Lulu Release 23.2

[jsloop1]

The 23.2 release was deployed to production on
Friday, November 30 (no site downtime) at 1:20 PM Eastern Time.

Here are the highlights:

1. Holiday themed home page

2. Collegiate Images available in Lulu-Studio Photo Books
Photos provided by Collegiate Images for nine schools will be
available for use as licensed images in the Lulu-Studio Photo
Books for authors who have US dollars set as their currency.

Hot Bug Fixes (released to production after 23.1 but before 23.2):
3. #9910: Change default calendar sort to publication date

4. #9895: EU Saver - Add a pay download to cart will count as an
addition item factoring into shipping

5. #9887: Typos and link fixes on digital media and marketing
product pages

6. #9864: Subtitle font is automatically being resized on the
cover when distro book is ordered

7. #8912: Can't create a new hardcover from scratch when you
have a lot of eligible paperbacks to convert

8. #9904: Download version of paperbacks cannot be downloads by
customers when in a state or revision


Bug fixes:
9. #9885: Themed Checkouts not showing up for some clients

10. #9911: Checkout: Coilbound books destined for the UK are not
factoring holiday deadlines correctly.

11. #9136: Artwork - Customize popup is screwy in French

12. #9863: Cover Wizard - Uploading a corrupt image file breaks
the wizard

13. #9956: "Convert an Existing Book" button does not work in IE

14. #9935: Some calendars throwing sql exceptions


-Jason

[(anon)]

When someone buys a Hardcover book, there should be an up-sell option to get the eBook for a discounted price set by the publisher. This can be done in the shopping cart. For example:
Hardcover book: $49.97
eBook: $49.97
Bundle Hardcover Book and eBook: $69.97

Currently you only allow for one order at a time and no bundles or up-sell. A simple modification to the shopping cart is all that is needed. This will increase everyone's revenue.

Let me know if we can get this implemented....Thank you,

Scott Thompson, Author

[nkephalos]

Scott, thanks for the great suggestion. We've had a few authors and staff make the same kind of "bundling" suggestion, which we currently have in our product backlog.

Unfortunately, I can't tell you if or when this will get prioritized for any given release.

-Nick