Keep Your Artistic Control with Truly Independent Publishing!

Dear Writer:

I don't know about you, but if I'm going to spend a whole lot of time, energy, passion, and determination writing a book, I like to keep control over the final product. I like to have a say about what cover goes on the book, I like to decide how the interior looks, I like to decide what copy is used on the back cover, and I like to be in charge of the "message" of my work.

Now, in the traditional publishing world, artistic control and the "final say" on how a book turns out, is in the hands of editors and/or publishers, not the writers. It can actually become a very different book from what the author originally intended. Remember that old song from the 70's... "Look what they've done to my song, Ma"? Too many writers sing that same song, once their book comes out.

This seems wrong to me. Sure, a seasoned editor can be an invaluable ally in creating the best work possible, but the final say about how your book turns out should belong to the person with the greatest personal investment -- you, the writer!

After all, it's your idea, it's your book, it's your "baby"!

But in the corporate world of mainstream publishing, that fact too often gets lost. People who make their fortunes buying the work of others and reselling it, lose sight of the fact that the author is the one who came up with the idea, and the author is the one who the book should belong to. They get caught up in "acquiring intellecutal property", and before you know it, your book becomes a commodity to be bought and sold on the open market, with decisions made for the sake of marketability, not literary value.

Now you don't need to surrender creative control in order to be published! A quiet revolution is taking place, that's allowing writers like you -- and me -- to publish their own work at a fraction of the time and cost it takes the traditional publishing world to put out books. Even better, this new revolution is making it possible for writers like you -- and me -- to keep total artistic control over our books. Sure, you need to follow Lulu.com guidelines, and you need to follow technical requirements for the software you use, but that's a small price to pay for being able to create -- publish! -- exactly the book you've always wanted to put out to the world.

You'll have total artistic control over your work with:

• Self-directed online publishing so you can publish your book when you like and at your own pace (not another company's schedule).
• Professional grade software packages that have been proven in commercial production environments, time and again.
• You can make your book look exactly like you want it to look (provided you follow some basic guidelines on Lulu.com), not how a staffer at a vanity press tells you it should look.
• A book interior template that can be customized so you can achieve different effects with fonts and your own specialized formatting.
• Book cover resources that let you create your own signature cover -- find your own favorite artwork and create your own cover, to give your book your own select look.
• Print-on-demand publishing so you can print as many (or as few) copies of your book as you like.
• Online sales capabilities so you can sell your book online without needing to set up a complicated order-and-ship system.

Take full artistic control of your independent publishing today! Order a Fast Track Pack below or click the links on the left to to learn more about your options.