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26. LULU.COM: PRICING n COST The retail price for the published item is determined based on printing costs, the author’s margin set by the author, and the fee charged by the distributor for distributed items. Printing costs for books are correlated to the page count, paper size, binding type, and color or black-and-white print. The author's margin is partitioned into 80% for the author and 20% for Lulu. PRINT ON DEMAND