A detailed examination of documents from the Hachette vs. Internet Archive lawsuit has brought to light significant insights about the nature and limitations of International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) in the publishing industry, particularly as t...
The publishing industry faces a new chapter in digital rights controversy. This follows a decade-long legal battle over Google’s book digitization efforts and the emergence of Controlled Digital Lending (CDL). From 2004 to 2016, Google’s book digitiz...
There are several necessary steps you need to take before republishing your book. The necessary actions will depend on the changes you intend to make to your book before republishing it. Republishing an ebook is easy, as you can unpublish an ebook co...
Please understand that there is no centralized or global ISBN database. There is a centralized book publisher database called the “Global Register of Publishers” maintained by the ISBN International Organization. The Global Register of Publishers doe...
You can publish ebook without an ISBN. Selling Ebook online is much easier. There are platforms Like Gumroad and Selly that can help you sell ebooks without ISBN. Publishing a print book without an ISBN is not possible. You can print a book without a...
ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number, and it has nothing to do with book copyright. I understand some ISBN agencies make it a big deal for obtaining ISBN. They ask for lots of ID verification and are strict about issuing ISBN, but that...
The cost for 1 ISBN is $125 in the US, why is ISBN expensive? If you purchase in bulk the cost become cheaper but that not preferable for self publishers. Learn where to buy cheap ISBN.
If you have published a book or are about to publish a book, then you might have come up with terms such as title verso, title page and copyright page. Especially when it comes to obtaining an ISBN. Some ISBN agencies require book publishers to uploa...
Various online ISBN Checker tools are available to assist in verifying an ISBN. Simply possessing a valid ISBN does not guarantee availability for publishing. To publish your book, you must acquire an ISBN from an ISBN agency and then assign it to a...
There are two types of ISBN formats, ISBN-10 and ISBN-13. The ISBN-10 format is outdated. After 2007, now ISBN-13 is used. ISBN-13 and ISBN-10 are convertible as long as the ISBN prefix is 978. 979 is a new ISBN prefix introduced in 2020. The new ISB...
