Self-Publishing and the Book Trade, Part 1: ISBNs, Bar Codes, and Other Identifiers

摘要

Do-it-yourselfers may be disrupting publishing these days or are thinking that they do, but if you want to get books to consumers, you still have to play by established rules. Distributors, wholesalers, booksellers, and librarians exchange information in tried-and-true formats and won't accept materials that don't conform. Want to know how to get your books into their systems? Read on.