Post Archive

2023

• 09/28 | SEO for Writers: A Deep Dive into Keyword Research and Analysis
• 09/21 | Holiday Preparation: Avoiding Print-On-Demand Production & Shipping Delays
• 09/07 | How To Convince Readers To Buy Books Directly From You
• 08/17 | Vellum Review: Simple Page Layout for Self-Publishers
• 08/04 | How to Write Effective YouTube Descriptions To Reach New Fans
• 08/03 | Monetize Your YouTube Content with a Book
• 08/02 | How to Turn Your Video Content Into A Book
• 08/01 | Lulu To Acquire Joe Pulizzi’s Creator Economy Expo Event and Creator Newsletter Business, The Tilt
• 07/27 | How to Drive Reader Engagement and Sales with Effective Calls to Action
• 07/20 | Social Media 101: YouTube For Authors
• 07/13 | 5 Tax Tips for Authors: A Tax Guide for Independent Creators
• 06/29 | Mastering Email Marketing for Authors: A Comprehensive Guide
• 06/13 | Ebook Publishing Made Easier Than Ever
• 06/01 | How To Reach A New Audience With A Book Based On Your Podcast
• 05/25 | Unlock Your Content Business Potential with User Data
• 05/18 | Atticus Review: The All-in-One Writing And Formatting Tool For Indie Authors
• 05/05 | How to Create a Workbook: Tips to Enhance Your Online Course
• 04/28 | From Blog to Book: How to Turn Your Content Into a Published Book
• 04/13 | Lightning-Fast Book Printing: How To & Essential Tips
• 04/05 | 5 Ways You Can Sell Your Book To Find Readers And Fans
• 04/04 | How to Create High-Converting Landing Pages for Your Book Marketing Campaigns
• 04/03 | Harness The Power Of Publishing: Using Your Book For Lead Generation
• 03/16 | Maximizing Your Writing: Novlr Versus The Top Word Processing Tools
• 03/07 | 10 Ways Modern Authors Can Build An Audience
• 03/03 | Create A Cookbook: Using Recipe Templates for Print-On-Demand
• 03/02 | How to Create And Print A Meal Planner
• 02/28 | Making Money With Your Food And Nutrition Content
• 02/16 | Think Outside The Bot: How AI Can Help Content Creators
• 02/06 | How To Write A Book: A 6-Step Guide for Beginners
• 02/03 | The Benefits Of Writing A Book: Why Every Entrepreneur Should Publish
• 02/02 | Maximizing Your Book’s Potential With Market Research
• 02/01 | Creators’ Guide To Monetizing Your Content
• 01/12 | Learn How To Self-Publish A Book In 6 Easy Steps
• 01/06 | Learn How To Write Serial Fiction
• 01/05 | Serial Fiction Online: A Complete Publishing Guide
• 01/04 | 4 Ways To Sell Your Serial Fiction: A Comprehensive Guide
• 01/03 | Writing Serialized Fiction To Grow Book Sales
• 01/02 | Complete Guide To Writing & Publishing Serial Fiction

