Hi Smilinize,

Thanks a lot for the warm welcome.

I've heard good things about Lulu. I've talked to a couple of people who've published with them and they've said that the product is extremely professional looking. One of the many advantages to working with Lulu is that after you upload your book, you can order just one copy for yourself. If you don't like what you see in the final version, you can delete the whole book and upload another one, or change the cover.

That's not possible with the traditional POD publishers. Also, I'm coming to the conclusion that a lot of the POD services are ripoffs. I'm sure that I paid way more money than I had to for publicity and for my web site, which is simply a link to the page on the AuthorHouse web site. All of the information on that web site was written by me! I may as well have kept it on my blog. At least I can change the template on the blog, add or subtract information, and interact with people through my guestbook.

Anyway, I'm definitely leaning towards Lulu right now, partly because I like the whole concept of having 100% control over my product, and also because I invested so much money in my first book that I can't afford to publish a second one through AuthorHouse or iUniverse.

Best of luck.
Sigrid