An ISBN is used to identify each published book, and each edition of the same book. ISBN also identifies the publisher of the book. It is the standard ID number used to identify books by booksellers, libraries, book wholesalers and distributors. You can tell a lot about a book, its author and the publisher by knowing how to read the ISBN number. There are several ways to look up the ISBN number of a book, both on the book and online.
Yes, your self-published book should have an ISBN if you plan to sell your printed book in bookstores and libraries. If you plan to sell your printed book through Amazon self-publishing or online retailers and book aggregators , you will need an ISBN.
There are limitations to this. Although they will provide you with an ISBN for free, we recommend buying your own , for reasons explained further down in this post. No, ISBN is administered by a private company for the use of the international book trade, while copyright is administered by the Library of Congress and is an extension of intellectual property law.
ISBNs are issued to publishers, who then assign them to individual books. This can be done at any time, even before the book is written. Once you have received your number, you should register it at Bowkerlink. Bowker hosts about 12 million international titles and registration with them places your book in their massive bibliographic database.
You do need an ISBN for every format and edition of the book. This includes publications in different languages. The Bookland symbol is the barcode of choice in the book industry because it allows for encodation of ISBNs the numbers publishers use to identify their products. Since an ISBN is unique to one particular title or product , the corresponding Bookland EAN symbol is a title-specific marking which is unique for that title. However, if you ever publish another edition of your book, or another book entirely, you will need more than one ISBN.
Note that these prices are based on the price listings at Bowker for those living in the United States. Obviously, how many you buy depends on your publishing goals. If you are a busy author publishing a new book every weeks, in multiple languages and several formats, I would go with ISBNs. And, consider if you use 3 ISBNs for each book in one language, you could use up a block of ten very quickly if publishing regularly.
This is your choice, of course. Your publishing service company can assign your book an ISBN at negligible or no cost. However, there are several advantages to getting your own ISBN:. You can draw encouragement from these data from the US:.
As online bookstores gain in popularity as compared to brick-and-mortar stores, the future for ebooks looks even more promising. However, if you plan to take up writing seriously, take note of these downsides of not having an ISBN:. If your ebook sales take off, though, you can always apply for an ISBN later and launch multiple versions to maximize distribution channels and sales. Each country has an agency that issues ISBNs. For a self-publishing author, buying a block of 10 makes more economic sense than buying just one or two for, say, the paperback and hardcover versions.
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Page Counts? You must have at least 20 total pages. Must be a number. Color Cannot be a negative number. Number of Books? You can read more about ISBNs and the benefits of purchasing your own here. Listing the same book with different ISBNs or EANs on multiple websites or with multiple distributors may confuse retailers and consumers wanting to purchase your book.
Any title with a free ISBN must be placed in our wholesale distribution program. Pricing for at least one market is required and the book will be available for sale through each market pricing is provided for.
ISBN cannot be transferred to another account in the future.
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