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Do
You “Offer” ISBNs and Barcodes?
This
is really a trick question. We don’t “offer” any
ISBNs. The ISBN is made up of the Publisher’s prefix along with
other information (covered in another blog). This number is linked to
the publisher. It tells the world who published the book. If you
write a book and submit it a publisher and they accept the work, then
it becomes their work and they put their number on it.
Does
the author have to have an ISBN?
The
first question to ask is why you’re wanting an ISBN. You’re
not required by law to have one and not all books are headed for the
market place. If you want to sell in the marketplace then you’ll
need one. You’re welcome to contact RR Bowker (U.S.
representative: http://www.isbn.org)
or you can download our form to register yourself as a publisher and
obtain your own ISBN or block of numbers.
Can
I use one of your numbers?
This
question has been asked many times. My answer is, “Who do you
want the book to show as the publisher, since that number belongs to
the publisher?” That’s the deciding factor. If we use one
of our numbers, Sunrise Publishing becomes the official publisher and
it electronically “marries” us together for the life of the
book. I won’t/can’t sell you an ISBN since I'm not a
registered agent of RR Bowker.
What
about barcodes?
Yes,
we make barcodes. We can take your ISBN and make a barcode with it
and give it to our design department (when we design your cover) or
we can email it to your designer so they can build it into the design
of your cover. We will send it in .eps format with fonts turned to
outlines. Pricing is reasonable and charged for each barcode we make.
This is covered in another blog as well.
More
Questions? Just ask.
Disclaimer: Not
responsible for advice, ideas, suggestions and/or
programs. By
mentioning these programs or any other program, I’m in no way
endorsing these or any other programs for you and/or your project.
Any advice, ideas or suggestions and/or programs mentioned are
considered my opinion only and am considered not liable. Not
responsible for sales or lack of sales of your project.
Brian@SunriseBooks.com
SunrisePublishing@gmail.com |
