RE: Self Publishing Example Lulu

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Historical (historical@buffalocounty.com)
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Subject: RE: Self Publishing Example Lulu
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:32:48 -0600
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From: "Historical" <historical@buffalocounty.com>

Sara,

                The Buffalo County Historical Society did this for a collection of writings from a prominent local historian. I used Lulu and am very happy with the books. Probably the best feature for us, was that we advertised and took pre-orders for the book at a $5 discount from regular price. We set a deadline for pre-orders and told people the books would be in 3 weeks later than that date. Then, we took all the money we got from preorders and bought as many books as we could, resulting in an order from Lulu of about 40% more books than we had orders for. This gave us a stock to sell in our office while never needing a single penny from our own funds to get the project started! If you have any questions, feel free to call or email me!

 

Good Luck!

Mr. Kelly Herold Executive Director Buffalo County Historical Society 407 South Second St. PO Box 394 Alma, WI 54610 608-685-6290

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From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu
[mailto:localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Sara Nuernberger Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:37 PM To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu Subject: Self Publishing Example Lulu

 

I am interesting in hearing from anyone who has self-published a book for their historical society. We are currently putting together our final draft for a book on the history of the one room schools in Taylor County that we are interested in self publishing.

 

Has your organization done this?

Did you use Lulu or another of the online publishers?

Where you happy with the quality of the book?

Was it easy to use their service?

Was it more cost effective to self publish so you could order a smaller quantity of books?

 

Thanks you.

Sara Nuernberger

Board Member

Taylor County Historical Society, Medford



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