yes, I've come across it. It was part of a featured article in wired
a few years ago. in most academic cases it counts as a 'vanity
press' still, but I suspect that as the market tightens in
publishing, this sort of thing will become a legitimate outlet for
more research.
On Aug 2, 2005, at 4:51 AM, anna notaro wrote:
> wonder whether anybody has come across the following
>
> http://www.lulu.com/
>
> here is how it 'sells' itself...
>
> 'the web's premier independent publishing marketplace for digital
> do-it-yourselfers', ...Lulu was founded by Bob Young, who was also
> the co-founder of Red Hat, the world's leading open source company.
> We mention this only because, like Lulu, open source software is
> based on putting users in control of technology. In much the same
> way, Lulu believes in putting authors and independent publishers in
> control of their digital content, from content creation to pricing
> to royalties. Lulu simply brings creative content to the world and
> gives our talented publishers and web visitors the venue to buy and
> sell independent works. Publishing through Lulu leaves control of
> content in the hands of the people who created it. Pretty
> revolutionary, really'.....
>
>
>
> Dr Anna Notaro
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> Read the electronic book 'City Sites: Chicago and New York, 1870s
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>
>
>
> 'Everything has been thought of, the difficulty is in thinking of
> it again' (Goethe)
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