Lulu.com

Lulu.com
Typewebsite
ShortcutWP:LULU
StatusGenerally unreliable Generally unreliable
Deprecatedno
Blacklistedno
Recency2019
Domain lulu.com
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Summary

Due to persistent abuse, Lulu.com is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used. Lulu.com is a print-on-demand publisher, which is a type of self-published source. Books published through Lulu.com can be used if they are written by a subject-matter expert. Occasionally, a reputable publisher uses Lulu.com as a printer; in this case, cite the original publisher instead of Lulu.com.

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Lulu Press, Inc., doing business under trade name Lulu, is an online print-on-demand, self-publishing, and distribution platform. By 2014, it had issued approximately two million titles.

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Stale discussions 2019

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    Perennial sources
    Source Status
    (legend)    		 Discussions Use
    List Last Summary
    Lulu.com (Lulu Press)
    WP:LULUWP:LULU 📌    		 Blacklisted Generally unreliable Spam blacklist request 2008

    2019

    		 Due to persistent abuse, Lulu.com is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used. Lulu.com is a print-on-demand publisher, which is a type of self-published source. Books published through Lulu.com can be used if they are written by a subject-matter expert. Occasionally, a reputable publisher uses Lulu.com as a printer; in this case, cite the original publisher instead of Lulu.com. 1 Links Spamcheck