I received an email today from area economic development leader Kevin Cronin that should be of interest of content creators interested to commercialize books, music and images. Nice service - don't know if it is cost competitive... and wonder, can't folks in publishing here compete with this, as self-publishing will continue to be a growing business (some folks will always want dead trees to read ;-)

Norm: I hope all's well. I wanted to flag this for artists. "Lulu" is an
online publishing tool for independent authors, publishers and musicians or any digital product creator, launched by Red Hat co-founder/former chairman Bob Young. The prime target appears to be advancing open source software by helping software designers publish, sell and generate revenue to support their activities.

http://www.lulu.com

While the site targets software developers, it could benefit anyone creating
something digital and living off of royalty streams.

Kevin Cronin
Cleveland, Ohio
c: 216.374.7578
http://kevin_cronin_assoc.tripod.com

Bodwin Theatre Company
http://bodwin_theatre.tripod.com