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Lulu Press Challenges the Economics of Traditional Academic Publishing with the Launch of Glass Tree Academic Publishing

Lulu, the world’s first and largest independent publisher, announced at the London Book Fair the launch of Glass Tree, an online publishing site dedicated to meeting the needs of academic and scholarly authors and communities. “The knowledge that academics can share with the world is of phenomenal consequence to society at large and the benefit of sharing that knowledge should go right back to the source of its creation – the author, the university, or the academic institution – not into the pockets of publishing houses and their shareholders,” said Nigel Lee, CEO of Lulu Press. “The

Lulu Leaps Ahead of Competitors with Release of Solar-Powered Books

Lulu, the first and largest independent publisher, today announced a breakthrough in reading technology, the solar-powered book. By incorporating this new technology into FSC Certified, acid and lead-free, premium quality paper, every page of a book ordered on Lulu.com acts as its own solar-powered reading substrate. The paper’s reflective qualities highlight the print in such a way that when a page is exposed to light, black text appears to float in a pool of white and colors seem to vibrantly leap off the page. “By combining this affordable, cutting-edge technology with our global

Crayola® and Lulu Jr.™ Turn Kids’ Stories into Real Books

Lulu Jr. ™, the division of Lulu.com that helps children become authors and artists, today announced that it has released three book-making kits for kids in conjunction with Crayola ®, a colorfully innovative brand for over 110 years. The kits include: Story by Me, Story by Me Hardcover and Comic by Me, all of which give children (ages four to 12) the tools and spark of inspiration they need to write stories and bring them to life. The books are full-color hardcover or paperback books that are professionally printed and bound. The kits are

Canadian Toy Association: Hot Toys for Back to School 2015

Is play time on your child’s back to school schedule? 60 minutes of open ended play daily supports the development of skills that are critical for childhood development, but for many Canadian Children, back to school means back highly scheduled days. Providing opportunities for unstructured play will enhance and compliment the important skills kids learn in the classroom; STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math – based toys can support organic learning.   The Canadian Toy Association has assembled a list of the Top 10 Best Toys for Back-to-School. All of the Toys on this year’s

The New York Times: Print Wikipedia Project Reaches Final Entry

Print Wikipedia , an effort to envision all of English-language Wikipedia as an old-fashioned dead-tree reference set, reached its conclusion just before 10 p.m. on Sunday when a handful of people gathered at a Lower East Side art gallery to watch the last of 7,600 volumes upload to the print-on-demand Web site Lulu.com — exactly 24 days, 3 hours and 18 minutes after the process began. The crowd may have been modest, especially when measured against Wikipedia’s nearly 7.5 million named contributors, each of whom is listed in the 36-volume contributors index.

Artist Michael Mandiberg Spent 24 Days Turning Wikipedia into Books

World’s Largest Body of Knowledge is Available as Print-On-Demand BooksIn June, artist Michael Mandiberg unveiled Print Wikipedia  in the exhibition From Aaaaa! to ZZZap!, which ran a total of 24 days, 3 hours and 18 minutes from June 18 to July 11, at Denny Gallery  in New York City. Mandiberg wrote software that transformed the entirety of the English Wikipedia database into thousands of print ready PDFs, complete with covers. The exhibition at Denny Gallery was the performance of the upload of Print Wikipedia to Lulu.com 

Artist Michael Mandiberg Presents Print Wikipedia in New York City

Mandiberg Transforms the World’s Largest Collection of Knowledge into Books for Print-On-DemandMichael Mandiberg announced the unveiling of Print Wikipedia  in the exhibition From Aaaaa! to ZZZap!, which runs June 18 to July 2, 2015 at Denny Gallery . Mandiberg has written software that transforms the entirety of the English Wikipedia database into thousands of print ready PDFs, complete with covers, and then uploads them for print-on-demand. This project and exhibition was produced with support from the Wikimedia Foundation 

The New York Times: Moving Wikipedia From Computer to Many, Many Bookshelves

The Wikipedia  entry for “quixoticism” runs only about 255 words. But if anyone could argue for a personal mention, it might be Michael Mandiberg . For the past three years, he has been fully engaged in a project that might make even the most intrepid digital adventurer blush: transforming the English-language Wikipedia into an old-fashioned print reference set running to 7,600 volumes. Mr. Mandiberg, an interdisciplinary artist who teaches at the College of Staten

European CEO: Authors of their own destiny: writers shun the ‘big five’ publishers

Digital books turned the industry upside down, but the revolution hasn’t stopped yet. There’s more change to come, and it could make traditional publishing houses tremble Still reeling from the colossal impact that e-books have had on traditional publishing, the ‘big five’ (Penguin Random House, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Simon & Schuster), as well as the army of smaller firms that follow in their shadows, have taken another significant blow. The most recent offender, growing in prominence within the industry, is the new trend of self-publishing. Being published is the

Retail Merchandiser: Crayola

Practically everybody remembers his or her first box of Crayola crayons. The classic green and gold box has been a school supply staple for generations. In many cases, people can recall the name of their favorite color – purple mountains’ majesty, tickle me pink or macaroni and cheese, for example.  “We’re an iconic brand,” explains Warren Schorr, Crayola’s vice president, licensing and business development and a fan of cornflower. The first box of eight Crayola crayons rolled off the assembly line in 1903. The packaging was different, but all of the colors are the same as those found

Publishers Weekly: Best of Both Worlds

The line between traditional and self-publishing is blurring, and this is good news for authors willing to seize a new opportunity. That is one of the major themes of this year’s uPublishU at BookExpo America, the indie publishing show held at New York City’s Javits Center on Saturday, May 30. Given the success of last year’s structure, this year’s show will follow the same mulitrack approach. It offers a schedule of workshops for three distinct self-publishing audiences: newbies publishing their first book, those focused on marketing and attracting readers, and more experienced authors

