Self Publishing Encourages Content Creation
I guess I should have mentioned that I write most of my posts with users in mind who have a huge heart for open-source, free, cheap ways of doing things no matter the reason. This post especially is written for someone who may have a beginners ebook written, or would like to start one, or even wants to write a manual on his or her specialty but doesn’t have the funds to do so “professionally” or using the traditional methods of publishing. I do not insinuate that everyone who uses this service produces quality work, nor do I try to say that all situations are the same.
I will not approve comments from those blasting my content! I do not expect everyone to agree – but there’s a way to do it and a way not to do it.
For years, when writing a book, one of the biggest processes was to find a publisher who wanted to publish your book. If they didn’t like your idea, you didn’t get your book published. If they did like your book, they published it and then you had to put up your own money to buy copies of the book to even get it into bookstores or to sell it on your own. Enter Lulu. If you haven’t heard of Lulu before and you have ever tried or even thought of writing any kind of book, you can’t afford not to check this out!
Lulu, in my opinion has absolutely revolutionized the writing (or as I lovingly refer to it – content creation) world as we know it! Content is absolutely the most important part of our online life. No content – no reason to design! Who needs a web designer – or a website for that – when there is no content to put in it!? The need for content creators is great. While you might say that there is a ton of content out there already – take some time and browse through it – books, eBooks, blogs, even forums can sometimes be considered content – and you will soon notice that there is as much non-credible content as there is good! What Lulu has done is make it easy AND affordable for good quality content creators to do what they do best. . . CREATE!
Self publishing is just how it sounds. . .you create the content and do all of the legwork like formatting, proofreading and even cover designing! The content – your book in this case – is TRULY yours – cover to cover. Possibly the best part about the self-publishing process is printing on-demand. You can create your content and get everything ready for production on Lulu, but never print a book until a book is sold. Customers can even be directed to Lulu.com directly to order your book! They print it and ship it! Your books can be sold as eBooks, printed books or both!
Go ahead – learn more about Lulu! You just might be driven to create some content! Or you may even have some content that you created long ago that you were never able to get published or printed. Now’s your chance…
Go!
Now!