:: stamford research

I self publish my novels under a pen name, and have my books for sale on Lulu, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Apple bookstore. I do it all for under $20.

How?

I signed up for a www.Lulu.com account and use Lulu's instructions and toolset to convert my Word document into a formatted .pdf document, design my book cover, and even obtain a real bar code. Lulu doesn't charge me a penney. The $20 I spend is for the proof copy Lulu mails me for review, so that if the book is satisfactory to me (and it meets distribution standards) I give Lulu the go ahead to list my book with all the third party booksellers named above.

Just go to www.lulu.com and get started. All you need is a Lulu account, a computer, internet access, Microsoft Word, and $20. Of course you have to know/learn how to use Microsoft Office and Lulu's toolset, but it is sweat capital you are spending, not your money, or at least no more than $20.

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