2022

• 12/21 | How Books Are Made: From PDF to Printed & Bound
• 12/05 | Dropshipping for Entrepreneurs & Creators With Lulu’s Order Import Tool
• 11/10 | Blogging For Content Creators
• 11/03 | Shopify Vs. WooCommerce: Which Is Best For You?
• 10/27 | Using The Shopify Starter Plan To Sell Your Book
• 10/13 | Social Media 101: Instagram for Authors
• 10/10 | Using Lulu’s Book Cover Designer
• 10/06 | Organization And Note-Taking With Obsidian [Product Review]
• 09/29 | Lulu Direct Dashboard Walkthrough
• 09/27 | Social Media 101: Twitter for Authors
• 09/22 | Show Off Your Brand With White-Label Shipping
• 09/08 | How To Start A Bookselling Business
• 09/01 | Using Microsoft Office Online To Write Your Book
• 08/30 | How To Make a Custom Calendar for Your Wall
• 08/25 | Social Media 101: Facebook For Authors
• 08/18 | Micro-Influencers: Your Key To Reaching New Audiences
• 08/11 | Complete Tech Stack For Publishing
• 08/04 | Create A Book That Supports Your Online Course
• 07/28 | Customer Service And Your Ecommerce Business
• 07/25 | Craft + Commerce 2022: 4 Reasons Creator Events Rock
• 07/21 | The Book You Didn’t Know You Wrote
• 07/07 | Before You Publish: Get A Proof Copy
• 06/30 | 8 Simple Ideas For Backlist Book Marketing 
• 06/23 | How to Create a Business Plan for Your Book
• 06/16 | Publishing Industry Trade Show Roundup
• 06/09 | Pride: A Primer
• 06/02 | Creating A Writing Style Guide For Your Book
• 05/26 | Creating Picture-Perfect Photo Books
• 05/19 | How to Plan & Promote Your Book Pre-Launch
• 05/12 | How to Edit Your Book Online With Track Changes
• 05/05 | Is Selling Your Book On Amazon Enough?
• 04/28 | 6 Ways to Publish a Book Without Writing a Book
• 04/21 | Can’t-Miss Tips for Building a Better Ecommerce Store
• 04/14 | How To Copyright A Book
• 04/13 | What Being A B Corp Means To Us 
• 04/07 | How to Build an Author Email List On Your Website
• 03/31 | 5 Examples of Health and Wellness Books to Inspire You
• 03/24 | Lulu Direct for WooCommerce is Here
• 03/17 | Lulu Launches Direct-To-Consumer Ecommerce Book Fulfillment
• 03/17 | 5 Visual Indicators Your Book is Self-Published
• 03/15 | Which Font Should I Use For My Book?
• 03/10 | Understanding When and Why Your Book Needs an ISBN
• 03/03 | Employee Appreciation Day is Every Day at Lulu
• 03/03 | Craft vs. Notion: The Best Note-Taking Tools for Authors
• 02/24 | Focus on Your Book With LivingWriter (Product Review)
• 02/17 | How To Create A Product Page
• 02/10 | The Importance of Reading Black Literature
• 02/07 | Lulu.com Celebrates 20 Years of Being Lit
• 01/27 | Ecommerce and Direct-To-Consumer Book Trends for 2022
• 01/20 | 8 Ideas to Create A Notebook Today
• 01/13 | The Power Of Words: Celebrating MLK Jr’s Legacy

2021

• 12/31 | Looking Back at Lulu in 2021
• 12/17 | Teach What You Write: How to Offer Your Expertise Online
• 12/10 | The Anatomy of a Book
• 12/03 | Using Your Author Blog To Grow Your Audience
• 11/23 | Decolonizing Our Thanksgiving Traditions
• 11/19 | How To Use Substack To Grow Your Audience
• 11/12 | Tracking Your Marketing Efforts With UTM Tags
• 11/10 | 6 Tips for Self-Publishing Success
• 11/05 | Why You Should Sell More Than Books
• 10/29 | Adobe Express For Authors Review
• 10/22 | Black Friday & Cyber Monday Holiday Sales Planning
• 10/18 | Celebrating Indigenous People All Year Long
• 10/15 | Planning Your Novel (or Not)
• 10/13 | Sell More Books With A Holiday Social Media Strategy
• 10/08 | 5 Custom Gift Book Ideas For Readers
• 10/06 | Publishing, NFTs, And Your Book
• 10/01 | How To Make A Graphic Novel
• 09/29 | Lulu Direct: Lulu’s Ecommerce Brand
• 09/28 | Celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month
• 09/24 | Selling Your Book On Consignment With Indie Bookstores
• 09/20 | Discounting Best Practices and Biggest Blunders
• 09/10 | How To Create And Print A Book For Beginners
• 09/03 | The Secret Ingredient to Self-Publishing Success
• 09/01 | 14 Actionable Conversion Marketing Tactics To Sell More Books
• 08/27 | Goodreads Vs. The StoryGraph: Reading Logs for Readers and Authors
• 08/26 | Is Women’s Equality Day For All Women?
• 08/17 | Remote Work is Changing the World – For the Better
• 08/13 | Scribophile: Feedback Community For Writers
• 08/10 | Be Where Your Buyers Are
• 08/06 | What Is An Author Brand and Why Does It Matter?
• 07/30 | How Self-Publishing Supports Marginalized Communities
• 07/30 | 7 Ways To Drive Traffic To Your Author Website
• 07/16 | The Publishing Journey: Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing
• 07/09 | Optimized For Mobile: The Future of Bookselling
• 07/02 | Crowdfunding To Publish Your Book
• 06/29 | Sharing Pride And Inclusivity
• 06/28 | How to Self-Publish a Children’s Book: Everything You Need to Know
• 06/18 | Celebrating Juneteenth: This Year and Every Year
• 06/17 | Direct-to-Consumer Bookselling
• 06/11 | Planning And Creating With Plottr [Product Review]
• 06/08 | It’s Probably Not “Just a Phase”
• 06/04 | How to Get Started Publishing
• 06/01 | Pride All the Time: The Importance of Representation in Literature
• 05/28 | How to Create And Print A Cookbook or Recipe Book
• 05/21 | Beginner’s Guide To Using Ecommerce To Sell Your Book
• 05/18 | Genres, BISAC Subject Codes, and You
• 05/14 | Mental Health And Reading: Unexpected Connections
• 05/11 | AAPI Heritage Month Reader’s Guide
• 05/07 | Mental Health For Writers
• 05/05 | Creating a Positive Work Environment
• 04/30 | 7 Things To Do Before You Hire An Editor
• 04/27 | Helping you Preserve the Stories that Matter Most
• 04/22 | Sustainability In Self-Publishing
• 04/16 | Using Text-To-Speech To Edit Your Book
• 04/09 | Editing Costs And Budget
• 04/06 | Don’t Sweat it, Edit!
• 04/02 | Create An Editing Edition
• 03/26 | Fiverr – Build Your Publishing Team
• 03/19 | How to Pitch Your Book for Earned Promotion
• 03/16 | Women In Leadership: An Interview With Lulu’s CEO Kathy Hensgen
• 03/11 | Author Spotlight Pages: New And Improved
• 03/09 | Raising Eyebrows
• 03/04 | Getting Your Ship Together In Lulu Direct
• 02/26 | How to Get Started Writing
• 02/19 | The Power Of Inclusion: Lulu’s Core Values
• 02/12 | Hemingway Editor Review: Simplicity For Free
• 02/05 | Canva For Your Cover (Integration)
• 02/04 | What is Fanfiction and Why Does It Matter?
• 01/29 | Reading Goals For Authors
• 01/22 | Understanding Self-Publishing: What is Lulu?
• 01/08 | What’s To Come in 2021?

