I, too, used Lulu.com for the printing of my book. I did the manuscript in Word, and then I converted the file to PDF format for submission to Lulu. When I do another book, I'm sure I'll use them again. gdburnette@aol.com wrote: > Merry Anne, thank you.? What was the company you used and were you happy with them ? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Merry Anne/Pierson <merryanne@bellsouth.net> > To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 7:39 am > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Turning data into a book > > > > > I've actually done three. I too wrote them myself because to make them the > least bit interesting, the story needs to be told along with the facts and > documents. I used word but pdf is pretty much the standard format used by > the publishers. I used a print on demand company so that I didn't have to > order a 100 or more. It was time consuming but well worth it. > Merry Anne Pierson > > >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:08:05 -0400 >> From: gdburnette@aol.com >> Subject: [OHLAWREN] Turning Research into Genealogy Books >> To: OHLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com, mochrist@rootsweb.com, >> vawashin@rootsweb.com, TNSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com, vacampbe@rootsweb.com, >> VACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <8CB7403F10E219E-C84-20D1@WEBMAIL-MA19.sysops.aol.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Is there anyone out there who has taken a family research project replete with >> notes, historical documents and photographs and turned it into a printable >> book ?? I have all this stuff gathered up in Family Tree Maker but really not >> seeing how to do this reasonably.? Seems like RootsMagic (or something like >> that) claims to do a better job.? Anyone have any experience willing to share >> with me ? >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Yes, Lulu is the company I used. I was very pleased with the product. They have raised their prices just a bit, but they're still more reasonable than anything else I looked at. If you go to http://www.lulu.com/en/help/book_pricing you'll see that the price per page is only 2 cents! With Lulu some of the advantages are: you upload your PDF file and they keep it (you can retire it whenever you want), there's no money out until you buy a book, no minimum order, no books to sell, no expensive publishing costs, the author maintains full copyright priviledges and can even put him/herself as the publisher. The only potential catch is they want the text in PDF format, and they want the text and photos embedded. I took my Word document to a local computer person who did it for me for a nominal fee. I do suggest that people read any and all fine print before going with a POD (print on demand) company because they're not all the same. Lulu is one of the most nationally acclaimed PODs. They will give you a book number once you send them your file and you can forward it to genealogy lists that you're one to let interested people go straight to your book. An example is my own book http://www.lulu.com/content/966778 Lulu allows you, f or free, to have a preview of your book, give a description of it, and give key words to make it easier for people to find. Lulu allows you to set your own price, they get only 20% of your profits! You can have your documents made into books, CDs, DVDs, or available for download. My book can be downloaded by anyone for a mere $4. I'm currently 3/4 of the way through my mother's lineage which is out of Montgomery County. When I complete it I will take it to Lulu as well. I have been more than pleased, and if only I hadn't purchased about 10 copies myself for libraries, including the one in Lawrence County (it contains my Rice, Hixon and some other Lawrence County families), and genealogical societies I wouldn't have had to paid anything except for my own copy. Linda.