There are two things to keep in mind about that statement. Your contract likely includes book printing.īarcodes are required for books sold in stores. These are companies like Author Solutions, Lulu and Outskirts Press, also sometimes known as subsidy or vanity presses. When using an author services company.Leaving the barcode off further communicates the book is not final and will prevent it from being sold online or in stores. By including a barcode you are enabling a recipient to sell or resell your book, which might be damaging to your reputation if the ARC is anything less than what a reader will see as the final product. The quality of the ARC itself may be sub-par (lesser quality paper and/or cover finish). Generally speaking ARCs are undergoing final proofing and additional content may still be added.
Of course this means that you probably do not want to use a POD printer to produce these copies either.
When producing books called Advanced Review Copies, or “ARCs.” Publishers print ARCs to give to prospective reviewers and other key influencers in advance of the release date. (That also means an ISBN may not be necessary.) It is the retailer that requires the barcode so if your book will be given away, or sold outside of a store (like via your website or when you give a talk), a barcode is not necessary. When your book will not be sold in a store. There are a few other times you do not need a barcode: Said another way, the barcode for your book is not part of the cover file. The book cover you submit to these POD printers will have a blank (white) rectangle on the back-this is where their printing presses place the barcode for your specific book at the time it is printed. I say that because most new indie or self-publishers use print-on-demand printers like Amazon KDP (formerly CreateSpace) and IngramSpark (or sister Lightening Source) and these printers provide the ISBN barcode free. If you plan on selling your book in retail outlets such as Target, Costco, Walgreens or smaller retailers, we advise also adding a UPC barcode.If you are planning to use a POD printer you probably do not need to buy a barcode. If you have an ISBN number and you need a barcode graphic made-up, Nationwide Barcode can help. There is an algorithm that frequently results in a change of the last digit of the ISBN. A 10-digit ISBN cannot be converted to 13-digits merely by placing three digits in front of the 10-digit number. If you were assigned 10-digit ISBNs, you can convert them to the 13-digit format at the converter found on this website. On January 1, 2007, the ISBN system switched to a 13-digit format. When participating in the ISBN standard, publishers and self-publishers are required to report all information about titles to which they have assigned ISBNs.įor more than thirty years, ISBNs were 10 digits long. ISBNs are assigned to publishers and self-publishers as follows: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 or 100,000 numbers. This can have implications for doing business in the publishing industry supply chain. If an ISBN is obtained from a company other than the official ISBN Agency, that ISBN will not identify the publisher of the title accurately. The ISBN identifies the title or other book-like product (such as an audiobook) to which it is assigned, but also the publisher to be contacted for ordering purposes. ISBN Agency cannot assign ISBNs to publishers and self-publishers located outside the United States and its territories. One agency per country is designated to assign ISBNs for the publishers and self-publishers located in that country. “ISBN” stands for “International Standard Book Number”. Traditional booksellers such as Barnes and Noble and Amazon require an ISBN barcode.
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