ISBN Basics: What Authors Need to Know
Your unique ISBN is like a fingerprint for your book. It helps people identify your book and eliminates confusion between similar works.
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ISBN Basics: What Authors Need to Know
ISBN - THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
IS TYPICALLY ASSIGNED TO A PUBLICATION.
An ISBN for your eBook can make it easier for booksellers and readers to find your book, but it's not necessary. Your unique ISBN is like a fingerprint for your book. It helps people identify your book and eliminates confusion between similar works. An ISBN could be critical if someone decided to publish a book with the same title as yours, for example.
A separate ISBN is needed for each format you publish. For example, paperback, hardcover, 2nd edition, etc. Digital and audiobooks are optional but highly recommended. Magazines use a different numbering system called ISSN.
Once you have a formatted interior, a great cover, and your ISBN, it's time to publish and get your book into your readers' hands. It costs anywhere from $0 to $125 to get an ISBN number for a book in the U.S. The costs in other countries vary. Here's a few ISBN facts to know:
LOCATED INSIDE THE FRONT OF A PUBLICATION
5 SECTIONS DIVIDED BY DASHES
BUY A SINGLE ISBN OR A DISCOUNTED BUNDLE
ALWAYS 10-13 DIGITS
IMPLEMENTED IN 1969
YOU CAN'T RECYCLE OR REUSE I
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