There are scores of resources for obtaining barcodes, the most notable source being the company that sells you your ISBNs: Bowker via their website. (This is something we manage for you.)īy the way, if you do print the barcode with a price, and later change the price, you will need to print stickers to cover the old barcode or print new books with the new price. If this is the case it is a simple and inexpensive purchase you can do yourself, or your book designer can handle it for you. The only time you need to provide your own barcode is when your printer cannot produce one for you.If your book is stocked by a store, the barcode must include the price.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 are planning to use a POD printer you probably do not need to buy a barcode.
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