book availability

[highlander226]

Can anyone help me with this question.....if I publish a book using lulu.com, and of course they assign an ISBN number, would someone, anywhere in the world go into a book shop and using the ISBN number be able to order one of my books?

[Belinda D'Alessandro]

If you get the ExtendedReach (free) distribution package, no, it will only be made available on Amazon.com.

If you get the GlobalReach distribution package (US$75), then yes as your book will have wholesale availability through Ingram.

You can see a comparison of which package gets your book where on this help page: http://www.lulu.com/en/help/distribution_faq

[highlander226]

Thanks for the info Belinda....can you explain 'ingram' for me....sorry, new to this....;-)

[tammys_books]

Ingram is one of the catalogs that booksellers order from so if your book is isted in Ingrams than a bookstore would be able to order it if someone wanted it.