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Apparently, Lulu.com has opened up a third-party store at Amazon's marketplace: here. Many independent publishers on Lulu.com (including me) have received an email stating that our books have been selected to be placed on Amazon's marketplace with a 30% increase in price. So, the title Wolf's Voice is now apparently $19 something - expensive. I have already emailed Lulu support to remove the title. I want to opt out.
Now, for independent publishers, exposure is always good, but at the expense of exorbitant prices? No. And worse, Lulu has not made any announcement to its users that it would put their titles and books on Amazon's marketplace.
Lulu, you fail when it comes to user relations and marketing.
Now, for independent publishers, exposure is always good, but at the expense of exorbitant prices? No. And worse, Lulu has not made any announcement to its users that it would put their titles and books on Amazon's marketplace.
Lulu, you fail when it comes to user relations and marketing.
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Date: 2009-05-27 05:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-27 05:44 am (UTC)At the moment, it looks like I have to look for trusted publishers. I am, actually. Just waiting for their replies now.
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Date: 2009-05-27 08:53 pm (UTC)I've been curious about self publishing, online especially. It's a venue I've thought about using for some of my graphic novel work. The marketing would be up to the author (and any friends/family of the author that are inclined to help promote), but if one can find decent resources, it could be a decent venue. There are some sites which give free samples of fiction, and charge a fee to read the rest. I'm not sure where they are (bookmarked on my old computer, which crashed), but they may be worth looking into. There are also several e-zines which would publish original short or serial fiction. Google is quite useful for writers ;) Print publishers, though, I don't really know much about, except evidently what to avoid...lol...
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Date: 2009-05-28 01:47 am (UTC)Self-publishing can be really tough, especially if you want to break into markets like sff/speculative fiction. A lot of legwork when it comes to marketing (traditional publishing will have at least their marketing units to help you market). There are some sites, yes. *nods* There is a small press I know that has a library of free fiction but it also does publishing (POD and e-book).
Try Ralan.com or Duotrope.com: they will have listings of all the current existing presses.
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Date: 2009-05-28 06:05 pm (UTC)