2020

• 12/25 | Lulu In 2020: Highlights And Updates
• 12/18 | AutoCrit Review: Self-Editing Software
• 12/11 | 7 Grammar Tips For Authors [Infographic]
• 11/27 | The 1,000 True Fan Theory: Sustainable Income For Creators
• 11/13 | Copyright Law Basics For Authors
• 11/06 | Carrd Review: Simplified Author Websites
• 11/03 | 5 Ways To Get Your Lulu Direct Shopify Store Ready For The Holidays
• 10/30 | Using Canva To Create Your Photo Book
• 10/23 | Inktober and Drawtober: Getting Creative
• 10/16 | 9-Point Book Sales Checklist For Holiday
• 10/09 | Bookshop.org: Your Local, Online Bookseller
• 09/25 | Plot Factory Review: Organization For Authors
• 09/22 | Evernote: Organization For Authors
• 09/18 | 6 Writing Habits To Write More
• 09/11 | Self-Publishing Stigma: Have We Overcome It Yet?
• 09/08 | Libre Office: Open Source Word Processing
• 09/04 | 7 Ways To Create A Good Reading Habit
• 08/28 | Why Choose Lulu?
• 08/21 | Author Earnings: Passive Revenue Ideas
• 08/18 | Writing And Plotting With Scrivener
• 08/12 | Lulu Partners with MementoPix Yearbooks
• 08/11 | How To Make A DIY Planner [Video]
• 08/07 | Pre-Publishing Checklist For Your Book
• 08/04 | Using Microsoft Word For Your Book Writing And Formatting
• 07/31 | Book Spine And Cover Best Practices
• 07/24 | The To Do List: Productivity For Authors
• 07/21 | SEO For Your Author Website
• 07/17 | Economics of Self-Publishing: Costs And Value [Infographic]
• 07/03 | How To Create And Print A Magazine Or Comic Book
• 06/26 | Nisus Writer: Affordable Word Processing
• 06/23 | 6 Author Website Tips for Success
• 06/19 | 7 Writing Tips To Bring Your Nonfiction Content To Life
• 06/16 | Engage Your Audience with Social Selling For Your Book
• 06/12 | How To Write A Great Book Title
• 06/09 | How To Write A Book Description That Sells
• 06/05 | Social Media Content Ideas for Authors
• 05/29 | What is Print-on-Demand?
• 05/27 | Basic Book Promotion on Social Media (Without Spending a Penny)
• 05/22 | Meet Lulu’s Free Self-Publishing Resources
• 05/19 | How To Choose an Editor
• 05/15 | Scribus Free Desktop Publishing Review
• 05/12 | 8 Add-ons Every Writer Needs For Google Docs
• 05/08 | How Does Print and Ebook Distribution Work?
• 05/05 | Self-Publishing Basics For New Authors
• 05/01 | How To Make A Print-Ready PDF With Google Docs
• 04/26 | What’s New At Lulu? Literally, Everything
• 04/24 | Introducing: The Lulu Services Marketplace
• 04/17 | Understanding The Publishing Gatekeepers
• 04/14 | Lulu’s Book Templates Make Page Design Easy
• 04/10 | Your Guide To Blog Tours And At-Home Marketing
• 04/09 | Webinar Q&A: Templates, Tips and Tools to Help You Self-Publish
• 04/03 | Supporting Independent Bookstores
• 03/30 | 15 Books To Keep You Entertained
• 03/27 | 7 Online Writing Communities For Authors
• 03/20 | BISAC: What It Is And Why It Matters
• 03/13 | Authorpreneur: A New Kind Of Content Creator
• 03/06 | Nonfiction Book Formatting for Microsoft Word
• 02/28 | Word To PDF Conversion Guide
• 02/21 | How To Build Your Author Brand with Series Book Cover Design
• 02/14 | Take Note: 4 Note Taking Skills You Need
• 02/11 | How To Grow Your Author Network
• 02/07 | The Anatomy Of Good Blog Writing
• 01/14 | Reading reflections from 2019
• 01/10 | Author Marketing: Why Your Book Is Your New Business Card
• 01/03 | What to Expect From Lulu in 2020

