"'Congratulations! You're a published author.'

Now those are words that a struggling writer wants to hear. Where one doesn't expect to hear them is from a Web site, but that's the world of self-publishing these days.

Lulu.com's animated demo ends with those words, adding, 'Thanks for using Lulu.' It's kind of like the automated checkout voice at the warehouse store saying, 'Thanks for shopping at BJ's.'"

:: Florida Today