Featured Ecommerce Posts
![Beginners Guide to using Ecommerce and Lulu Direct to sell your book](http://web.archive.org./web/20231207231319im_/https://blog.lulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/072222-EcommBeginnersGuide-FB-Blog-900x473.png)
Beginner’s Guide To Using Ecommerce To Sell Your Book
Ecommerce platforms allow everyone to sell directly; with Lulu’s print-on-demand, you can sell books to your audience on your website.
![Shopify vs. WooCommerce for your Book selling platform. Learn More about using Lulu Direct to sell your books.](http://web.archive.org./web/20231207231319im_/https://blog.lulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/102522-ShopifyVSWoo-FB-Blog-900x473.png)
Shopify Vs. WooCommerce: Which Is Best For You?
Is it better to use Shopify or WooCommerce? Find out which is better for entrepreneurs and authors wanting to sell their book and grow their business.
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Direct-to-Consumer Bookselling
Selling your book direct to consumers – your readers – is the best way to earn more money while building your author brand.
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How to Create a Business Plan for Your Book
If you want to sell your books, you need a business plan to keep you on track and on budget. Learn how to develop your own book-selling business plan.
Newest Posts
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SEO for Writers: A Deep Dive into Keyword Research and Analysis
Unlock SEO secrets and learn to distinguish individual vs. long-tail keywords, conduct competitor analysis, and boost your content’s search engine ranking.
![Monetize Your YouTube Content with a Book](http://web.archive.org./web/20231207231319im_/https://blog.lulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/072723-MonetizingVideo-Blog-1-900x473.png)
Monetize Your YouTube Content with a Book
Monetizing YouTube videos is a challenge. Learn how to turn your video content into a book to supplement your income and expand your audience.
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5 Tax Tips for Authors: A Tax Guide for Independent Creators
Navigating taxes as a content creator is complex. This guide provides tips for income tracking, using the correct forms, smart business deductions, and more.
![5 Ways You Can Sell Your Book To Find New Readers And Fans](http://web.archive.org./web/20231207231319im_/https://blog.lulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/033123-5WaysToSell-Blog-900x473.png)
5 Ways You Can Sell Your Book To Find Readers And Fans
Learn 5 ways you can sell your book to find new readers and fans. Includes selling on retail sites, by hand, directly, and ways to sell your books.
![Content monetization strategies for authors and creators](http://web.archive.org./web/20231207231319im_/https://blog.lulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/012623-MonetizingContent-FB-Blog-1-900x473.png)
Creators’ Guide To Monetizing Your Content
How do you create something valuable that your audience will want to purchase, using your existing content?
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Dropshipping for Entrepreneurs & Creators With Lulu’s Order Import Tool
Our new Order Import tool allows you to upload a list of orders and fulfill all of them at once. Lulu dropships each order to your customers!
![Shopify Starter Plan & YouTube integration review](http://web.archive.org./web/20231207231319im_/https://blog.lulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/101722-ShopifyStarter-FB-Blog-900x473.png)
Using The Shopify Starter Plan To Sell Your Book
The Shopify Starter Plan and YouTube integration make it easy to sell your books without building a new website and managing an online storefront.
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Lulu Direct Dashboard Walkthrough
Learn how to use the Dashboard, Store Orders, Billing, & more to manage your WooCommerce orders through Lulu Direct.
![Show Off Your Brand With White-Label Shipping from Lulu Direct](http://web.archive.org./web/20231207231319im_/https://blog.lulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/091322-WhiteLabel-FB-Blog-900x473.png)
Show Off Your Brand With White-Label Shipping
Build your brand with white-label shipping for your custom books. Learn the benefits to entrepreneurs, publishers, & authors with this free option from Lulu Direct.
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How To Start A Bookselling Business
Don’t start your bookselling business before you read this post. Features details about starting your business and selling your books.
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Complete Tech Stack For Publishing
Content entrepreneurs need a curated tech stack to create content, reach their audience, and manage sales.
![Customer service for your ecommerce store](http://web.archive.org./web/20231207231319im_/https://blog.lulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/071922-CustomerServiceEcomm-FB-Blog-1-900x473.png)
Customer Service And Your Ecommerce Business
All successful ecommerce businesses incorporate customer service and support. Learn how to wow your customers today!
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The Book You Didn’t Know You Wrote
Whatever kinds of content you create, publishing a book to support it can help grow your audience and generate more revenue.
![Lulu Direct 2022 Spring trade show roundup featuring LBF, IBPA, and CEX](http://web.archive.org./web/20231207231319im_/https://blog.lulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/060622-TradeshowRoundup-Blog-1-889x500.png)
Publishing Industry Trade Show Roundup
Publishing industry trade shows are back in 2022! Take a trip with Team Lulu as we round up our trade show adventures this spring.
![How to create a successful ecommerce bookstore](http://web.archive.org./web/20231207231319im_/https://blog.lulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/041822-EcommTips-Blog-890x500.png)
Can’t-Miss Tips for Building a Better Ecommerce Store
Get the advice, tips, and tricks you need to create your ecommerce store and sell your books directly to your readers. Straight from Lulu’s ecommerce experts!
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Lulu Direct for WooCommerce is Here
We’re happy to announce the expansion of our ecommerce options with the addition of WooCommerce for WordPress to Lulu Direct.
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How To Create A Product Page
A well-designed book product page can help earn new readers. Learn more about effective product pages with these publishing examples.
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Ecommerce and Direct-To-Consumer Book Trends for 2022
Must read trends for Businesses & Authors selling books directly to buyers. Future proof by using print-on-demand to sell books directly to your audience.
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Why You Should Sell More Than Books
You want to sell books, but you also need to earn enough revenue to keep writing those books! Adding merchandise can be the answer.
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Publishing, NFTs, And Your Book
NFTs – non-fungible tokens – offer a new way to own digital assets. But what does this innovation mean for authors and book-makers?
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14 Actionable Conversion Marketing Tactics To Sell More Books
Learn more about Ecommerce Conversion marketing and how you can apply these principles to your author website this year.