Real books on virtual publishers

With just a few simple steps on a website, anyone can publish their work, completely free!

This year 96 years old, Mr. Francis Bartels - former educational advisor of the United Nations Culture - Science and Education Organization (UNESCO), has just completed a memoir about his life - a black man who lived in Germany under Hitler and memories of his pupil Kofi Annan, who later became UN secretary general.

But if he brought the manuscript to the publishing house, Mr. Bartels would have to wait at least two years to see his work appear on the bookshelf. He decided to go to www.lulu.com. After a few simple steps, the memoir was officially introduced to online readers worldwide!

Mr. Bartels is just one of thousands of authors who have published books without spending a cent through Lulu.com's "Virtual Publisher". Up to now, this website has sold more than 2,000 titles per week. With a total of 1 million books sold this year, Lulu.com has officially joined the world's largest publisher club.

This unique publisher was founded in 2002 by Bob Young, who previously co-founded Red Hat, a well-known open source company. He chose the name lulu (an old English word meaning person or extraordinary thing) with the implication that anyone who visits Lulu.com has an idea, a unique composition that is worthy of respect.

After creating an account on the website, the book author can embark on the process of publishing his own book, designing his own book, from cover type (hard or soft) to size and color. Finally, the author sets out a profit that I want to earn from each book sold, Lulu.com will calculate the retail price, plus an additional NX profit of 25% of the profit that the author has to choose.

After that, the book will be saved to Lulu.com's data. Readers only need to place orders to buy books and pay money online. The work will be printed, packaged and sent to home with the same professional quality as the books of real publishers. Print-on-demand printing (print-on-demand) is available at many printers in the US, Spain and the UK. Since it is self-published, the author of the book will keep the entire copyright and be responsible for verifying the content of his spiritual child.

THANH TRUC