Cafepress For Literary Types?

most people are familiar with Cafepress and their offering of on-demand printing of products like t-shirts, mugs, mouse pads and other merch. i know people who use it like my friend Mei Chi and saucy lad Chuck. but i had no idea about Lulu and the possibility of publishing books and music in this same manner. of course, the difference is it’s much easier to figure out whether you like a t-shirt VS whether you are about to buy a book of crap. but the bright side is, that you might just discover a writer that you truly enjoy or you can easily buy books from your smarty pants friends (hint, hint Tina).