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Article: PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK IS EASY.(BUSINESS)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- January 2, 2008
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Byline: CANDICE CHOI Associated Press
Getting a book published isn't the rarefied literary achievement it once was.
New printing technologies are making published authors of legions of aspiring writers, a population that once toiled for years on tomes that might not see the light of day.
The vast majority of today's instant authors may sell only a few dozen copies of their books, but on-demand publishing is letting thousands realize the ambitions of generations of would-be writers.
On-demand publisher Lulu.com has churned out 236,000 paperbacks since it opened in 2002, and its volume of new paperbacks has risen each month this year, ...