What does each status in the Project List mean?

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When you view the list of recent projects on your My Lulu tab, you see your most recently created work, including Content ID and publishing status. In your My Recent Projects list, the Status assignment indicates where the project is in the publishing process and is one of these: Draft, Published, Available, or Revising.

Note: If you click the >View all< button at the bottom of your My Recent Projects list or open your My Projects tab, you may view a comprehensive list of your projects. The Status column here contains the access status for each project instead of its publishing status. Please see What do the access levels mean? for more information.)

Draft — A work in progress has a Draft status and has not completed the publishing process. When a project is in draft status, you may conduct any of the following activities.

  • Add or remove content.
  • Change any of the details for the work (for example, the title, description, copyright).
  • Delete the project.
  • Publish the project (that is, finish the process of selecting distribution, approve conversions and cover art, set pricing, and so forth).

Published — This status indicates that you published the project but opted for the Private Access level so that you are the only one who can buy it. (For more information, please see

Available — Work available through either Direct Access or General Access shows an "Available" status. (Please see What do the access levels mean? for more information about the Direct and General Access levels.) These are published projects that customers can buy.

Retired — The project is no longer available for purchase or inclusion in other projects. Retire a project through the project detail page (click the title in the Project List), in the Availability / Project Status section.

If you click the red X delete button associated with a project, we automatically Retire rather than remove the project if it has any sales associated with it. If you delete a project that has had no sales, the project and all of its files are removed completely.

Note: You must click the >Show retired projects< button above your comprehensive My Projects list to see your retired projects in the list.

How do I find a project in my project list?

Search for a project in your project list by Title, Author, or Project ID.

  1. Click the >Search my projects< button, located above the list title to the right of the >Start a New Project< button. A new search box displays.
  2. Type your search terms into the appropriate fields and click the >Search My Projects< button.

Revise your search terms by clicking on the >Search again< button that displays at the top of the results.

Return to the full project list by clicking on the >Back to project list< button.

Last updated: 2008-12-01 10:59:36 | Back to top

Last updated: 2008-12-01 10:59:15

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