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Sell Someone Else's Book On Lulu!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the class-act dept.

Albert Schueller writes "Lulu is a place where authors can self-publish their books. It's a nice response to exorbitant college textbook prices. In an interesting twist, looks like you might be able to get away with selling other people's books on Lulu and reap a tidy profit. The Lulu offering Calculus Twirly Exponentials by Dave Stuart appears to be simply a high quality scan of the much more well-known, and expensive, Calculus: Early Transcendentals 6th ed. by James Stewart. Compare the preview images available for each at Lulu and Amazon respectively."

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  1. Yeah.... by Godskitchen · · Score: 4, Funny

    That sounds legal...

  2. Copyright infringement, anyone? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like a good way to get sued.

    1. Publish someone else's book on Lulu
    2. ???
    3. Profit!!!
    4. Get sued!

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  3. Re:The only absurd part of this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck you, communist. Information wants to be held hostage for money.

  4. This is stupid. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not really outraged by the person who posted the book on Lulu for profit. I'm outraged by the fact that anyone would pay good money for a pirated textbook...especially when you can get it here. This is unacceptable, people! Learn to Internet!