Lulu.com
Lulu Press, Inc., doing business under trade name Lulu, is an online print-on-demand, self-publishing, and distribution platform. By 2014, it had issued approximately two million titles.
The company's founder is Red Hat 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 Morrisville, North Carolina.
Overview
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 –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 Retirement project was released July 2, 2013. Prior to January 15, 2013, a Lulu author could choose to apply Digital Rights Management 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.