I have found that my latest book is not listed around the world like I thought it was. It does not show up in any book vendor’s listing, like my first book does. If we know where we are at in this business, it will be easier to know what we need to do to improve our lot. I hope you understand my meaning here. Love, Armand

2) We can accept fairly high resolutions, but we typically recommend at least 300dpi and somewhere between that and 600 for the high range.

3) It’s best to leave color management turned off. Better that the printer do it.

They also suggest you use Adobe job options for creating the pdf. https://support.lulu.com/View.jsp?procId=f4488a6070e9913563edf3219daac001&from=Browse_99ffa7cee153fe4ca2665bc7ef16ed01

I hope this helps.

i want to make a book of photographic portraits but could not find the information professional photographers need such as:
what color space does lulu want, srgb or adobe1998?
what is the highest resolution possible, 300dpi, 190dpi or what?
what color management does lulu’s output device need?

i’m ready to get started as soon as i know how to send images but without the above information photographers are sending images blindly.

thank you in advance for letting me have the
answers to my questions.

cheers,
elaine

As a note, we currently offer cream paper stock in 6×9 and 7.5×7.5. We also have a 5.5×8.5 (not quite the measurements you mention, but close) under our Publisher Grade options, but it does have the white paper.

Totally off topic but it counts as valuable feedback for you at Lulu. I just purchased a book from one of your authors as a test purchase – if I’m going to publish with you, I wanted to check out the quality of the finished product first. I’m sorry to say, but I wasn’t impressed. The book reminded me of a school text book, rather than the contemporary fictional novel it should have felt like. The issues: glossy cover – a definite no. Pure white paper – also not winning you any favours. Book format: scarily large in comparison to most paperbacks in your local Waterstones.

If I were to publish through Lulu, I would want to know that my book was printed with the respect and care that went into its creation, and I would want it to stand up to any other book on the shelf. To be taken seriously. In short:

I, matte covers
II, off-white paper in various weights
III, standard UK book sizes (width 5″, height 8″)

I hope you’ll consider these options.

Regards,

Nick.

Im a newbie to Lulu. I found the how to FAQ info a bit disjointed and widespread. `It might be worth a review of the `idiot guides` with full step by step examples in a brochure. Tedious to prepare but as a downloadable file the budding user can digest and refer more easily.
I used formatting services because I do not have Acrobat; this meant many exchanges with support to get amendments done (10x referrals). It seemed a awful waste of time and effort to review my full work each time,and type up a list for support to send to formatting to make amendments. It didnt appear to me that the work was checked after each `format` as repetative errors arose.Is it feasible / viable for Lulu to have an on line facility that provides access to Acrobat so that the author can make amendments direct ? It neednt be the full Acrobat system – a cut down version that allowed limited editing of text, amending spelling,full stops, commas, quotes, italics on and off, font size, would cover most of the bitty things that arise. It might involve licensing issues with Adobe, but even a modest ( nothing too extravagant !) licence charge to use such a facility would be worth it.
There are pdf file converters on the market that convert eg MS Word to pdf files, and allow the user to make amendment – “PDF Converter Pro 6″ by Nuance is one the kids have bought me. A clear guide on using these so that they work with your system would be helpful. I shall find out shortly with my next book.

(a) and (b)- Excellent!

(c) – Yes, I see the logic in that (particularly in checking the “ownership” of the ISBN).

(d)- Again, excellent and I hope the issue can be resolved soon.

Thanks for checking on this.

Cheers
Belinda