How to get an ISBN for your book: we assign it and add the barcode
Only print editions need an ISBN, and each paperback or hardcover gets its own. On the free plan an ISBN is $15. Author Plus includes one a month, with extras at $10, and Authorpreneur includes three a month, with extras at $5. If your plan includes one, we assign it when you submit your print edition for review. Once it's used, you can buy one or enter an ISBN you already own.
Steps
- Open Plan & billing to see how many free ISBNs your plan has left this month.
- On your print cover, keep the ISBN barcode box on the back clear: we add the barcode at print.
- Finish your paperback or hardcover setup and click Submit for review, then Yes, submit.
- If a free ISBN is ready, we assign it from your plan, with nothing to fill in.
- If you've used your free ISBN, buy one in the window that opens, or click Enter it here to use an ISBN you own.
- Once your book is approved, its ISBN shows on the format's tile and in the book details on PubliRead.
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Every print edition needs its own ISBN. Here's how yours gets one, and what it costs. An ISBN is for print. Your Ebook and PDF publish on PubliRead without one, while a paperback and a hardcover each need their own. On the free plan, an ISBN is fifteen dollars. Author Plus includes one a month, and extras are ten dollars each. Authorpreneur includes three a month, and extras are five dollars. On your print cover, this box is kept for the ISBN barcode. Keep it clear, and we add the barcode at print. Continue to Review and submit. There's nothing to fill in. If your plan includes an ISBN, we assign it when you submit. Confirm, and it goes to our review team. On Plan and billing, this month's free ISBN now shows as used. Another arrives when your allowance resets. Now the hardcover. With this month's free ISBN used, submitting it asks you to buy one. It's ten dollars, and yours to keep for any of your books. Already have your own? Enter it here instead, with nothing to pay. Once your paperback is approved, its ISBN shows on the paperback tile, and in the book details on its PubliRead page. See what each plan includes at publiwrite.com/pricing.
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