Article: PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK IS EASY.(BUSINESS)

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, ...

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