Lulu Press, Inc., doing business under

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Lulu, is an online print-on-demand,

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, and distribution platform. By 2014, it had issued approximately two million titles. The company's founder is

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co-founder Bob Young; he also was CEO for many years. , the company’s 20th anniversary, Young had handed CEO duties to Kathy Hensgen. The company's headquarters are in

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Products

In 2009, Lulu began publishing and distributing ebooks. Lulu also prints and publishes calendars and photo books. In 2017, Lulu introduced an Open Access print-on-demand service.

Process

The author of a title receives an 80% royalty for print books and a 90% royalty for eBooks when sold.

Replay Photos

In January 2014, Lulu announced that it had acquired Durham (NC)–based sports photography company Replay Photos. Replay Photos sells licensed images of collegiate and professional sports teams as photographic prints, custom framed photos, photos on canvas, and original wall art.

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

Lulu's final phase for their Digital Rights Management (DRM) Retirement project was released July 2, 2013. Prior to January 15, 2013, a Lulu author could choose to apply Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection to their PDF or EPUB.

Lulu Jr.

In 2014, Lulu launched Lulu Jr., which enables children to become published authors. Lulu Jr. products include My Comic Book and IlluStory.

Lulu Blooker Prize

The Lulu Blooker Prize was a literary award for "

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s" (books based on

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). It was awarded in 2006 and 2007 and sponsored by Lulu. An overall prize was awarded, based on the winners of three subsidiary categories: non-fiction, fiction, and comics. The Lulu Blooker Prize was open to any "blook" that had been published "to date" (i.e., by the entry deadline) by any publisher.

2006

The first competition saw 89 entries from over a dozen countries. A panel of three judges decided the winners:

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, Chair of Judges; Paul Jones; and Robin "Roblimo" Miller.

Winners

* '' Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen'' by

Julie Powell Julie Anne Powell (; April 20, 1973 – October 26, 2022) was an American author known for her 2005 book ''Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen'' which was based on her blog, the Julie/Julia Project. A film adaptation b ...

(main prize, non-fiction) * ''Four and Twenty Blackbirds'' by

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(fiction) * ''Totally Boned: A Joe and Monkey Collection'' by Zach Miller (comics, self-published through Lulu)

Runners-up

* ''Biodiesel Power'' by Lyle Estill (runner up, non-fiction, see

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) * ''Hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery Set in the Internet Bubble and Rubble'' by

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(runner up, fiction) * ''

Dinosaur Comics ''Dinosaur Comics'' is a constrained webcomic by Canadian writer Ryan North. It is also known as "Qwantz", after the site's domain name, "qwantz.com". The first comic was posted on February 1, 2003, although there were earlier prototypes. ''Din ...

: Huge Eyes, Beaks, Intelligence, and Ambition'' by

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(runner up, comics)

2007

The 2007 competition had 110 entries from 15 countries. The number of judges was increased to five: Paul Jones (chair),

Arianna Huffington Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (; , ; born July 15, 1950) is a Greek American author, syndicated columnist and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of ''HuffPost'', the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and the author of fifteen books. She ha ...

(2006 overall winner), Rohit Gupta, and

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Winners

* '' My War: Killing Time in Iraq'' by Colby Buzzell (Overall Winner and Non-Fiction Winner) * ''The Doorbells of Florence'' by Andrew Losowsky (Fiction Winner) * '' Mom's Cancer'' by Brian Fies (Comics Winner)

Runners-up

* ''My Secret: A

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Book'' by Frank Warren (Non-Fiction) * ''Island: A

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Novel'' by David Wellington (Fiction)

References

External links

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Products

Process

Replay Photos

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

Lulu Jr.

Lulu Blooker Prize

2006

Winners

Runners-up

2007

Winners

Runners-up

See also

References

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