Graphic novels have "insufficient content"

 

Here is one of the biggest thorns in my side when it comes to self publishing my graphic novels: being called "insufficient content" or "low content".

This latest notification comes from Lulu.com, via whom I try and get my books onto Amazon. In recent months they only seem to find their way there via Draft2Digital, with Lulu having a consistent fail rate.

Because I don't have an Amazon KDP account (long story, but once they close your account, you're not allowed to open another for the rest of your life), this is my only way of getting books on sale online, and increasingly it's a non starter. 

The most galling thing is the "insufficient content" tag. we're talking about a 130 page graphic novel here, and in this instance it's the new (coming soon kids) full colour edition of Richard The Third. I honestly don't know how you can get more sufficient content than that. But "insufficient" is how they brand it.

In the past year my hit rate has been:

Richard The Third Colour edition - failed for insufficient content

Hollywood Colouring Book - failed for low content

Attack Of The Sausages colour version - Approved For Global Distribution

Attack Of The Sausages black & white version - failed for low content

Sweet Smell Of Sockcess - Approved For Global Distribution

Who Notes - Approved For Global Distribution

Space Elain (hardback & paperback) - both failed for low content

Then I see a string of titles all failed for low content:

Joseph and Ruth, 60s Colouring Book, Cult TV Colouring Book, Poopy Doo Doo Heads, and Punk.

The last graphic novel to get approved was Richard The Third hardback edition in Oct 23. The paperback version was rejected. Before that Tales Of Nambygate, Book Of Esther, and Captain Clevedon all get approved. So it seems October 2023 was the last time I was able to get a graphic novel accepted for Global Distribution through Lulu.

I wonder if anyone else is trying to do this and having similar problems?

My Books And Where To Find Them...

Richard  The Third Paperback • signed	Findlay  Macbeth Paperback • signed	Prince of  Denmark Street Paperback • signed	Midsummer Night's  Dream Team Paperback • signed
Shakespeare Omnibus Paperback • signed	Comic Tales From The Bible Paperback • signed	Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories Paperback • signed	Space Elain Paperback • signed
Book Of Esther	Who Notes	Sweet Smell Of Sockcess	Attack Of The Sausages
My 1975 Diary Calendar	Colouring Books Paperback • signed	Scottish Falsetto Socks Annual	Tales Of Nambygate

Colouring Books: Hollywood Legends, Punk, Cult TV, Eurovision Vol 1, Eurovision Vol 2, Eurovision Best Of British & Irish, 1960s Pop, 1970s Pop, 1980s Pop,  1990s Pop, 2020s Pop, Bowie, Scottish Pop, Doctors Who, Royalty, Rom Coms