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Starting a Publishing Company: How to Create Your New Imprint

Starting a Publishing Company: How to Create Your New Imprint

by The Book Designer | Oct 31, 2023 | Self Publishing Basics, Self-Publishing

When an author decides to publish their own book, there are many questions to be answered. It’s the first of these questions about self-publishing I want to address in this article, and that has to do with starting a publishing company. Some authors will decide...

Video: Bowker Publisher Setup and ISBN

by Joel Friedlander | Nov 22, 2011 | Self-Publishing

This very quick video shows you the current version of the Bowker ISBN portal and shows you how to set up a new account and then buy your very own ISBNs. If you’d like to watch it while you set up your own account, you’ll have to be prepared. You’ll...

Bowker’s Andy Weissberg on ISBNs and the Future of the Book

by Joel Friedlander | May 19, 2010 | Interviews, Self-Publishing

Today I’m pleased to have an interview with Andy Weissberg of R. R. Bowker. Bowker is a central player in the entire book industry due to the company’s status as the U.S. Agency of the International Standard Book Numbering Convention, as approved by the...

ISBN for Self-Publishers: Answers to 20 of your Questions

by Joel Friedlander | Mar 17, 2010 | Book Production, Self-Publishing

One of the areas that I get the most questions about is the use of the ISBN, the unique numeric identifier that’s used around the world to identify books. New self-publishers are especially concerned with making sure their books are registered properly, that...

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