What can you tell me about Lulu.com - Free Self-Publishing?

I have a friend-of-a-friend who is a freelance writer. She has recently self-published two or three manuscripts through Lulu. She suggested the online self-publishing, but I am a little apprehensive as I am looking to publish short stories.

Any advice or information or opinions about Lulu.com?

lindah wrote:

Yes, I have heard of the website. www.lulu.com. I have registered with them but I have not published anything yet. they seem pretty up and up. I was referred by a local writer here in Stockton, CA.

Thanks for replying lindah. I'm all curious about this self-publishing deals, and I wanted to know if anybody had any positive or negative experiences with a site like that in general. I am currently reading all the legal fine print, making sure I am not making a mistake.

That's good to know. A friend of a friend of a friend who is a writer self-published some stuff through Lulu's, but I am just not entirely sure it's good-to-go. Partly because of legality issues and copyright issues, but I just want to get my stuff in paper-form so others can read what I've written...and get my short stories without me having to print them out copies and mail them or email 'em to them.

Hi, Sean,

I've published quite a few e-books at Lulu.com--some are also regular books. I've found it easy to use (you don't need to be a techie), reliable and cost effective--the service is free for e-books and you get 80% of the royalty! The information on their Web site  (http://www.lulu.com) is comprehensive--it'll answer almost anything you want to know. Of course, as with any book, you must market your Lulu publiscations to generate sales.

Marilyn Haight