Whois & Analysis for lulu.com

Self-publishing is the publication of any book or other media by its author without the involvement of an established publisher.

A self-published physical book is said to have been privately printed.

The author is in control of the entire process including, for a book, the design of the cover and interior, formats, price, distribution, marketing, and public relations.

The authors can do it all themselves or may outsource some or all the work to companies which offer these services.

An electronic book (or e-book) is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices.

Although sometimes defined as "an electronic version of a printed book", some e-books exist without a printed equivalent.

Lulu Press, Inc. is an online print-on-demand, self-publishing and distribution platform.

Since its founding in 2002, Lulu has published nearly two million titles by authors in over 225 countries and territories.

A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other materials, fastened together to hinge at one side, with text and/or images printed in ink.

A single sheet within a book is a leaf, and each side of a leaf is a page.

A set of text-filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format for reading on a computer screen, smartphone or e-reader device is known as an electronic book, or e-book.

The terms "online" and "offline" have specific meanings in regard to computer technology and telecommunications in which "online" indicates a state of connectivity, while "offline" indicates a disconnected state.

Common vernacular extended from their computing and telecommunication meanings and refers specifically to an Internet connection.

Lastly, in the area of human interaction and conversation, discussions taking place during a business meeting are "online", while issues that do not concern all participants of the meeting should be "taken offline"—continued outside of the meeting.