feng shui assassin

An initial step in self-publishing is the requirement to have your own ISBN’s. The Neilson agency in the UK provides these to publishers and individuals alike - in blocks of ten (no single ISBN numbers available). Those nice people also include the brief details of the book onto a directory and database - from which a number of book distributors receive their information.

In the eyes of the bookworld - the ownership of an ISBN number is the difference between you as a publisher (you have) and you as an author (you have not).

Something to keep in mind is the ‘publishing name’. I’ve kept away from publishing under Adrian Hall and plumbed for a trading name (register this with your local registration agent - mine cost £40) - which means you can open up a bank account under the trading name (in my case, Gecko Publishing. Though it was a close run thing between that and ‘I can’t believe it’s not a Publishing House‘).

A warning note - unless you purchase the ISBN you are not the publisher. If it is an add-on service of the printer/short run publisher that they provide you with the ISBN, then it’s not yours, it’s theirs.

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