In this episode, Lauren sits down with Lulu’s Chief Technology Officer Christoph Kepper! Christoph shares his insights into what makes Lulu a publishing technology powerhouse, and his vision of an accessible, sustainable future for publishing.

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• Learn more about Wikimedia and Pedia Press
• Learn more about Lulu’s Order Import tool

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• Ep #62 | Sustainability in Publishing: Reducing Waste One Print Book at a Time
• Ep #102 | What the Publishing Industry Should Learn from Heated Rivalry
• Ep #106 | Building Your Book Business Using Lulu’s Print APIs

Sound Bites From This Episode

🎙️ [13:19] “I always say ideas are cheap, you know? Because having a good idea is not a problem. Executing and getting it to that stage where it's really working well takes so much more effort.”

🎙️ [17:03] “It's not the latest technology that Ingram uses. And I thought there were a few things that we could do better. And so we did them at Lulu."

🎙️ [35:32] “That's where also the notion of Lulu being a tech company is valid, because we are much less of a publishing company than traditional publishing companies or publishing companies at all. We are just providing some infrastructure for authors, for publishers, for whoever wants to use our services.”

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Manual fulfillment works…until it doesn’t. In this episode, Matt & Lauren break down the risks and realities of manually packing and shipping orders, signs it’s time to update your existing solutions, and the backend automations that can help you successfully scale with your growing sales.

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• Learn More About Lulu’s Sales & Fulfillment Options

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• Ep #32 | Your 7-Step Guide to Building an Online Bookstore
• Ep #80 | Scaling Up: What to Know About Bulk Book Printing
• Ep #106 | Building Your Book Business Using Lulu’s Print APIs

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• Simplify Selling Books with Lulu’s Order Import Tool
• POD Solutions for Growing Businesses
• Direct Sales Basics for Selling Your Book with Lulu
• Choosing the Right Direct-to-Consumer Solution for Selling Your Books

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• How to Get Started with Direct Sales
• Distributing Your Book With Lulu: What You Need to Know
  
  

Sound Bites From This Episode

🎙️ [9:00] “You also want to be prepared for those one-off situations, I can handle this as is right now, but if there's any unexpected spike or roadblock that's going to throw off the whole system, you need to have a plan in place for how to manage that and how to handle that.”

🎙️ [31:20] “Small problems become big problems if you let them.”

🎙️ [44:01] “Being able to open up over 150 new markets, you know, overnight with virtually no money up front and just a little bit of your time? Like, that is – there's no faster way to scale a business like that.”

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In this episode, Lauren & Matt discuss how entrepreneurs are using Lulu’s suite of APIs to build brand-first book businesses. We break down how savvy creators can use API integrations to automate, personalize, and scale their printing and fulfillment, and why you may want to do the same.

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• Learn More About Lulu’s APIs
• Lulu’s API Knowledge Base
• Developers Page
• The Pathless Path by Paul Millard

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• Ep #61 | Creating a Custom Book Business Using Lulu's Print API
• Ep #70 | How Does Selling Direct Actually Work?

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• Scaling Your Business with Custom Books Using the Print API
• Choosing the Right Direct-to-Consumer Solution for Selling Your Books
• Personalization at Scale: How Lulu’s API Enables Customized Printing

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• Selling Direct with a Print API
• Webinar | The Business of Books: How To Use Lulu's Print API To Scale Your Business
  
  
  

Sound Bites From This Episode

🎙️ [2:58] “Right now, it's easier than ever to take something like our suite of APIs that are open to, you know, open source and create some really cool front end for like, personalized books. And then we just handle all of the fulfillment. It makes everything super easy.”

🎙️ [14:37] “We give you all the tools you need. You have to go build your sandcastle in the sandbox by yourself.”

🎙️ [37:24] “The APIs’ best and built for three things: automation, personalization, and scalability.”

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