lawrence.whitaker Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 RuneQuest Essentials and Hessaret's Treasure are now available as Print on Demand titles from our Lulu store. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/RuneQuest The quality of POD titles from Lulu has impressed me recently and so I have decided to release a limited number of titles via Lulu as print on demand books. We've started with 'Hessaret's Treasure' and will be adding, in due course, 'RuneQuest Essentials', 'Secrets of Blood Rock' and 'The Taskan Empire'. When a current print title, such as 'Book of Quests', depletes its conventional print run, we'll migrate the title to Lulu so that it remains available in a print form. Smaller releases, such as scenarios or shorter books, will be offered in PDF on our store, at DrivethruRPG, and as POD via Lulu. Larger titles, such as 'Mythic Britain', 'Shores of Korantia', 'Adventures in Glorantha' and so on will remain as traditional print books available through us and FLGSs. Marketing our works in this way gives us extended presence. Previously, I haven't been overly impressed with POD books, but a couple of recent Lulu purchases have changed my mind and test runs of a couple of our own titles convinced me. 1 Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Good news! Convenient as PDFs are, I find a physical product much more useful at the gaming table. I've generally been pleased with the Lulu titles purchased from other RPG providers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Yes, complaints about Lulu quality seem to be dropping off these days. I hope it means they've had time to iron out the problems they had in the early days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 I tested both Lulu and Drivethru/Lightning Press when we first got ready to publish RQ6. Lulu was fine, but didn't offer hardcover. Lightning Press offered hardcover, but the quality was shocking. No transparency on images and the binding on the HC completely broke within a year. This is why I don't offer DTRPG POD. But the recent Lulu books are printer-grade. Good, crisp detail and overall well worth the money. The set-up process is also much improved. I hope this continues. Plus, Lulu offer distribution into Amazon and Barnes and Noble, which DTRPG doesn't. Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bturner Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I have the physical object in my hands and can report that it is put together quite well. Some illustrations (e.g., page 24) show some pixilation, but the majority are cleanly printed. No issues at all with text or binding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threedeesix Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I just received my copy of Hessaret's Treasure on Saturday. The quality is what I would expect from any other print book. The cover is thick and doesn't appear that it would be prone to warping like some of the earlier books I ordered years ago. Heck, I would go so far as to say that its better than some game books that I purchased that went with normal printing methods. The binding is tight, and the interior art is sharp and crisp. If anyone is having second thoughts on purchases through Lulu, I would recommend them based on this purchase. Thanks Loz and Pete for going this route, I want all my books in print if possible, and while I did purchase it in PDF previously, I was bummed that (at the time), I didn't think I would have a dead tree version. So while another tree may have given its life in the pursuit of gaming, it was not given in vain. Rod 2 Quote Join my Mythras/RuneQuest 6: Classic Fantasy Yahoo Group at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RQCF/info "D100 - Exactly 5 times better than D20" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jux Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I think what DrivethruRPG is doing better than Lulu is international shipping. Lulu is US only, right? So EU people will add the import tax + 1 month of waiting. Is it so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Nope. I ordered a set of books for some friends in Germany from my home in Canada. They printed and shipped in two weeks, arriving in time for Christmas, and at a price that was peanuts compared with the standard postage costs from Canada Post or the US. No customs was payable and no delays - and Germany has brutal customs requirements. Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jux Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Good to hear. I have ordered from Lulu 2 times - once it went well, another time it was disaster. Perhaps they have sorted out the EU shipping process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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