Indie Reader: Four Indie Books that Began as Blogs

It used to be that blogs were mostly mundane places for writing down what you’ve done that day. But today, many blogs are increasingly smart, interesting places that we turn to for great content. It makes sense, then, for authors to consider collecting their best posts into a book. Self-publishing services such as Blurb and Lulu have realized this, and have made it simple for indie authors to transform their digital diaries and notes into quality, printed books.  Want to see how it’s done? To read the rest of the article, please visit Indie Reader: http://indiereader.com/2015/04/four-

edplay: Arts & Crafts for Kids Loom Large

A perfect storm created by the convergence of the Maker Movement, Upcycling, DIY, the debate over art in schools and STEAM has resulted in a rising number of high-quality, creativity-boosting products for kids. Here are some of the arts & crafts kits, tools, materials and vendors we spotted at Toy Fair. High-quality children’s art products from EuropeWith exclusive distribution rights in the U.S., American Educational Products exhibited high-quality Creall modeling materials, acrylic paints and water-based printing inks made in the Netherlands. In addition, AMEP offered tools and

Rage Against the Minivan: India’s first “published” book

My eight-year-old daughter is a voracious reader. I think she may prove to be an even bigger book nerd than I am, and I am a pretty big book nerd. Her bed is constantly covered in books that she is reading, and I frequently have to check on her to make sure she hasn't snuck her reading light on at 10 PM when she should be sleeping.She has also decided that she would like to be an author when she grows up. She knows that I write for a living, and really loves reading the stories from my blog. She even has her own blog. It is password-protected and she and I are the only people who can read

Ink, Bits, & Pixels: Infographic: The Value of a Book (to an Author)

Self-publishing is still synonymous with ebooks, but there's a lot of money to be had in the print book market. Lulu put together the following infographic to show just how much money an author could make if they self-publish a print title vs selling the rights to a publisher, and other reasons why an author might want to self-publish. To read the entire article, please visit Ink, Bits, & Pixels: http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/03/05/infographic-the-value-of-a-book-to-an-author/.

Publishers Weekly: Publishers Get Personal at Toy Fair

From crafts and inventions to various elements of personalization, many of the playthings displayed at this year’s New York International Toy Fair had a do-it-yourself slant. That theme carried over to the nearly 30 publishers that exhibited at the show, with Parragon, Bendon, and others adding crafting and DIY titles into the mix. “We look at Etsy and Pinterest and see what’s happening, and then take those trends and make them relevant and accessible,” explained Stacy Lellos, senior v-p and general manager of Scholastic division Klutz. A longtime player in this segment, Klutz is

Publishers Weekly: Toy Fair 2015: Toy Stores Add More Books to the Mix

Publishers represent a small slice of the landscape at the New York International Toy Fair, accounting for less than 30 out of the 1,000-plus exhibitors in the 2015 edition. But sales executives from several of those publishers told PW that specialty toy stores—an important customer group at the show—are currently doing well with books and are looking for new titles to add to their assortments. This growth is driven, in part, by the desire for more educational products. “Parents want their kids to have fun, but they also want to help them do well in school,” says Bill O’Donnell, director

Publishers Newswire: Ten Steps to Become Successfully Self-Published

Most manuscripts that are submitted for review are tossed away into the black abyss of a cold file cabinet with no assurance that it will ever crawl to the surface again. Feeling sad yet? You should be. Though it is almost impossible to get anywhere by reserving your publication for a high-priced review and potential consideration by a snotty literary agent, it does not mean the end of all things written. Self-publishing, the best alternative to traditional publishing, is the way to go, specifically because it is inexpensive, and in some cases, completely free and can easily be controlled

The Pitt News: How to publish a bestseller: faculty and students weigh in

Before a book can fly off the shelves, it usually has a long, methodical process to get there. Every year, thousands of writers try their luck in the world of freelance by sending out manuscripts to publishers with hopes that they’ll land a writing gig. The ugly truth at the end of the paper trail is that it’s really hard to get a work of fiction published — and even harder to publish something that will gain a large following and become a bestseller. As a writer in college, the initial hump of publishing can be pretty discouraging. Yet starting small and starting early when it comes

The Stylus: Comic illustrates feelings of individuals with mental illness

College at Brockport junior studio art major Liz Pritchard recently pubished her own comic book, “PaperBag.” Many think of comic books as superheroes fighting crime. However, in Pritchard’s case, her goal is to raise awareness of mental health. “The comic is about two individuals who struggle with mental illness,” Pritchard said. “The setting takes place in this unknown realm that reflects the two character’s psyche which is far from reality. Me and my friend learned to separate our anxieties from what’s real and we make it back to reality. It focuses on the feelings of individuals’

Publishers Weekly: Indie Authors on Campus

Bob Hoyt, an instructor and director of the Health Informatics program at the University of West Florida, knew his students were struggling with the high cost of their textbooks. The nominal price of college textbooks has “risen more than fifteenfold” since 1970 -- which is three times the rate of inflation -- according to a recent article in the Economist, while the Wall Street Journal notes the cost of new print textbooks has risen, on average, about 6% a year for the last decade. Hoyt was also frustrated that new developments in his field meant information in the books was already

BookWorks: Lulu Jr. And Fablevision To Launch Self-Publishing Platform For Children

When I was growing up, one year our school tried an experiment and launched a children’s book writing lesson for the entire first grade. We all practiced writing and illustrating our own books, both as classes and as individual students, and at the very end of the unit we all tried our hand at creating a final book that was then bound and presented to us at the end of the year. It was a very rewarding experience that I look fondly on today—sometimes I even wonder if writing my own book so young was the spark that made me want to consider writing as a career later in life. Lulu Jr, the

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