2019

• 12/27 | 2019: The Year In Review
• 12/13 | What Is Content Marketing For Authors And Creators?
• 12/06 | ProWritingAid: Automation For Authors
• 11/25 | Role-Playing Games: The Frontier of Independent RPGs
• 11/15 | The Three Phases Of An Effective Book Marketing Campaign
• 11/08 | Word Processing With StoryShop
• 10/18 | Flattened Layers: What They Are and Why They Matter
• 10/16 | New Product Announcement: Comic Books and Magazines
• 10/04 | 4 Elements of Great Short Stories
• 10/02 | 13 Ways to sleigh holiday sales with shopify
• 09/06 | It Is Just As Important to Be Noticed, As It Is To Be Remembered
• 08/16 | Don’t Cry Over Spilled Ink
• 08/09 | How To – Advanced Microsoft Word Formatting
• 08/02 | Your Three Best Options for Efficient Book Translation
• 07/19 | Fun With Formatting [Webinar and Q&A]
• 07/12 | What Is Full Bleed Printing?
• 07/05 | How To Make A Print-Ready PDF For Your Book
• 06/21 | 4 Steps To Perfect Page Numbering In Microsoft Word
• 06/20 | Don’t Wait, Do Good Today
• 05/24 | Avoiding The Amazon Trap
• 05/22 | Lulu Forks Out Over $100M To Authors
• 05/15 | How to Grow Your Author Platform
• 05/10 | 8 Shopify Apps To Help You Sell More Books
• 05/03 | Using Canva For Your Cover
• 04/26 | How to Create a Comic Book
• 04/16 | Turning Your Idea Into Reality
• 04/05 | Affinity Publisher Review: An InDesign Alternative
• 03/28 | Get Smart with your cover art [Webinar and Q&A]
• 03/22 | 7 Tips for Character Development in Short Stories
• 03/14 | Choosing the Right Book Size
• 03/14 | Thinking in Full Color
• 03/11 | Impact Is Everywhere
• 02/22 | How to Come up With a Great Title for your Book
• 02/15 | Understanding API: Lulu Book Printing
• 02/08 | 6 Step Quick Start Publisher Guide
• 02/04 | Yearbooks: A Print-On-Demand Primer
• 01/31 | From Author to Publisher [Lulu Webinar And Q&A]
• 01/25 | Personalized Books: Customization in Print
• 01/18 | From Author to Publisher
• 01/04 | Looking Ahead: Lulu in 2019

