Lulu Promostions which shouldn't be ignored by self-publishers
Lulu.com is the largest online self-publishing website.
There are many more similar online publishing websites out there, such as Xlibris, iuniverse and createspace.com (an Amazon company). These companies are referred to as POD - Print on Demand, you can upload your manuscript, design your book cover, they only print your book when someone buys a copy.
Publishing turns out to be extremely easy.
Lulu always has some promotion that you can't ignore if you are already registered, you might have already known, the latest promotion is the discounts for bulk orders.
If you order 100 copies or more of your creations between September 17th and October 31st, 2008 you will be eligible for special bulk order savings with discounts of up to 15% off your single book price!
ISBN has become something mysterious and powerful thing for a writer or self-publisher, especially if you live in China, because Chinese government control issuing of ISBN, to obtain an ISBN becomes very difficult.
Publishing your book with Lulu.com, if you want to have your book distributed and sold by many online book stores such as Amazon, then you can get an ISBN number and make yourself the publisher for a $99 fee.You can still have an ISBN number and distribution without the fee, but then the ISBN is published under Lulu's name and they retain most of the rights as publisher.
One offer from Lulu is ISBN, if you order 250 copies or more we give you a FREE ISBN to use on Lulu. If you choose Lulu's Publish By You package, you will be registered with the UK ISBN agency as the publisher of your creation PLUS you'll receive worldwide distribution and be listed on websites such as Amazon, Waterstones and WHSmtih!