Post Archive

2022

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 | Lulu’s New Book Cover Designer Is Here!
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 New Ecommerce Solution for Direct-to-Consumer 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
11/26 | Make Money With Serial Fiction
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 Conversion Marketing Tactics To Sell More Books
08/31 | Holiday Prep: Print-On-Demand Production & Shipping
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 | Self-Publishing Your Children’s Book
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 | Lulu Cookbooks: The Perfect Recipe [Video]
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 [Guest Post]
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 [Service Review]
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
08/04 | Microsoft Word: A Closer Look
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]
07/10 | EPUB Made Even Easier
07/03 | How To Create And Print A Magazine Or Comic Book
06/26 | Nisus Writer: Affordable Word Processing [Product Review]
06/23 | 6 Author Website Tips for Success
06/19 | 7 Nonfiction Writing Tips
06/16 | Social Selling For Your Book
06/12 | How To Write A Great Book Title
06/09 | How To Write A Book Description
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 | Book Templates By Lulu
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 [Product Review]
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
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
01/03 | A New Year’s Resolution List for the Interested Consumer

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 | Make books, make bank: 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
09/08 | Email Marketing for Authors
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 [Video]
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
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

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