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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2021 18:10:31 GMT
So, I emailed Lulu for help sometime ago. Have yet to receive a response to my query. Is the pandemic slowing them down? Or do they just not respond to their customers?
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 9, 2021 18:47:56 GMT
Lulu Press has a lot of issues due to its upgrade[?] last year, so the lengthy wait to hear back is likely due to volume of Help Tickets they have to answer versus number of personnel capable of taking care of said tickets.
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Post by benziger on Feb 10, 2021 12:06:57 GMT
I can't swear to it. But I have the impression that sometimes requests are not answered either. Maybe if they are so behind with their work and the request is quite old and no one has asked, then it could be that the case has solved itself... My tip on how to make it work: - Write down the date and the case number. - After a week (7-8 days), ask informally when you can expect an answer. Note the date on your paper again. - If you have a statement "within x days" or so, ask 1-2 days later. Note the date on your paper again. Then it always works out.
"You wanted to give me an answer in case 1234 until the day before yesterday. Is the case so complicated that the search for a solution will take a little longer or do you need more information? I would be happy to receive a short reply to this e-mail........."
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Post by JesusNinja on Feb 10, 2021 20:07:37 GMT
I'm having better luck than before, but it's still taking a week or two. I think most are working from home and with the site update "disaster" they are swamped. You are no longer getting emails for errors in books turned down from distributors. It took me two months to find out on my own why my book was taken down from all sites. Then it turns out to be a bug in the publishing wizard which still will not let me revise the book to get back online. If you haven't heard back in a week write them again. To give them credit they have been very apologetic lately in their responses to me. I've had several books missing online and crashed my sales to only $15. I did write several emails and finally got some answers. Not everything is working but it's a start. The site should have been left alone. It was working. All that money and time could have been used to build a better cover wizard. They wouldn't have lost all of those customers.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 20:39:45 GMT
I just got a response and they took care of my situation! My hardcover book is now approved and globally distributed! It's pricey, as it is Lulu and their books are of very good quality, but if someone wants a nice, hardcover of "I'll Do It Tomarra Lara Christmas," a new take on Dicken's classic, then they will be able to order one! Thank you all for your responses. You are such wonderful friends.
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Post by JesusNinja on Feb 11, 2021 1:14:46 GMT
As much as I'm angry at Lulu for all the money they've cost me, you have to admit they do have great printing. Yes the hardbacks are pricey. I've only done one and it's sold only two in five years. Most authors who try to make the most money they can say get your book out in as many versions as possible. If you can afford it, do Amazon audio format. Many people like to listen. They have contacts you can contact and listen to samples of their voice. If you choose one they get a cut of the profit. Something to think about.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Feb 11, 2021 1:56:06 GMT
A good, animated, interesting reader with quality falsettos is a very rare bird.
There are very few audiobook voices that won't put me to sleep in under 2 minutes. For that reason, I can hardly stand to listen to most audiobooks. Music is better.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 4:06:51 GMT
A good, animated, interesting reader with quality falsettos is a very rare bird. There are very few audiobook voices that won't put me to sleep in under 2 minutes. For that reason, I can hardly stand to listen to most audiobooks. Music is better. Only two audiobook voices I could tolerate are those of the King James Bible and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 20:55:31 GMT
I have never listened to a book on tape. I honestly don't care to do so. I have never read a book using an electronic device, either. I want to hold a book in my hands and turn the pages myself. But, that's just me.
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Post by JesusNinja on Feb 11, 2021 22:32:33 GMT
There are actually a lot of people who like audio books. They listen to them in their cars on trips. Some like to listen to them while working out. Dale Publishing has a workout book. Anyone who buys the book also gets a free download pdf copy of the book and for a discount get an audio version too. He says it helps some to hear someone describe the exercises out loud. They do sell. There was one that I loved to listen too, that was Zen and the Art of Archery. Also had a hardback copy of Wisdom from the Village of the Cold Moon by Ninja master Stephen Hayes. I have his audio version as well. It was more than just someone reading the lines but had sound effects and music too. One of my other personal favorites was Myst:The Book of Atrus. The audio book was awesome.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Feb 12, 2021 0:48:25 GMT
It takes a good reader to make a good recording. A proper reader will sound like they are relating, rather than reading. A monotone reader should be skewered and burned by the author. Or worse.
Oops! Did I say that out loud? Sorry!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2021 4:46:50 GMT
"There are actually a lot of people who like audio books" JesusNinjaMy friend's husband was a writer and unfortunately he went blind. He loved reading so he now relied on audio books. I think a lot of blind people take advantage of audio books.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Feb 12, 2021 12:54:42 GMT
I agree, Larika. Audio books are a wonderful blessing for those who are doing mundane, repetitive jobs or for those who are blind or for all many of other situations.
My gripe is that so many audio books are read by people with no animation in their voices or no interest in the book and that translates into reducing a great story to a hellish ordeal of struggling to stay awake.
There is nothing worse than a droning orator. Except, perhaps the rack or the iron maiden.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 12, 2021 14:21:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2021 14:40:29 GMT
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