One store
Every format
Print, ebook, signed, bundle. One checkout for everything.
Lulu POD for authors
🖨️ Lulu Print-on-DemandLive on ilanoShop
Your book. Printed when someone buys it. Paid to you before it ships.
ilanoShop connects directly to Lulu so you can sell a print book from your own store, get paid first, and let the printing take care of itself.
No stock to buy upfront. No boxes in your hallway. Just your book, available to any reader, any time.
Readers pay you before a single copy goes to print.
Preorders hold automatically and release on launch day.
Lulu gets the print job. You get the sale. Your reader gets the book.
Powered by LuluMarch 10, 2026
Direct checkout first
Readers pay you before a single copy goes to print.
Release-aware fulfilment
Preorders hold until launch day and release automatically.
Supplier-safe automation
Lulu gets the print job once the order is ready, and it only happens once.
Zero stock
No pre-buy
Every copy prints when a reader orders it. Not before.
Zero fees
0% platform
ilanoShop takes nothing from your print sales.
Launch-ready
Preorder built in
Collect sales now. Fulfil on launch day. Automatically.
Workflow
Here's exactly what happens when a reader buys your print book.
Six steps. You handle two of them.
ilanoShop and Lulu handle everything after your reader clicks buy.
In practice
You handle the book and the offer. The platform handles the payment sequence, preorder timing, fulfilment creation, and release-ready submission to Lulu.
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Step 1
List your print book in five minutes
Add your title, mark it as print on demand, and connect your Lulu print configuration. That is your setup. You should not need to keep touching it.
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Step 2
Put it in your store alongside everything else
Your print book sits next to your ebook, your signed copy, your bundle, and any stocked editions. One storefront. One checkout. No sending readers elsewhere.
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Step 3
Reader buys. Money hits your account first.
Every order is paid and settled on ilanoShop before anything goes to Lulu. No print job starts until you have been paid. That is by design.
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Step 4
Your print settings lock in automatically
The moment payment is confirmed, ilanoShop snapshots the exact POD configuration onto the order item. The right book prints once, even if payment events fire twice.
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Step 5
Preorders wait until you say go
Running a launch? Print fulfilment stays held until the release date. When launch day arrives, ilanoShop releases it automatically.
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Step 6
Lulu prints it. Your reader gets it. You made a sale.
Once an order is release-ready, ilanoShop sends the print job to Lulu. Your reader gets the book. You keep the direct sale.
Live now
This isn't a preview. It isn't coming soon. It's working right now.
Every feature on this page is live today on ilanoShop. If you opened a store this afternoon, you could be selling print books by tonight.
Working now
No stock. Ever.
Forget the cartons. Forget the hallway boxes. Forget wondering when to reorder. Every copy prints when a reader orders it.
Working now
One store. Every format.
Print book, ebook, signed copy, bonus download, bundle. One catalogue. One checkout. One cleaner business.
Working now
Launch day runs itself.
Collect preorder revenue during the run-up. On release day, ilanoShop triggers the print fulfilment without you logging in to babysit it.
Working now
One order. One print job. Always.
Even if payment events fire twice, your reader still only gets one copy and Lulu still only prints one book. The protection is infrastructure-level.
Best fit
Three situations where Lulu POD on ilanoShop just makes sense.
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Your backlist is gathering dust
That book from four years ago is still good. It is just invisible. List it as Lulu POD and it is back on sale without a stock bill or a reprint decision hanging over you.
02
You're building toward a launch
You want preorder momentum and sales before release day. You do not want to manually chase fulfilment the second the book goes live. Let the platform handle that part.
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You sell signed copies, but you want a print option too
Give readers both options in the same store: your premium signed copy as a stocked product, your standard print edition on Lulu POD.
FAQ
Straight answers to the questions you're probably already asking.
Can I sell Lulu print-on-demand books with ebooks in the same store?
Yes. Your Lulu POD book, ebook, signed copy, and any bundle can sit in the same catalogue and go through the same checkout.
Do I need to hold print inventory before I list a POD title?
No. Not a single copy. Every print book is made when a reader orders it. You list it, you sell it, Lulu prints it.
What happens if the book is a preorder?
Your print fulfilment stays held until the release date. When launch day arrives, ilanoShop automatically creates and submits the Lulu job.
Can I offer paperback and hardcover versions of the same title?
Yes. You can keep paperback and hardcover under one product by using variants and giving each edition its own Lulu print-on-demand configuration.
Is Lulu the only print-on-demand provider?
Lulu is the live print provider right now, and the fulfilment layer is structured so more print providers can be added later without rebuilding your store setup.
Start here
Your print book deserves a direct sales channel. Here's where to start.
You've already done the hard part. You wrote the book. ilanoShop gives it a storefront, a checkout, and a fulfilment path that runs itself.
Start the author path. Have your store live today. Add Lulu POD and start earning direct from your print book without Amazon, without stock, and without the faff.