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Lulu Selects Fotolia As Exclusive Stock Imagery Provider
Lulu Selects Fotolia As Exclusive Stock Imagery Provider
Self Publishing Platform Partners With Leading Microstock Firm for Image Fulfillment
NEW YORK – May 7, 2009 – Today, Lulu (http://www.lulu.com), the leading marketplace for digital content on the Internet, announced a partnership with Fotolia (http://www.fotolia.com), a leading global microstock provider. Through the terms of the partnership, Fotolia will be a preferred stock image provider to self-publishers who are seeking stock imagery for use as illustrations in their Lulu Studio ™ created books, calendars and other published work.
“We are excited to be able to offer high quality images from Fotolia’s vast library to our authors who use the Lulu Studio™,” said Harish Abbott, Lulu.com’s Senior Vice President of Products. “We are always looking for ways to help authors enhance their projects and they can do so easily and cost-effectively with these images.”
Through an ongoing integration, Fotolia’s API will make it easy and seamless for Lulu authors to search, select, and place images into their works, from book covers to illustrations on pages. Lulu authors will enjoy two free Fotolia image credits and receive 30 percent free bonus credits in additional images they purchase.
“Self publishers face a unique challenge in the publishing marketplace,” explains Fotolia co-founder and CEO Oleg Tscheltzoff, “With often limited budgets, they are seeking to create the most professional and appealing books they can create. Fotolia’s stock image library, with more than five million images, gives these authors access to high quality imagery at a price they can easily afford.”
Since 2005, Fotolia has been one of the world’s largest source of legal, micro-priced images on the Web, offering professional and amateur photographers the ability to connect with over 500,000 media buyers worldwide – from small businesses and design firms to some of the world’s most recognizable brands. With the launch of its stock video offering, Fotolia continues to expand its reach into new markets, satisfying the needs of videographers and video buyers worldwide by providing high-quality, low-cost alternatives to traditional stock video offerings.
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About Lulu
Lulu.com (www.lulu.com) is the marketplace for digital content on the Internet, with over 1.1 million published titles, and more than 8,000 new titles added each week, created by people in more than 80 different countries. With over two million registered users, and two million site visitors each month, Lulu is changing the world of publishing by enabling authors to publish their work themselves for free with complete editorial and copyright control and empowers them to sell directly to their customers and the rest of the Lulu.com global marketplace. With free web storefronts, social networking offerings and available services and global distribution, Lulu authors are fully supported to profit from their work. With offices in Raleigh, London, Toronto and Bangalore, Lulu customers can reach the globe.
About Fotolia
Fotolia.com is one
of the world's leading providers of affordable stock imagery, with a database
of over five million images and over one million international members. With
web sites in 10 languages, Fotolia, LLC is based in New York and has offices
in 11 countries. In 2007, Fotolia became the first independent microstock
agency to enter the traditional stock marketplace with the launch of Fotolia
Infinite Collections. For more information, please visit www.fotolia.com. Press
Contact: Michael ConnerGlobal Director of Communications
Fotolia, LLCP: 541-704-0800Michael@fotolia.com
www.fotolia.com
