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CIP: What It Means, How to Read It, Who Should Get It

March 23, 2010 16 comments

There is one place in printed books where we look for all kinds of editorial, bibliographic, legal, promotional and production information: the copyright page. But among all this information, data, legal notices and marketing and contact information, there’s one piece of content on the copyright page that is obscure to most people who pick up [...]

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How to Copyright Your Book

March 11, 2010 11 comments

In this article I’m going to show you how to get a copyright application, fill it out, determine how much to pay, and exactly how to send your application and books into the Copyright Office. This is not a difficult process, but since you’re dealing with your creative work and the government at the same [...]

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Self-Publishing Basics: The Copyright Page

October 28, 2009 45 comments

In an earlier post on how to make a book, I explained the role of the copyright page: Copyright page—Usually the verso of the title page, this page carries the copyright notice, edition information, publication information, printing history, cataloging data, legal notices, and the books ISBN or identification number. In addition, rows of numbers are [...]

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