Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 13:06:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: POD service
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, sjvn01 wrote:

> On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 17:13 -0400, Stan wrote:
>>
>> I've had a couple of friends tell me they are investigating Lulu POD.
>>
>> http://www.lulu.com/
>>
>> They are one of the ones with links to Amazon and seem to offer a wide
>> range of options. Every format from Comics, through trade paperbacks to
>> coffee-table hardbounds are available.
>
> First let me open by saying that I know Bob Young, the CEO and founder
> well, and I like him. That said, they do Good work.
>
>> Two very real problems with these efforts are the lack of an editor and
>> the realities of self-promotion.
>
> The self-promotion tends to be the real killer. If you really want to
> make sales, you'd better be darn good at marketing. You can always find
> a good copy editor, finding someone who knows how to markets books is
> another matter entirely.

Lulu tries.  I bought one book from them (okay, two copies) and they
have sent me promotional emails at a reasonable rate since then.  By
reasonable, I mean often enough to remind me they exist, yet
not often enough to be annoying.

=Tamar