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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 5:36:07 GMT
I published a printed book on the updated Lulu and wanted to make a free eBook. However I was told by Lulu customer service that was no longer possible. However Paul says you can still make a free eBook on the new Lulu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYkK3LmMyhkHas anyone made a free eBook on the updated Lulu? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 7:53:37 GMT
I published a printed book on the updated Lulu and wanted to make a free eBook. However I was told by Lulu customer service that was no longer possible. However Paul says you can still make a free eBook on the new Lulu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYkK3LmMyhkHas anyone made a free eBook on the updated Lulu? I tried to make a PDF of my father's book to send to my cousin two days ago. My Files no longer exists, as far as I can tell. No way to do it with stored files. Unfortunate. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 8:00:23 GMT
Thanks Mag2024 but I was creating an eBook from scratch and was told several weeks ago that Lulu won't let us make a free eBook any more. Paul says otherwise. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 8:01:48 GMT
Thanks Mag2024 but I was creating an eBook from scratch and was told several weeks ago that Lulu won't let us make a free eBook any more. Paul says otherwise. What? How does that make sense? What notification did you get? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 8:28:41 GMT
Mag2024 I went to "chat on line" a few weeks ago when they had it here, help.lulu.com/s/contactsupport?language=en_US (It comes and goes) and chatted with a lady from Lulu customer service. She told me that Lulu no longer supported free eBooks. However after what Paul said www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYkK3LmMyhk I'll try again. I was trying to make "Let's be Kind" into a free eBook. I took up your kind suggestion and made my poem "Compassion at Christmas" into an illustrated book for children. The print book came out fine but I couldn't make a free eBook. That's when I contacted CS. PS i made 2 versions of the print book. One for very young children with a simpler version of the poem and one for older children with the original poem.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 10:34:15 GMT
Mag2024 I went to "chat on line" a few weeks ago when they had it here, help.lulu.com/s/contactsupport?language=en_US (It comes and goes) and chatted with a lady from Lulu customer service. She told me that Lulu no longer supported free eBooks. However after what Paul said www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYkK3LmMyhk I'll try again. I was trying to make "Let's be Kind" into a free eBook. I took up your kind suggestion and made my poem "Compassion at Christmas" into an illustrated book for children. The print book came out fine but I couldn't make a free eBook. That's when I contacted CS. PS i made 2 versions of the print book. One for very young children with a simpler version of the poem and one for older children with the original poem. I like the title, "Compassion for Christmas." Why do you want it to be free? I think it will sell. May I see it? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 10:40:01 GMT
Mag2024 I went to "chat on line" a few weeks ago when they had it here, help.lulu.com/s/contactsupport?language=en_US (It comes and goes) and chatted with a lady from Lulu customer service. She told me that Lulu no longer supported free eBooks. However after what Paul said www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYkK3LmMyhk I'll try again. I was trying to make "Let's be Kind" into a free eBook. I took up your kind suggestion and made my poem "Compassion at Christmas" into an illustrated book for children. The print book came out fine but I couldn't make a free eBook. That's when I contacted CS. PS i made 2 versions of the print book. One for very young children with a simpler version of the poem and one for older children with the original poem. Lulu has to hire Nigel Lee again. The company was kicking when he was CEO. So annoyed that I cannot get a PDF of my father's book from Lulu. I don't have the source files. Everything's in the trunk of my car in Montreal! A simple thing: let people create new projects based on the files of other projects. I just got an idea while writing this; maybe I'll contact them and ask for it. But seriously. Why even have to do that when we were able to automatically before? Why take away capabilities? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 11:54:11 GMT
larika Is making the epub yourself an option? If it's going to be free - as in price rather than what it costs Lulu to make - then you could distribute it however you wanted. Any decent WP program should let you create an .epub file, text isn't a problem and pictures just need to be formatted and positioned correctly. There is software like Calibre and Epubor that will convert PDFs to .epub automatically though the results are never as good as if you do it yourself, but you can use the same software and take a neatly produced .epub file and convert it to a format that Kindles and other ebook readers can natively handle.
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Post by Ken on Dec 7, 2020 13:31:55 GMT
Maggie, “ So annoyed that I cannot get a PDF of my father's book from Lulu.” Why? Where is his book? Mag2024 |
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Post by Ken on Dec 7, 2020 16:27:29 GMT
I published a printed book on the updated Lulu and wanted to make a free eBook. However I was told by Lulu customer service that was no longer possible. However Paul says you can still make a free eBook on the new Lulu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYkK3LmMyhkHas anyone made a free eBook on the updated Lulu? I wonder if the Free eBook refers to a free copy for yourself, unlike if you print a hard copy book for yourself you have to pay for it. I just purchased one of mine for free without problem. How did you do that? Oh, it was probably an old PDF project. Was it? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 17:24:40 GMT
Maggie, “ So annoyed that I cannot get a PDF of my father's book from Lulu.” Why? Where is his book? Mag2024It's a print book on Lulu. My source files are all on my laptop in the trunk of my car in Canada. I did not think I would work here. A good place to live or die. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 19:13:21 GMT
It's a direct access project. My father's name, a Life in Pictures is the subtitle and his year of birth and death. My brother and sister do not want me to make it public. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 19:15:03 GMT
The author is The Three of Us. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 9:20:16 GMT
I like the title, "Compassion for Christmas." Why do you want it to be free? I think it will sell. May I see it?Mag2024 Yes of course, (how?) but you saw the poem in the Rasen Mail. You suggested I make it into a Children's book. Christmas is big up here in my little Market Town. My friend Joe (who is on the Christmas committee) sells raffle tickets and our entire writing group buys several each and contributes to the Christmas fund. A beautiful large Christmas tree is set up in the Market Square and every child in our town is given a gift. The High Street is decorated with Christmas lights and ornaments. Our local Primary School choir sings Carols in the Square. There is a lovely atmosphere permeating everywhere.
PS You ask why do I want to make it free. I just want to get my message out there. That's why so many of my eBooks are free. I found that I get hundreds of downloads from all over the world of my free eBooks.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 9:31:43 GMT
I published a printed book on the updated Lulu and wanted to make a free eBook. However I was told by Lulu customer service that was no longer possible. However Paul says you can still make a free eBook on the new Lulu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYkK3LmMyhkHas anyone made a free eBook on the updated Lulu? I wonder if the Free eBook refers to a free copy for yourself, unlike if you print a hard copy book for yourself you have to pay for it. I just purchased one of mine for free without problem. How did you do that? Oh, it was probably an old PDF project. Was it? Ken, I made an eBook on the updated Lulu and it was accepted for £1.20. When I was told by customer service that Lulu no longer supports us making free eBooks I deleted it. When I feel a little stronger I'll try again and hope Paul is right. |
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