Lulu

[|Lulu]


 * Description:** allows you to publish your own books online. You can sell and keep track of how much money you have made from your book sales.

Lulu Studio™ Requirements

 * **1024x768** Screen Resolution or higher
 * **Flash 9.0.28** or higher

1. Free to register and start--do not need to have a credit card on file 2. Many different forms of books you can create such as photo albums, 3. No software to download 4. Can upload images from different places such as files on computer, Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, and SmugMug. 5. Notifies you when an image may be low-quality and come out blurry. Gives another notification before publishing. 6. Gives you a preview of what your book would look like. 7. Many different templates and options in order to customize your book. 8. You can buy books from others. 9. Lulu provides services to help you with writing and publishing your book--NOT free. Services can be bought in packages or a la carte. 10. Lulu offers other items such as calendars, eBooks, and search to purchase other books.
 * Strengths:**

1. Limits number of pages allowed per book. 2. Services can be rather expensive. 3. You have to completely create something to see what the site offers. 4. Students cannot include their own personal illustrations (a way around this may to be create in Paint and upload it, or take a picture of the student's illustration--may lose image quality)
 * Weaknesses:**

1. Connect with other media such as Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, and SmugMug. 2. Useful to upcoming authors. 3. Can integrate with other topics, not just language arts. 4. Students can display and share their writings with others outside of the classroom. 5. Build student motivation.
 * Opportunities**

1. Use caution when uploading pictures--some detail may be lost, so make sure photos are high quality to prevent blurry images. 2. Some students may purchase books without permission. 3. When I clicked on the member agreement and terms of use, the pages had been removed. 4. From the Privacy Pledge: "If you include your personal information in content that you upload for posting and/or purchase on Lulu.com, that information may be widely available to other users."
 * Threats:**

1. Students can create many different types of stories, such as non-fiction and fiction. 2. Students can create stories to demonstrate a historical period of time.
 * Ideas for the Classroom:**