What is included in the Wordclay ISBN and Channel Distribution service offered through the Wordclay Services Store?
By purchasing the Wordclay ISBN and Channel Distribution service, you automatically receive one ISBN for your book and Retail Channel Distribution. Channel Distribution enables thousands retailers to order your book through their suppliers and list your book for purchase on their online bookstores.
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What is the difference between the Wordclay ISBN with Channel Distribution and the Single ISBN: Be Your Own Publisher?
The difference between the two is who is reported as the publisher of record. If you purchase a Wordclay ISBN with Channel Distribution, then Wordclay is the publisher of record. If you purchase the Single ISBN, you or your company will be the publisher of record. You will be able to enter your own publishing company name, address and other pertinent information.
Both the Wordclay and Single ISBNs receive the same channel distribution service.
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What happens after purchasing the an ISBN and Channel Distribution service?
Once you purchase the Wordclay ISBN and Channel Distribution or the Single ISBN through the Services Store, we will obtain your personal ISBN for your book as well as one year of channel distribution, making your title available to retailer like Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. This 13-digit number will be inserted in your manuscript on the copyright page during the production process. We will supply an ISBN barcode for your back cover once you reach that point in production.
After your book is published and "live," or available for purchase, your book will be circulated through the retail channel. It takes anywhere from a week to two months to circulate into retailers' systems, depending
on each individual retailer.
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What is an ISBN?
"ISBN" stands for "International Standard Book Number." It is a unique, 13-digit number assigned to each book published internationally. The purpose of the ISBN is to establish and identify a title or edition of that title from a specific publisher. This allows for a more efficient mode of marketing and purchasing for retailers, libraries, universities, distributors and individual consumers.
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Why are some ISBNs 10 digits and some 13 digits?
On January 1, 2007 all new ISBNs switched from being 10-digit numbers to 13-digit numbers to allow for the creation of more new ISBNs. Since all ISBNs are original numbers that cannot be reused or repeated, more numbers had to be added, and will most likely be added again in the future.
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Do the numbers in an ISBN have any meaning?
Yes, the numbers are specific to and identify four things: 1) Group identifier code, which groups nations and countries geographically that often share the same language 2) Specific publisher identifier 3) Title or specific edition of the title identifier 4) Check number, which proves that the ISBN is authentic.
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Why does my ISBN have an X?
An X can appear as the last digit of the ISBN, the check digit, and represents the Roman numeral for 10. The X allows for a single-digit value of 10, since 10 is a double-digit number, but the check digit is only a single-digit entry.
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Can I use an ISBN that I previously purchased for my manuscript?
Not at this time. ISBNs are specific to each individual version of the work and the publisher. If you obtained an ISBN for your manuscript, it only applies to your unpublished, manuscript version of your book. Once your manuscript is published through Wordclay, a new ISBN is necessary.
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How long will my book be available through the retail channel?
After you purchase either the Wordclay ISBN and Channel Distribution or the Single ISBN: Be Your Own Publisher service, you automatically receive channel distribution. While we cannot guarantee that your book will be available through the retail channel indefinitely, we are currently offering complimentary distribution renewal. (This practice may be revised in the future, at which time we will notify you of our new policy. Your channel distribution will not expire without the opportunity to renew through notifications to your contact address on file.)
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