If you’re an author who got used to the ease of self publishing on KDP, allow me to introduce you to Lulu They were the pioneering POD platform that CreateSpace (now KDP) copied & Amazon tried to bury Always have had good experiences with these folks #WriterSky #BookSky 💙📚🌈 www.lulu.com - ThreadSky

sethanikeem.bsky.social • 6 days ago

If you’re an author who got used to the ease of self publishing on KDP, allow me to introduce you to Lulu

They were the pioneering POD platform that CreateSpace (now KDP) copied & Amazon tried to bury

Always have had good experiences with these folks #WriterSky #BookSky 💙📚🌈

https://www.lulu.com/

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lisamcsherry.bsky.social•6 days ago

I appreciate this concrete suggestion. I've been flailing, wondering what to do with my single ebook.

aimeecozza.com•6 days ago

I hope Lulu picks up the pace a bit.

They're considerably more pricey than IS and KDP, but their print quality is better.

However, I have found their support straight out ignoring my tickets. Which is in line with how KDP and IS handle support tickets (we can do better!)

aimeecozza.com•6 days ago

Still, been using Lulu for years to publish one-offs and small projects and would suggest others to try them out!

sethanikeem.bsky.social•6 days ago

I have really liked them for limited edition hardcover releases.

One thing I enjoy with them is you can make a release totally private, thus curating precisely who gets access

Not a desirable route for everyone, but some projects demand it.

aimeecozza.com•6 days ago

Yeah! I've been able to print a book just for funsies of having it in my hand which is invaluable.

sonicalligator.bsky.social•6 days ago

@theironkurtain.bsky.social check it out if you don’t already know them!

sethanikeem.bsky.social•6 days ago

If you haven’t heard of Lulu, don’t feel bad.

There was a point in time when they were the main POD publishing on Amazon - one of the first to facilitate getting an ISBN that didn’t involve going through Bowkers.

Once Amazon decided to compete with them, they actively de-platformed Lulu.

sethanikeem.bsky.social•6 days ago

Lulu is the plucky underdog that’s persisted in spite of Amazon’s monolithic (and targeted) predations.

They have a full range of services and a sales platform of their own.

If you can make a PDF, you can publish through them.

Divest from the ‘zon

sethanikeem.bsky.social•6 days ago

Even if you’re not ready to fully take your stuff off Amazon, I highly recommend simultaneously publishing to Lulu

💙 No exclusivity limitations
📚 Costs nothing to publish
🌈 Make a PDF & go
💙 ISBN access
📚 Author prices are only a tad higher than KDP for physical copies to resell 💙📚🌈

https://www.lulu.com/

sethanikeem.bsky.social•6 days ago

If you only want to publish digital editions of your writing, another versatile platform is Itchio (not just for games)

Bonus: the ability to do themed “jams” (think collaborative anthologies!) and charity bundles

Additional bonus: trans & queer friendly 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

https://itch.io/

sethanikeem.bsky.social•6 days ago

Another platform to sell things you’ve created – either digitally or physically – is Kofi

I’ve been populating mine as a back up in case one of the other platforms becomes unavailable

Strongly recommend an eggs-in-all-the-baskets approach, especially with the way things are going

https://ko-fi.com/

chaoticauthor.online•6 days ago

I've recently opened a Ko-Fi. So far, I have a how to use BlueSky as an indie author guide. That's a PDF but Is it possible to sell ebooks as epub files?

sethanikeem.bsky.social•6 days ago

This has been your indie publisher PSA

We now return you to our regularly scheduled cat pictures #CatBreak

drazovthewicked.bsky.social•6 days ago

I hadn't realized that they survived!
Wonderful to hear they're still hanging in there!

lilbit0jd.bsky.social•6 days ago

I know another author who uses them as well.

daisymaemom.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thank you for posting this! I had been looking for a way to re-publish my book (I was with Infinity before), and this might be the way to go! I will look into it!

d--spring.bsky.social•6 days ago

I used to get so many indie occult & folk magic books off Lulu back in the early aughts - amazing info that simply wasn't available anywhere else at the time!

Good to know they're still around, especially when I've been gearing up to self-publish some of my own still finally.

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