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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Mar 11, 2021 19:56:17 GMT
I suppose they are all saving money by removing stapling machines from the production process. Irritating as it is, is it possible to revise your books and change the binding to Perfect Bound? I'm assuming the PDFs (cover & interior) wouldn't need changing. Lulu only offers me two choices for 5 of my books: saddle stitch or hard cover. 1 of them they offered only hard cover. So, no more global distribution. My books will sit on their useless bookstore and garner no attention. I had my first 2 books on their previous website, before they screwed it all up, and they sat for 15 years unnoticed. No matter how much promoting I did. Why? Because NO ONE goes to Lulu's ridiculous little website to purchase books. They go to Amazon or B&N. I give up. Then see about offering them directly through Amazon's KDP. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 20:09:30 GMT
Lulu only offers me two choices for 5 of my books: saddle stitch or hard cover. 1 of them they offered only hard cover. So, no more global distribution. My books will sit on their useless bookstore and garner no attention. I had my first 2 books on their previous website, before they screwed it all up, and they sat for 15 years unnoticed. No matter how much promoting I did. Why? Because NO ONE goes to Lulu's ridiculous little website to purchase books. They go to Amazon or B&N. I give up. Then see about offering them directly through Amazon's KDP. I just looked at that. I am not prepared to deal with a whole new set of guidelines and page sizes and bleed/no bleed. It's an enormous headache and then, I'd have to purchase galley copies to make certain they are printed nicely and correctly. I am just not interested anymore. Aside from that, if I were to manage to get all of my books in paperback on Amazon, it would be my luck they would change their policies and I'd be screwed again. No, I know when to let sleeping dogs lie. Thank you for your kindness. |
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Mar 11, 2021 20:31:44 GMT
Then see about offering them directly through Amazon's KDP. I just looked at that. I am not prepared to deal with a whole new set of guidelines and page sizes and bleed/no bleed. It's an enormous headache and then, I'd have to purchase galley copies to make certain they are printed nicely and correctly. I am just not interested anymore. Aside from that, if I were to manage to get all of my books in paperback on Amazon, it would be my luck they would change their policies and I'd be screwed again. No, I know when to let sleeping dogs lie. Thank you for your kindness. Yes, setting things up for a specific platform can be painful at times. Then again a lot of activities can be frustrating.
I've submitted novels in the past and had them rejected, have roughly three dozen I need to either finish or rework, and at times when frustrated I have felt the desire to delete them all. The reason I don't give up is because my work can get people to look at the world a bit, which is a good thing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 20:39:10 GMT
I just looked at that. I am not prepared to deal with a whole new set of guidelines and page sizes and bleed/no bleed. It's an enormous headache and then, I'd have to purchase galley copies to make certain they are printed nicely and correctly. I am just not interested anymore. Aside from that, if I were to manage to get all of my books in paperback on Amazon, it would be my luck they would change their policies and I'd be screwed again. No, I know when to let sleeping dogs lie. Thank you for your kindness. Yes, setting things up for a specific platform can be painful at times. Then again a lot of activities can be frustrating.
I've submitted novels in the past and had them rejected, have roughly three dozen I need to either finish or rework, and at times when frustrated I have felt the desire to delete them all. The reason I don't give up is because my work can get people to look at the world a bit, which is a good thing.
I am happy that you have the strength to push onward. However, I have spent my life being mostly ignored. Sure, if I compliment someone, then I am paid a bit of attention for a moment. But for the most part, when I speak up or try to give advice, even when asked, I am generally ignored. I have no idea why. I try to be as nice a person as possible. I am just one of those people that are not seen, but seen through. When others look at me, they see right past me, as if I don't exist. As I child in school, I could not go to a class and go to the library and not a single person would say a word. No one ever noticed. I would leave and take a long lunch instead of staying for mandatory "pep rallies," because I can't stand crowds, and not a single person ever noticed. Hence, I have come to realize that now, after 2 publishing companies have messed me over, it's time to pack it in. Thank you for your kindness. |
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Mar 11, 2021 21:10:04 GMT
Yes, setting things up for a specific platform can be painful at times. Then again a lot of activities can be frustrating.
