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*Currently, this program is open to U.S. companies only. Individual authors are not eligible.
The Publishing Partner Program provides organizations with a mechanism to register members as Lulu authors and earn a share of the revenue generated by those authors' book sales and services purchases. Unlike traditional affiliate programs, this is a lifetime revenue sharing partnership-you register authors once, and share in all future revenue they generate.
Registration Page
Any author who registers with Lulu on your branded registration page becomes a qualified partner author for your organization.
Custom Marketplace
Promote and sell your authors’ books in a unique, dynamically-updated marketplace.
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Partner Author Benefits
Revenue generated by qualified partner authors is separated into three categories. The total revenue for each category is calculated monthly, and the partner organization is paid a percentage share based on the tier structure outlined below.
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Books
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Revenue from Books Monthly revenue generated from sales of Lulu books published by qualified partner authors, and the partner organization's percentage share. This category includes purchases by authors of their own books. |
Photo Books
& Calendars
Revenue from Monthly revenue generated from sales of Lulu photobooks and calendars published by qualified partner authors, and the partner organization's percentage share. This category includes purchases by authors of their own photobooks and calendars. |
Lulu Pro
Services
Revenue from Lulu Pro Services Monthly revenue from Lulu services purchased by qualified partner authors, and the partner organization's percentage share. Purchases of third-party services offered by Lulu are excluded. |
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0-$5,000
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3% | 7% | 5% |
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$5,001-$10,000
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4% | 8% | 6% |
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$10,001-$25,000
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5% | 10% | 8% |
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$25,001-$50,000
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6% | 10% | 8% |
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$50,001-$100,000
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7% | 12% | 9% |
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$100,001 +
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8% | 15% | 10% |
Note: Monthly revenue amounts are calculated in US Dollars net of all taxes and excluding any freight charges.
Limited time offer: Enroll now and we will waive the enrollment fee and 2009 annual dues. Ongoing participation in the program is subject to payment of annual dues.
The enrollment fee for registering in the program is $249, which constitutes payment-in-full of annual dues for the current calendar year. These fees cover program setup, hosting, maintenance, transaction processing, monthly revenue reporting, and customer service expenses associated with your program. Annual dues for participating in the Lulu Publishing Partner Program vary based on the total number of Lulu authors registered with the partner organization on January 1st of the given year.
| Registered Authors | Â |
| 0-250 | $249 |
| 251-1,000 | $499 |
| 1,001-5,000 | $999 |
| 5,001+ | $1499 |
Because we wanted to provide every content format our clients might want, we were looking for a partner who could provide print services. We wanted someone who had a similar business model, an established brand with a good reputation and someone who could support our own growth as we scaled up. I had been aware of Lulu for many years and knew they qualified on all counts.
We were astounded to see the Publishing Partner program was crafted to meet all our requirements. In addition, we discovered that Lulu understood our vision for delivering digital media solutions and they were eager to support us any way they could, including cross marketing support and superior customer support.
Richard Laramy (our President) and I decided to make ourselves guinea pigs for our clients because we had just finished our first book. What better way, we thought, to test out Lulu for our clients than to become Lulu clients ourselves, as authors of our own book. We were even more excited about this because Lulu had given us the ability to publish under our own imprint, as the Expert Knowledge Press. We quickly set up our own personal account, registered through The Expert Knowledge Network, and went about uploading and formatting our book.
We were excited to see how easy it was to use Lulu’s online publishing tools. We were able to easily set the pricing and publish into the Lulu marketplace. Our book displayed immediately and was even searchable using the metadata we had assigned. Even better, we sold our first two copies almost as soon as we made it available to the public. We later discovered that the metadata works so well that even when searching other authors who had published similar works, our book would also appear in the search results. The potential exposure increased dramatically because of this. Needless to say, we are extremely satisfied with the Lulu Publishing Partner Program and look forward to future success as we grow our own publishing business with the support of Lulu and their fantastic team of professionals.
Bruce May
CEO, The Expert Knowledge Network,
August 10, 2009
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