My mom always told me that "nothing in life is free." But it’s not 100% true. For instance, I just downloaded a free book from Lulu.com. It’s a digital photography project that was put together by Escondido Charter High School. Some of the pictures are pretty nice, like this one by Ryan Miller (page 25) of a lake.

There are also books for cheap, not free, such as "The Little Book of Man" by R.A.M., which is a collection of personal quotes, poems and
essays on the subject of tolerance and acceptance of self, and human
nature. It’s available for download (here) for just $2.00.

Lulu is a print-on-demand self-publisher. What that means is that you can publish your own book, CD, photos, software, video and calendars for FREE with this company. And they will print and distribute your sales as they come in. You also get a free website to showcase your items.

Sound too good to be true? I decided to try them out this past December and published a book based upon a school project called "History of Loving." I called my book "Seasons of Love." It’s a collection of letters written by me to the people in my life with whom I’ve had a loving relationship. There are also letters in the book from some of those people to me about their experience in loving me.

It’s a 40-page, full-color, soft-cover book that cost me under $11 to print for each copy and nothing in publishing costs. You can download a copy for free here. Lulu lets you create a project and does not care if even one copy is sold!

Why I’m telling you this is two-fold. There are many people who provide their work for free if you download it. And there are some pretty cool things there! Secondly, you may have thought about writing a book before. Well, with this system there is nothing to stop you! You own the full rights to your project and can change companies at any time.

If you have time, I’d suggest you check them out here. You’ll be glad you did!

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