Lulu’s Global Distribution
With Lulu’s Global Distribution, you will have a centralized account on Lulu.com, and we will publish your book for global distribution across Lulu’s retail networks: Amazon, Ingram, Kobo and 40,000 other book retailers and schools around the world
With our Lulu Digital Distribution Service, you can sell your self-published book on Amazon, the Ingram Network, and more in as little as 6-8 weeks. Lulu’s Global distribution service reaches over 40,000 book retailers and schools around the world.
Once your book is approved for distribution, book data is sent to major bibliographic databases, including Nielsen and Bowker. Additionally, brick-and-mortar bookstores can order and stock your title at their discretion through Ingram.
You will receive retail revenues on all books sold through Global Distribution partners. Sales made through Global Distribution listings are credited to your account approximately 6-8 weeks after a customer purchases your book. Payment from these sales is distributed according to the payment settings in your Lulu.com account.
Important: Our Lulu Digital Distribution service is only available for ebooks. To have your book distributed in paperback, see Amazon Paperback under Manual Distribution.
Book Eligibility
To be eligible for Global Distribution, your book:
- Must have an ISBN: We can use Lulu’s free ISBN for you, or you can click here to register one from the National Library.
- Must be in English.
Content Requirements
For your book to be approved for digital distribution by Lulu, the content must meet the requirements:
- Interactive Content: Coloring books, journals, planners, puzzle books, etc. are not accepted
- Workbooks: Ebooks should not include areas for writing e.g. fill-in-the-blanks, workbooks, or areas for notes.
- Plagiarized Content: Content that is freely available elsewhere, including but not limited to public domain material, content aggregated from online sources, and content that is identical to existing publications by other authors or publishers are not accepted.
- Scanned Texts: Scanned images or screenshots of texts are ineligible.
- Summary Books: A book that is a summary, study guide, workbook, or analysis of another book are no longer accepted by distributors.
- Typos: Make sure there are no misspellings or grammatical errors in your file.
- Low Content: Amazon & Ingram do not accept coloring books, journals, diaries, puzzle books, or books with many blank or lined pages.
Cover Requirements
- Misleading Book Covers are not allowed
- Author Name should be present on the Book Cover
- Low-Resolution Cover Image will not be accepted
Cost Implications
Since only Epub files are accepted for Global Distribution, our services includes Epub formatting for your book and submitting for review, up until approval.
- Lulu’s Ebook Publishing fee: $4.99 (see proof)
- Our Formatting fee: Please fill the Price Estimator form to know how much we will charge.
Important: If your eBook is already in Epub format, please contact us directly.
If you think this is a great option for you, you can go back to our SAP page to compare with the manual distribution plan, get a quotation on how much it will cost to publish your book with this plan.