E-Book ISBN Barcodes, Titles, and Legal Documents: What Every E-Book Author Should Know Before Publishing
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Website design By BotEap.comThere is a lot of confusion about ISBNs and eBooks. Every PRINT book sold in a store and/or stored in a public library MUST have an ISBN number and barcode. ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. The ISBN registration agency run by Nielsen reaches more than 100 countries around the world. If you want to give your book a code identity, you can buy your own ISBN from Nielsen in the UK or, for the US and the rest of the world, from their international site. But you have to buy them in lots of 10, which costs £111.86/$163.00. The good news is that eBooks don’t need them. There are advantages, but you don’t have to have one. If you publish with an ezine site, some of them assign a free ISBN that will list that company as the publisher of the book. You don’t need to worry about this, you still own all copyrights and can register the book with other publishers. The only restriction is that some sites have a pricing policy. Amazon Kindle, for example, says that your list price must not be higher than the lowest retail price for any physical edition of your book. If you choose to assign an ISBN to your eBook, you should be aware that each different version (ePub, Kindle, PDF, etc.) will require a different ISBN. If you republish a book of yours that has already been published in print (and assuming, of course, that the rights have been returned to you), DO NOT use the print ISBN number.
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Website design By BotEap.comWhen my current agent was considering whether or not to accept my latest novel, his main concern was the title. It wasn’t until I suggested 5 or 6 titles (out of a list of dozens) that I hit on one that she thought was good enough and she signed me up. If I hadn’t come up with a great title, I wouldn’t have been hired. Period.
Website design By BotEap.comI was even contacted once by an agent who had been given a title by an editor at a major publisher. She was looking for an author to custom write the book. That’s how important the title of an ebook is. If you want to sell your ebook to the widest possible audience, give it a lot of thought. Look at other books in your market area. See if there are any memorable sentences that stand out in your text (some sentence titles, such as Does my butt look big in this? enter the language). Ask the opinion of those around you but don’t drive them crazy. Invited a group of friends for wine and food and a unique brainstorming session. If you belong to a writing group, allocate one of your reading slots to a title search. That’s how I got mine.
Website design By BotEap.comHere is a list of book titles taken from literature: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_book_titles_taken_from_literature
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Website design By BotEap.comIf you have written a novel, you must insert the all people are fictional disclaimer. If you’ve listed people you know, even if it’s just their name as a joke, email them for permission first. Even if it’s your best friend, closest relative, and the most flattering portrait in the world, situations change.
Website design By BotEap.comIf you’ve written a nonfiction book, the easiest way to see if you’ve covered all the angles in the legal notices section is to go to a bookstore or library, find a title that covers a similar area, and see what your peers have written. editors. in the front part. Not to copy directly but to have a good idea of what you need to write. My first ebook Done and Dusted: The Organic Home on a Budget, has a lot of advice on cleaning and stain removal, so he had to make it clear that he would not be responsible for any damage or loss resulting from someone following the advice in the book. A reader of my column once asked if they could tell me if they had a legal case against a chair manufacturer after they spilled something on the deck that wouldn’t come out. I refused to answer the question or they could have transferred their legal claim to me. Some people are extremely litigious and authors and self-publishers cannot be too careful when covering themselves.
Website design By BotEap.comIf the content of your ebook is controversial in any way and you’re having sleepless nights about whether or not to publish it, professional liability insurance is out there, but it’s not cheap. Even with the reduced fee, the cost is likely to be around £500/$728 per year in the UK and more in the US. Check carefully to see what’s covered. There are many insurance companies that sell writers policies that include public liability and legal costs if you pursue your own case, but the policy (especially if it’s cheap) may not cover you if someone sues YOU.
Website design By BotEap.comA specialist UK insurance company for writers, journalists and photographers that sells comprehensive cover for libel, slander, copyright infringement, breach of confidentiality, negligence and public liability is Imagining Insurance. There are special reduced rates for members of the NUJ (National Union of Journalists) and the SOA Authors’ Society. The Authors Guild of America has a packet for its members that covers defamation, slander, or slander; invasion of privacy; infringements and plagiarism of trademarks and copyrights.
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