I've submitted novels in the past and had them rejected, have roughly three dozen I need to either finish or rework, and at times when frustrated I have felt the desire to delete them all. The reason I don't give up is because my work can get people to look at the world a bit, which is a good thing.
I am happy that you have the strength to push onward. However, I have spent my life being mostly ignored. Sure, if I compliment someone, then I am paid a bit of attention for a moment. But for the most part, when I speak up or try to give advice, even when asked, I am generally ignored. I have no idea why. I try to be as nice a person as possible. I am just one of those people that are not seen, but seen through. When others look at me, they see right past me, as if I don't exist. As I child in school, I could not go to a class and go to the library and not a single person would say a word. No one ever noticed. I would leave and take a long lunch instead of staying for mandatory "pep rallies," because I can't stand crowds, and not a single person ever noticed. Hence, I have come to realize that now, after 2 publishing companies have messed me over, it's time to pack it in. Thank you for your kindness. Okay, I'm not particularly kind and while I emulate nice I'm not particularly nice. I push onward because of the genetics I inherited and the crap I went through from early childhood well into adulthood. In short I have no choice but to keep striving for goals, even when the goals aren't likely to happen while I'm alive to see them happen. And to be honest, I think I'm lucky to have made it to early retirement.
I've interacted with people who likely would have opted out if I hadn't been exactly what I am. I'm one of those people who may get crapped on by life but I am determined to outlive the people who did the crapping, and so far I've outlasted the majority.
As a writer I don't expect to make a lot of money nor do I expect to garner a lot of attention, which is good because most writers have a day job because they don't make much money through writing.
Regarding Lulu Press it isn't a publishing company, rather it's a facilitator or intermediary between you and various sales venues and / or printers.
Your choices are to be a writer because you have stories to offer or to give up because it isn't easy. Either way it's up to you.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 21:32:17 GMT
I am happy that you have the strength to push onward. However, I have spent my life being mostly ignored. Sure, if I compliment someone, then I am paid a bit of attention for a moment. But for the most part, when I speak up or try to give advice, even when asked, I am generally ignored. I have no idea why. I try to be as nice a person as possible. I am just one of those people that are not seen, but seen through. When others look at me, they see right past me, as if I don't exist. As I child in school, I could not go to a class and go to the library and not a single person would say a word. No one ever noticed. I would leave and take a long lunch instead of staying for mandatory "pep rallies," because I can't stand crowds, and not a single person ever noticed. Hence, I have come to realize that now, after 2 publishing companies have messed me over, it's time to pack it in. Thank you for your kindness. Okay, I'm not particularly kind and while I emulate nice I'm not particularly nice. I push onward because of the genetics I inherited and the crap I went through from early childhood well into adulthood. In short I have no choice but to keep striving for goals, even when the goals aren't likely to happen while I'm alive to see them happen. And to be honest, I think I'm lucky to have made it to early retirement.
I've interacted with people who likely would have opted out if I hadn't been exactly what I am. I'm one of those people who may get crapped on by life but I am determined to outlive the people who did the crapping, and so far I've outlasted the majority.
As a writer I don't expect to make a lot of money nor do I expect to garner a lot of attention, which is good because most writers have a day job because they don't make much money through writing.
Regarding Lulu Press it isn't a publishing company, rather it's a facilitator or intermediary between you and various sales venues and / or printers.
Your choices are to be a writer because you have stories to offer or to give up because it isn't easy. Either way it's up to you.
