> T It's what Lulu passes on to us.
Why are you using Lulu?
It doesn't cost that much more to setup an account with LSI, which will
give the material far more credibility.
There is no cost involved in publishing books through Lulu. There is a
per-page setup cost for LSI (Lightning Soucre) for each book and for
each update to a book. Considering how often the books need to be
updated, this cost could be significant. Whether any increased sales
would offset this extra cost, I don't know.
I already have an account with LSI and have considered publishing OOo
and LibO books using that account, but so far I have not thought the
extra expense worth it. However, sales of the OOo books have now built
up a large enough profit margin (around $8,000), I could use some of
that for publishing through LSI. Of course, that's OOo, not LibO, unless
the ODFAuthors group agrees to use the money for that purpose.
>I suspect this number will increase as more people discover them.
Not with Lulu as your publisher.
The OOo books are now bringing in approx. $150 a month. I forget how
many copies are being sold, but of course there are more OOo books at
this point than there are LibO books. The numbers will increase.
Brick and mortar book stores will not stock books from Lulu.
> It's a service for those who want printed copies.
The only place they will find it, is on the Lulu website.
Amazon does not list it.
They can find out through the LibO website, through mentions in blogs,
mailing lists, the users forum, and other places, from which they can
click through to Lulu. Being listed on Amazon etc would be even better,
but is it worth the extra expense? I don't know.
If someone else wants to do the printed-copy publishing, through LSI or
anywhere else, they are welcome to do it. I have more than enough other
things to do.
--Jean