Is there a novel somewhere buried inside your soul, or maybe just even a simple how –to – e book?  Do you have a collection of personal recipes that would make a wonderful kitchen companion for any chef if only you knew how to get them into print? Lulu.com is a way for authors to get their books into print and sell them to real live customers on the Internet, without huge initial set up costs.

Lulu.com allows their users to set their own price for their works, and depending upon the printing and biding options they choose for paper products the creator receives up to 80% of the revenue from each sale made. For those who choose E book format that profit could be a little higher.

You will still have to do your own promotion work in order to get your publication sold but there are many outlets where you can do that at little or no cost. I have an acquaintance who managed to sell over 1,000 copies of his fantasy comic book in just a few months simply by building the concept a MySpace following as he moved through the process of creating it.

You will still need some degree of writing talent to make money this way but just a glance at the Lulu.com shows you how diverse the tastes of its users are, so even the most obscure title has a chance if it is interesting and entertaining.