Self Publishing on Lulu.com

Lulu has a very simply layout for their website making it user friendly. As well as being able to create and publish your book they will also sell your book on their website which is probably an extra fee.

Featuring physical and digital medias it allows different target markets to be aimed at due to preferences between the two.

Similar to other websites the main options of paper quality, size and cover type is kept on a single page and the price will then change accordingly.

































Once these settings are all chosen you click on the "Make this book" button and a new window will open as the editor and the cover selection screen.

The available choices for the cover seem very basic and more suited towards families. With the images they have selected from stock I presume that this is the alternative to the family photo albums that you would place images in yourself.

Once selected, it will transfer straight to the editor window. Using this software looks very simple with basic controls like save, undo, add image, add text and change colours. You seem to be restricted to the templates that Lulu provide, however there is a large amount compared to other publishers. Other controls are very simple, drag and drop images onto the template and there is an overview of the pages along the bottom.

I personally dislike this style because I feel to restricted. This makes me feel that my book is going to be similar to someone elses because of the lack of freedom.