This is a boring post. Feel free to skim or skip, but I have to ask
(cross-posted to three mailing lists, which makes it extra tedious, I know) :(

Those of you who order from Lulu ... Please drop me an email when the
process is done and tell me how it went. I'm collecting as many reports as
I can because I'm assembling a web-page about it, a kind of consumer's
guide to getting the most from what is, I've found, a very excellent
service overall. I've got my EC softcover and hardcover right here and
they're just adorably cool :) I really like the cream stock, too; very easy
on the eyes. Of course, a Wooky in a bikini top enhances that.

So far, the only "troubles" I've had with Lulu haven't been with Lulu at
all but with the Post Office. The cheapest form of shipping seems fraught
with odd delays and perils ... I had my proof copy of Fief sit in Denver
for 9 days, and in one case a copy of Risus Companion was lost for several
weeks to parts unknown. When that happened, Lulu stepped in and sent me a
replacement by Priority. So they seem very cool all around, but I want to
gather general experiences, info on the gap between ordering and printing,
printing and shipping, and so on, in order to help future customers get
their best from it.



|| S. John Ross
|| Husband · Cook · Writer
|| In That Order
|| http://www.io.com/~sjohn