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Monday Mailbag: ISBN, Copyright and More

by Joel Friedlander on October 31, 2016 11 Comments

Time for another installment of our long-running, intermittently-published question-and-answer roundups. Yes, it’s another Monday Mailbag in which we gather questions from my email inbox, from the comments on the blog, and from strange calls in the middle of the night from distraught authors wondering just where they went wrong. Once again I’ve reached deep into […]

Filed Under: Self Publishing Basics Tagged With: Bowker, copyright, CreateSpace, ISBN, Q&A

Do You Know Where Your ISBNs Are? (Free Logbook Download)

by Joel Friedlander on April 4, 2016 23 Comments

Back in 1986 it took a lot longer to get an ISBN (International Standard Book Number) from Bowker. I remember talking to the women who issued the ISBNs from an office somewhere in New Jersey. There was an administrative fee, as I recall of about $35, and once your order was placed, eventually a large […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Self Publishing Basics Tagged With: Bowker, Excel, ISBN

Monday Mailbag: ISBNs, Barcodes, Copyright, Book Design and more

by Joel Friedlander on March 28, 2016 22 Comments

Questions never stop their inexorable creep, like the ivy in my yard. The more you answer, the more you get asked. Does that really make sense? Here’s the latest installment of some select “Q&A” happening around here. Reaching into the mailbags that line the hallways at Marin Bookworks Global Headquarters, I’ve sampled and collected some […]

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Legal Issues Tagged With: copyright, CreateSpace, Ingram Spark, ISBN, print on demand

Monday Mailbag: ISBN, Book Design, Copyright and More

by Joel Friedlander on August 24, 2015 11 Comments

Monday Mailbag: ISBN, Book Design, Copyright and More looks at recent questions from readers

Filed Under: Self-Publishing Tagged With: barcode, book design, ISBN, Mailbag

A Quick Lesson About Publishers, Imprints, CreateSpace, and Bowker

by Joel Friedlander on February 9, 2015 139 Comments

A Quick Lesson About Publishers, Imprints, CreateSpace, and Bowker explains how to deal with imprint names

Filed Under: Self-Publishing Tagged With: Bowker, CreateSpace, Imprint, ISBN, metadata, publisher, self publishing

Monday Mailbag: Self-Publishing Questions & Answers

by Joel Friedlander on November 10, 2014 15 Comments

Monday Mailbag: Self-Publishing Questions & Answers dealing with ISBN, book trim sizes, WordPress, page numbering and more

Filed Under: Legal Issues, Self-Publishing Tagged With: blogging, book trim size, copyright, eBooks, ISBN, self publishing

Monday Mailbag, Self-Publishing Questions and Answers

by Joel Friedlander on January 6, 2014 15 Comments

Monday Mailbag, Self-Publishing Questions and Answers deals with ISBNs, copyright, selecting fonts, cover design and more

Filed Under: Legal Issues, Self-Publishing Tagged With: blogging, copyright, fonts, indie author, ISBN, Mailbag, self publishing

Wednesday Mailbag: Answers to 18 Self-Publishing Questions

by Joel Friedlander on May 22, 2013 25 Comments

18 Self-Publishing Questions and Answers about ISBN, copyright, print on demand, ebooks, book distribution, blogging, book marketing

Filed Under: Legal Issues, Self-Publishing Tagged With: blogging, book distribution, book marketing, copyright, eBooks, ISBN, print on demand, Q&A, self publishing

Mailbag Monday With Answers to your Self-Publishing Questions

by Joel Friedlander on February 4, 2013 18 Comments

Mailbag Monday With Answers to your Self-Publishing Questions address questions about copyright, ISBN, print on demand, ebook formatting and more

Filed Under: Legal Issues, Self-Publishing Tagged With: copyright, e-books, ISBN, print on demand, Q&A, questions, self publishing

A Peek Inside the Self-Publishing Roadmap Online Training Course

by Joel Friedlander on June 16, 2012 15 Comments

A Peek Inside the Self-Publishing Roadmap Online Training Course shows a sample video, download and talks about the features of the new video-based training program

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Training Tagged With: elearning, ISBN, publishing a book, the Self-Publishing Roadmap, training

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