Sunday, February 28, 2010

#19. (Week 8) Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.

I had an interesting time exploring the website Lulu.com. I was amazed that you could publish your own poetry, cooking, comic, and even e-books using this website. So you no longer have to approach publishers or buy expensive software, of course there is a charge for producing your books. You can get complete support from the staff at Lulu if you need help through the publishing process. It's a fun website to explore and would be great to produce a photo book or similar to surprise your friends and family with. One downside is that can only choose from set templates which is a problem if you wanted your book to look more personalised.

If you wanted to use this website in a library setting you could create a local history book similar to "Point Chevalier Memories" (published by Auckland City Libraries last year.) you can then sell them on Lulu.com or in your library.

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