Whatever book that you are planning to publish; be it a textbook, a cookbook or a family history, you will need an ISBN number.
An ISBN
(International Standard Book Number) is a 13-digit number that identifies
printed books or book-like products.
Any publisher or
self-publishing author that wants to sell books in stores, through wholesalers
or through online services, needs an ISBN.
An ISBN
establishes and identifies one title or edition of a title, in a specific
format, from one specific publisher.
ISBNs are linked to
essential information that allows booksellers and readers to know which book
they're buying, what the book's about and who the author is.
The ISBN
number is unique to that edition, which allows more efficient marketing of
books through various distribution channels.
Without an
ISBN, the book may never be discovered in bookstores or on online media.
An ISBN number is required for each edition of the book that you are publishing. For example, if you have hardcover and paperback versions of your book, each version must have its own ISBN.
Bar coding
is another good reason to get an ISBN. Bar codes contain vital pricing and
inventory information for booksellers.
Publishers must
have an ISBN to get a bar code.
Copresco,
like all printers, is a manufacturer of books. You are the publisher.
We print millions of impressions of short-run
publications, books and manuals.
Our diversified products
run the gamut from booklets, bulletins, catalogs, workbooks, handbooks,
textbooks and technical materials to training aids, guidebooks, newsletters,
cookbooks and calendars.
Copresco
also runs hundreds of thousands of index tab dividers in various sizes and
styles-including beautiful full-color, full-bleed
tabs.
Our inhouse bindery adds the finishing touches for
your perfect bound books as well as wire and plastic coil bound volumes.
And, as an added extra, you get our legendary Copies
Overnight ultrafast turnaround service.
So, for your next
book project, call the national leader. Call Copresco.
As we have
explained in our lead story, a book that is published should have an ISBN
number.
Manuals, or other documents that are included with
a product or service, do not require ISBNs.
Published
work that appears in new editions on a regular basis may use an ISSN
(International Standard Serial Number).
These
publications include newspapers, magazines, yearbooks and newsletters like
Overnight Lite.
We were
saddened by the death of Alvin Blick, 79, our imaginative cartoonist.
Alvin has been amusing Overnight Lite readers with
his distinctive style of illustrations for our jokes page since January 2006.
Alvin had
a long and distinguished career as a graphic designer with leading Chicago
advertising and direct marketing agencies.
His last two
cartoons appear on the back page of this issue. We will be rerunning some of
his best drawings in future issues of our newsletter.
We will
miss your keen sense of humor and creative flair, Alvin.
Our sincere condolences to your family and friends.
Get an ISBN for your
book:
http://www.isbn.org
Search is one of the many uses
of an ISBN. Enter a number into Amazon
or Google, or use on these specialty
ISBN search engines:
http://www.isbnsearch.org
http://isbndb.com
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