Apr 09
Online publishing
They say that everybody has a book in them, meaning we all have a story worth telling. I’m guessing it takes at least six months, possibly even years, to complete a good novel. Then, if you want to make a living out of writing, you have to find a publisher or an agent who believes in your work. In the past that was more than half the battle - actually getting published.
With Lulu you no longer have that uncertaintity. You just have to upload your work, design a cover and set a price. There’s no set up fees to start, and you own the rights to your work.
Lulu also has workshops to teach writing skills, a forum, and Lulu TV and radio.
I was browsing through the top 100 bestsellers and couldn’t see any established authors (or at least none that I recognised), and it doesn’t give sales figures, so it’s not possible to gauge how much people are making. Maybe the forums give a good indicator of this.
It certainly seems like a good idea, and could possibly be the future of publishing.
So, if you have a novel you wrote that’s gathering dust amongst the rejection letters, get it uploaded to Lulu. Who knows, maybe those publishers and agents didn’t know a bestseller when they saw one.
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