Lulu

What a great idea this is. You've written the great american novel, or heck, just a cookbook to sell to benefit your church, and you need to get it...published?

Instead of going thru the hassle of sending out copies to dozens of publishers and getting rejected just as much, become a publisher yourself! Lulu.comis a marketplace for creators of content, so what you see is actually the product of a community that has grown up around Lulu's electronic publishing technology. They give the creators and owners of digital content complete control over how they use their work. Individuals, companies and groups can use Lulu to publish and sell a variety of digital content including books, music, video, software, calendars, photos and artwork.

So basically, you can create your book, "publish it" to Lulu, and when someone orders your book, you get the commish. You keep control ... of the rights, the design, the price and 80% of the profits. Really.

No set-up fees. No minimum order. No catch. They print and ship each product as it's bought, and the purchaser pays for it.

Prices for a printed book are very, very good. A 6x9 "perfect" bound color book of 100 pages is $19.53 per copy. If you ordered 100, it would be $17.03 each; 1000 would be $15.20 each.

You don't need to get a printed order; you can simply upload your book, and Lulu pays you an 80% royalty on every book they sell. I'm sure traditional book publishers don't pay this!