I choose the latter, as I am tired and no longer want to fight with any publishing/self-publishing companies anymore. I would like to have had a publishing agent, but they're all jackals only out to get the trash tossed out by celebrities, leaving us little guys out in the cold. I'm done. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 5:56:30 GMT
But for the most part, when I speak up or try to give advice, even when asked, I am generally ignored. I have no idea why. I try to be as nice a person as possible. I am just one of those people that are not seen, but seen through. When others look at me, they see right past me, as if I don't exist. As I child in school, I could not go to a class and go to the library and not a single person would say a word. No one ever noticed. I would leave and take a long lunch instead of staying for mandatory "pep rallies," because I can't stand crowds, and not a single person ever noticed. Hence, I have come to realize that now, after 2 publishing companies have messed me over, it's time to pack it in. Thank you for your kindnessThat is so sad @tynermason It brought to mind that sad song from the movie Chicago www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX5lYVqTxgI
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Post by Ken on Mar 12, 2021 7:52:17 GMT
Regarding Lulu Press it isn't a publishing company, rather it's a facilitator or intermediary between you and various sales venues and / or printers.
I’d like to see this said more frequently Cameron. @retread-retired-cameron |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 8:49:00 GMT
Yes, setting things up for a specific platform can be painful at times. Then again a lot of activities can be frustrating.
I've submitted novels in the past and had them rejected, have roughly three dozen I need to either finish or rework, and at times when frustrated I have felt the desire to delete them all. The reason I don't give up is because my work can get people to look at the world a bit, which is a good thing.
I am happy that you have the strength to push onward. However, I have spent my life being mostly ignored. Sure, if I compliment someone, then I am paid a bit of attention for a moment. But for the most part, when I speak up or try to give advice, even when asked, I am generally ignored. I have no idea why. I try to be as nice a person as possible. I am just one of those people that are not seen, but seen through. When others look at me, they see right past me, as if I don't exist. As I child in school, I could not go to a class and go to the library and not a single person would say a word. No one ever noticed. I would leave and take a long lunch instead of staying for mandatory "pep rallies," because I can't stand crowds, and not a single person ever noticed. Hence, I have come to realize that now, after 2 publishing companies have messed me over, it's time to pack it in. Thank you for your kindness. Tyner, everyone here sees you. You are in the right place doing the right thing. I have had so so many obstacles over the course of my publishing career, and life, and I refuse to pack it in. Take a break if you need it, but come back. |
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Post by potet on Mar 12, 2021 11:47:13 GMT
Barnes and Noble still carry my books.  * So does Amazon France. ![]() ![]()  |
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Post by Ken on Mar 12, 2021 12:16:17 GMT
Have you tried placing an order with them?
The “great” unknown is how often or at what frequency their servers are updated or refreshed.
Different operations have quite often widely varying timescales.
At one time in my professional career I worked with an organization that updated their transfer of data nightly including taking bank payments and updating customer privileges.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Mar 12, 2021 12:51:09 GMT
Regarding Lulu Press it isn't a publishing company, rather it's a facilitator or intermediary between you and various sales venues and / or printers.
I’d like to see this said more frequently Cameron. I've made the comment before for a simple reason.
There is a key difference between a Self Publishing company and a Traditional Publishing company. With Traditional Publishing an author enters into a contract granting the publisher exclusive right to publish the book for a certain amount of time while the author retains all rights on with a Self Publishing company since no contract was signed.
Lulu Press as a service provider states the author is the publisher. |
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Post by Ken on Mar 12, 2021 15:34:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 15:37:14 GMT
Lulu Press as a service provider states the author is the publisher
I agree Cameron, Lulu is not a publisher. However Amazon insists on putting Lulu as my publisher because all my books from Lulu have their free ISBN numbers.
AMAZON
Publisher : Lulu.com; First Edition (August 22, 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 102 pages
ISBN-10 : 0244409234
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Mar 12, 2021 15:39:45 GMT
By the way you omitted to say that Lulu is also a philanthropic organization.   Whenever possible I've been a philanthropic organism for many decades. |
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