

]]> By: Dave http://deadrobotssociety.com/2009/11/06/lulu-now-offering-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1862 Dave Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:50:12 +0000 http://deadrobotssociety.com/?p=1261#comment-1862 Smashwords is a much better deal. Easy to use, multiple formats, distribution deals with Barnes and Noble, Sony, Amazon Kindle, and soon Fictionwise. You have total price control, including "let the reader decide", free, or any other price. You can also generate coupon codes, and set the percentage and the time period for which it is valid. Smashwords takes something like a 35% cut of each sale you make. Lulu used to be a good deal, but over the past few years, they've moved toward grossly overcharging for not very much in return. Smashwords is a much better deal. Easy to use, multiple formats, distribution deals with Barnes and Noble, Sony, Amazon Kindle, and soon Fictionwise. You have total price control, including “let the reader decide”, free, or any other price. You can also generate coupon codes, and set the percentage and the time period for which it is valid. Smashwords takes something like a 35% cut of each sale you make. Lulu used to be a good deal, but over the past few years, they’ve moved toward grossly overcharging for not very much in return.

]]> By: agamemnon http://deadrobotssociety.com/2009/11/06/lulu-now-offering-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1496 agamemnon Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:05 +0000 http://deadrobotssociety.com/?p=1261#comment-1496 More Ebooks = more gooder for me :P More Ebooks = more gooder for me :P

]]> By: JustinMacumber http://deadrobotssociety.com/2009/11/06/lulu-now-offering-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 JustinMacumber Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:22:20 +0000 http://deadrobotssociety.com/?p=1261#comment-1493 I think it all depends on how much you're willing to lose for convenience. You can make an eBook yourself if you're savey, and you can make it purchasable if you know how to do that, but some don't know either, so this would help them out. They just make less. I think it all depends on how much you’re willing to lose for convenience. You can make an eBook yourself if you’re savey, and you can make it purchasable if you know how to do that, but some don’t know either, so this would help them out. They just make less.

]]> By: A.P. Stephens http://deadrobotssociety.com/2009/11/06/lulu-now-offering-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1484 A.P. Stephens Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:44:36 +0000 http://deadrobotssociety.com/?p=1261#comment-1484 Doesn't sound like too good of a deal. I think Michael is on the right track here. The file is electronic, so the cost shouldn't be much for them to convert it. If anything, maybe they charge you up to $50 from the total amount you sell, then after that it's all yours. I charge $3.99 for my ebook, so I would either not make anything, or would have to mark it up just to put a few cents in my pocket. It's more about having a nice price point to stay competitive and give the readers a nice story for a nice price. Maybe Lulu will rethink their plan and restructure it soon. Doesn’t sound like too good of a deal. I think Michael is on the right track here. The file is electronic, so the cost shouldn’t be much for them to convert it. If anything, maybe they charge you up to $50 from the total amount you sell, then after that it’s all yours.

I charge $3.99 for my ebook, so I would either not make anything, or would have to mark it up just to put a few cents in my pocket. It’s more about having a nice price point to stay competitive and give the readers a nice story for a nice price.

Maybe Lulu will rethink their plan and restructure it soon.

]]> By: JustinMacumber http://deadrobotssociety.com/2009/11/06/lulu-now-offering-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 JustinMacumber Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:28:40 +0000 http://deadrobotssociety.com/?p=1261#comment-1465 I haven't gone through the process, but I'm assuming they take your text and formatted it into the mentioned formats, which is nice if you don't want to do that yourself. I haven’t gone through the process, but I’m assuming they take your text and formatted it into the mentioned formats, which is nice if you don’t want to do that yourself.

]]> By: Michael Kohne http://deadrobotssociety.com/2009/11/06/lulu-now-offering-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 Michael Kohne Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:22:30 +0000 http://deadrobotssociety.com/?p=1261#comment-1464 What does Lulu do for that $3.99? I mean, what sort of work do they do beyond serving the files up? Because $3.99 isn't a big deal if they take care of the format conversion and making sure that it looks good in the target format, but if all they do is put files you give them up on their web site, then $3.99 is a bit much. What does Lulu do for that $3.99? I mean, what sort of work do they do beyond serving the files up? Because $3.99 isn’t a big deal if they take care of the format conversion and making sure that it looks good in the target format, but if all they do is put files you give them up on their web site, then $3.99 is a bit much.

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