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Hey,
I'm gearing up to publish Ribbon Drive, and know that Perfect will be released within a year.
Should I buy bar codes for these products?
It lets me sell through Amazon and some retailers.
It would cost me $110 for 2 bar codes, or $120 for 3.Those're the cheapest I've found so far.
People who've published stuff with bar codes: is it worth it?
People who've published stuff with bar codes: are there cheaper?
People: advice?
Comments
Glad I posted here.
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--Ben
Anyway if you want an ISBN (actually a block of 10) join CISS, the Canadian ISBN distributor and reap the benefits of government control.
Worth it? I would say the ISBN is certainly worth it. It makes your work a permanent entity (books in print entry, among other databases) and more readily citable. Bar code? Meh. Most game stores won't care, but book stores certainly do.
Because, I joined CISS and got a publisher prefix (0-9812946), and then registered Ribbon Drive (978-0-9812946-0-5).
At no point was I handed a block of 10 ISBNs.
And yet, I've heard this block-of-10 thing before.
Can you explain this to me? CISS doesn't mention.
When I signed up for my publisher's prefix, that was my initial block of 10.
Once I've used up those 10, I can click the "Request an ISBN Prefix" button and ask for a new block (of 10, or 100, or...). But they intially set-up your account with a block already allotted.
Cool.
So when you register a specific book, they basically give you the next number (n) and calculate the checksum (c) for you, then glue the 978 on the front.