2018

• 12/28 | Looking Back: Lulu in 2018
• 12/13 | 6 Killer Ways to Leverage YouTube to Market Your Book!
• 12/07 | The Ultimate Guide to Writing with Google Docs
• 11/30 | Using GIFs to get Attention
• 10/26 | Greenwashing – The Scariest Halloween Mask
• 10/16 | Before & After – An Outdated Economy Transformed
• 10/12 | 5 Ways to Vote for the Environment
• 10/04 | Lulu’s 4 Step Holiday Book Selling Guide
• 09/20 | Understanding How To Self-Publish And Make Money
• 09/12 | Get Lit to Stay Woke
• 09/05 | Holding Onto Your Independence: The Problem With Amazon’s KDP Merger
• 08/23 | Standing out from the Crowd: Discoverability
• 08/20 | Lulu Direct: Social Selling On Shopify
• 08/16 | 8 Book Marketing Tips For Self-Published Creators
• 08/06 | Why You Should Kill the Competition with Kindness
• 07/26 | The Ultimate Guide to InDesign for Authors
• 07/23 | A Lesson in Adulting – Break up with Junk Mail. Save the Planet
• 07/05 | How to Avoid a Defamation Lawsuit as an Author
• 06/18 | Pollinator Week with Bee Downtown
• 06/14 | 10 Key Ways to Tighten Your Manuscript
• 05/21 | The Secret to Sustainable Summer Fun
• 05/21 | Selling Your Self-Published Book in Bookstores
• 05/17 | The Anatomy Of The Explosive YA Genre
• 05/10 | Meet Podia: How to turn your book into an online course
• 04/27 | Taking Control With The Lulu Direct App
• 04/19 | 3 Ways Lulu makes the World a Better Place
• 04/12 | Who Uses Lulu?
• 04/05 | 7 Things Every Writer Needs to Become an Author
• 03/08 | Self-Publishing And Page Layout For Microsoft Word
• 02/19 | There’s Money to be Made in Solving Society’s Problems
• 02/15 | The Secret to Cover Design Success
• 02/05 | Which Publishing Path is Best for You?
• 02/01 | Attending Writing Conferences
• 01/18 | 11 Steps To A Professional Book Layout
• 01/11 | Book Reviews: An overlooked path to Success [Infographic]
• 01/04 | A Look Ahead: Lulu in 2018

2017

• 12/21 | How Much Does It cost to Self-Publish a Book?
• 12/20 | Lulu & The InterAct Holiday Bazaar
• 12/12 | What the Hell is Metadata?
• 11/30 | The Happiest Hour
• 11/20 | The Most Common Ways to Self-Publish Your Book Today
• 11/16 | How to Google: Get Found Online or Get Left Behind
• 10/23 | Spread Happiness: Create Your Own Coloring Book
• 10/16 | NaNoWriMo: Thirty Days To A Complete Book
• 10/09 | Your Book Price For Print And Retail
• 10/02 | Short Fiction: Writing to Grow
• 09/28 | 3 Keys to Planning the Best Author Events
• 09/18 | Let’s Get Social (Media)!
• 09/14 | 3 Reasons You Should be Using Grammarly
• 09/05 | What The Hell is a Lulu Print API?!
• 09/05 | Book Printing Simplified: Lulu Print API
• 09/04 | 5 Tips for Editing your Manuscript
• 08/17 | Entrepreneurs: Publish a Book, Make an Impression
• 07/31 | Complete Book Marketing Plan
• 07/07 | Share Your Sound [Video]
• 07/05 | Bookend Your Book: Front Matter and Back Matter
• 06/23 | Keywords: Get your Self-Published Book noticed
• 06/19 | Selling Your Book – Using a Synopsis
• 06/13 | Common Grammar Mistakes
• 05/26 | Maximum Formats: The Benefits of Going Wide With Your Publishing
• 05/16 | Author Press Kit: How You Market You
• 05/12 | Last Minute Mother’s Day Ideas
• 05/05 | Proofreading: What Makes a Great Reader?
• 04/14 | Sonoco Reclamation Center: a Can-Do Attitude [Infographic]
• 03/08 | Books, Beans and B-Corps: Making New Eco Friends
• 03/03 | DIY doesn’t mean you have to do it all by yourself
• 02/02 | Stranded by Tate Publishing? We’re Here to Help
• 01/22 | Going Up: Crafting an Elevator Pitch for Your Book

2016

• 11/30 | Make it personal: Custom Journals
• 10/11 | 20 Fun Facts for National Book Month
• 10/07 | 6 Ways Reading Will Improve Your Life
• 09/06 | Lulu is now a Certified B Corp!
• 05/31 | Understanding Your NCX or Ebook Table of Contents
• 03/29 | Pitch Perfect: Pitching a Guest Post

2015

• 11/10 | Getting Noticed: The Art of the Description
• 06/25 | Artist Michael Mandiberg Presents Print Wikipedia in New York City
• 06/11 | 3 Reasons Why You Should be Writing in the Cloud

2013

• 10/08 | Top 10 errors writers make that editors hate

2012

• 11/12 | How To: Create Your Own Audiobook
• 07/11 | How to Market Mysteries and Thrillers
• 06/28 | How to Market Romance Novels
• 04/18 | Eco Friendly Print-On-Demand
• 04/09 | How To Write A Successful Author Bio

2011

• 11/22 | How to Write a Great Press Release

2010

• 10/18 | How To Get Your Book Into Libraries