Published on June 10, 2026
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Considering self-publishing? Check out this price comparison featuring 12 of the most well-known Print on Demand publishing service providers! DON’T GET SCAMMED!!! (You can also see who went out of business in the last year!)
Published on December 12, 2022
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Considering self-publishing? How many copies would you need to sell to earn back your investment? Compare these 17 popular POD publishers!
Published on June 24, 2021
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A small snippet of what’s to follow:
“Do yourself a solid and don’t use Lulu publishing.”
“I’ve spent in the thousands and can’t get ANY help!”
“I would never buy from Lulu.com again.”
“Customer Service is a nightmare.”
“Do not use Lulu publishing.”
“Worst experience ever.”
Published on July 23, 2020
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Holy moly! Lulu’s authors are ANGRY!!!
Published on November 8, 2018
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Our 2018 Top 25 Articles!
Published on September 21, 2017
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Want to get the inside scoop on a publishing company? Look no further than their employees! (And, beware of false “positive” reviews posted online!)
Published on April 13, 2017
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“Someone told me to not take the job during the interview process. One of them tried to talk me out of working there — boy were they right. Upper management is quitting on bad terms and people are getting fired without any notice…”
Published on April 29, 2015
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It’s been another three years since the last update so we thought we’d pop into their forums once again. Unfortunately, there are still plenty of complaints (new ones, of course)…
Published on August 15, 2012
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We’ve previously covered the numerous complaints posted about Lulu.com to their own forums by their own authors. The complaints are about customer service, quality, costs, and much more, including the fact that it’s difficult for authors to get a response out of them.
But, savvy Lulu authors have figured out how to bypass regular email. They’re posting complaints directly to Lulu’s Twitter account. Here are a few snippets posted just in the past two weeks…
Published on November 17, 2011
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Back in 2009, we published THIS ARTICLE, which featured numerous complaints about Lulu, posted directly to Lulu’s forum by Lulu’s own authors.
I recently surfed back to their forum to see if things have improved. Apparently, they have not. Below are quotes taken directly from Lulu’s own author forum…