PODs, Micropayments & Adverts: Lulu.com, BitPass and AdSense discussed by Edward Picot (from The Hyperliterature Exchange, Picot's e-book site). This article came out a while back and I don't recall ever linking to it on
Tenebris, although I think it's quite good. I ran across it again today while surfing and, in retrospect, it is one of the rare articles that, whatever its other shortcomings may be, really
gets it with regard to
Lulu (before digressing into a discussion of
BitPass):
With production and delivery costs eliminated, it becomes theoretically possible for creators to offer their work at a much lower cost; and consumers who would balk at paying a couple of dollars to see someone's self-published animated poems might be prepared to risk it for a few cents. The problem is how to get the few cents from the consumers.
The other standout article from the last year or so that showed an understanding of
Lulu in the context of the bigger picture remains Stephanee Killen's essay (on her site Integrative Ink):
Digital Rights: The Revolution of the Arts.