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Lulu offers the Published by You distribution service for $99.95 This new Lulu service allows you, the author, to register to become your own publisher and purchase your own unique ISBN from the official US ISBN Agency. This ISBN is directly mapped to you as the official, registered publisher. The Books In Print database and others will show your registered details as publisher.

To purchase this service, click the "Purchase a Distribution Package" link to the right of your project in your Projects List. Select the Published by You option. You will be required to complete a form with the following information before you may purchase this service.

Note: Published By You distribution service is only offered to publishers located in the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico.

Publisher Name
Address
Telephone
E-mail

ISBN Coordinator Information
Rights Coordinator Information

Book Information
Audience Information
Contributor Information
Categories and Subject Area

Once the service has been purchased, Lulu will work with the US ISBN Agency to process your information. Your ISBN will be assigned within 3-4 business days.

Registration includes:
• You will be registered as the publisher.
• A single, unique ISBN which you should allocate to a single, available book title. The ISBN should never be re-used. The ISBN is the property of the registered publisher and as such is non-transferable.
• A scannable Bookland-EAN bar code placed on the back cover. (Not applicable to one-piece covers.)
• Bibliographic data on your book will be fed by Lulu to major international bibliographic databases and available to booksellers. At the booksellers' discretion, your book may be made available for sale online or in bookstores.
• Lulu will convert your retail price into five currencies (US dollars, British pounds, Australian dollars, Euros, and Canadian dollars) to facilitate global availability and purchasing.
• A listing in a wholesaler's catalog, giving you access to online retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Published By You License Agreement

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Lulu offers the "Published by Lulu" Distribution Service for $99.95 FREE. With this service you grant publishing rights to Lulu and receive a Lulu-owned ISBN for your book. This is an ISBN that Lulu purchased in advance and makes "Lulu.com" the registered publisher of the ISBN and the book it is applied to. This does not affect your rights as owner of the book. The US ISBN Agency’s database and services and other national ISBN agencies will see "Lulu.com" as the publisher. Lulu has the responsibility to maintain the correct data with the US ISBN Agency including retail price and availability.

This service also gives your book the benefit of Lulu’s unique network into the global marketplace. Lulu data feeds cascade to international bibliographic databases as well as leading wholesalers and retailers including Amazon.

Registration includes:

• Publishing rights granted to Lulu.
• Immediate assignment of a unique ISBN for your title, visible in your project’s data. "Lulu.com" will be listed as the publisher.
• A scannable Bookland-EAN bar code placed on the back cover (Not applicable to one-piece covers.)
• Bibliographic data on your book will be fed by Lulu to major international bibliographic databases and available to booksellers. At the booksellers' discretion, your book may be made available for sale online or in bookstores
• Lulu will convert your retail price into five currencies (US dollars, British pounds, Australian dollars, Euros, and Canadian dollars) to facilitate global availability and purchasing.
• A listing in a wholesaler’s catalog, giving you access to online retailers such as Amazon and others.

To purchase this service, click the "Purchase a Distribution Package" link to the right of your project in your My Projects list. Select the Published by Lulu option. Your ISBN will be assigned immediately upon purchase. See "How does the distribution process work?" to learn what to do after you purchase your Distribution package.

Published By Lulu License Agreement

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The industry requires that your book adhere to certain standards, and it is up to you to ensure your book meets these requirements. If your book is submitted before it meets these requirements, it will be rejected and your book distribution will be delayed while you work to bring your book into compliance.

Requirements for all book covers:

• If you include your retail price on the cover, it must exactly match the retail price you set for your book. Lulu does not add the price to your book cover.
• Keep all important text and images at least 0.375" (.25" bleed area + .125" safety area) from all sides (including the spine) of the cover. This area may be trimmed off or obscured by the cover bend.
• Keep in mind that B&W 8.5 x 11" books will be printed at 8.25" x 11" through the retail channels, so you may need to increase the distance of any text or images from the edges to take this into account.
• Spine text must be at least .0625" away from all edges of the spine. Text that is too close to the edge of the spine will be reduced in size to fit. (This may result in very small text on the spine of your book.)
  
  Additional requirements for one-piece covers:


• Use these dimensions.
• Cover must have correct 13-digit ISBN/EAN.
• Bar codes must be provided in black and white.
• Bar codes should be 1.833" wide by 1" high.
• There cannot be spine text on books with less than 80 pages.

Requirements for book interiors:

• If you provide a PDF it must be distilled using Adobe; if you upload a word processing document, Lulu will distill it using Adobe.)
• Embed all fonts (and all font family members used) when distilling your PDF.
• Book must have a Title page.
• Book must have a Copyright page with your correct 13-digit ISBN/EAN and a copyright notice. The Copyright page must come after the Title page.
• Final page of each book must be completely blank.
• Margins must be at least .5" on all sides. Your left margin must be equal to your right margin, and your top margin must be equal to your bottom margin.
• You may add a gutter to your document in addition to your margins. (What does this mean?)
• Page numbering must be correct. No page numbers may be skipped. You can have a page without a page number on it, but it must be counted and consistent.
• All files should be submitted at high-resolution (300 dpi).
• If you intend any page in your book to have color or images that extend to the edge, called full bleed, please format your document according to the full bleed specifications

See also - Which books are eligible for Distribution?

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