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The Lulu Blooker Prize was a literary award for "blooks" (books based on blogs). [10] It was awarded in 2006 and 2007 and sponsored by Lulu. An overall prize was awarded, based on the winners of three subsidiary categories: non-fiction, fiction, and comics.
Self-publishing is the publication of media (e.g. books, music, art) by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. However, the author may engage professionals or companies to assist with various aspects of publication, distribution or marketing.
The Times denied that Lulu was a vanity press, stating that it was "a collision of the web, new printing technology and a universal yearning to vent and dazzle” instead. Self Publishing News listed Lulu as a self publishing company. Lulu consistantly ranked number one on Self Publishing web sites.
Look carefully at the spelling of the author's name and the book's title: Fake books often misspell the author's name or provide a variation of the book's actual title. If you do fall for a fake ...
Smashwords achieved a profit in 2010 and has distributed some of its books via Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Sony, [4] and KDP, Amazon.com's e-book publishing website. In 2012, Smashwords announced that it would partner with 3M Cloud Library, which would allow for the option for their authors' books to be available in libraries, [ 5 ] and that ...
Hybrid publishing is the source of debate in the publishing industry, with some viewing hybrid publishers as vanity presses in disguise. [7] [dead link ] However, a true hybrid publisher is selective in what they publish and will share the costs (and therefore the risks) with the author, whereas with a vanity press, the author pays the full cost of production and therefore carries all the risk.
Soda View/3D is a free PDF application users can use to open, view, and create PDF files. The flipping animation tool of its patent-pending 3D feature enables users to go through pages of PDF files. [6]
In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, the actress and podcaster shares how her obsession with scams "taught me how to navigate a messy and unfair world" Scams Are Good, Actually.