Comments on: A Guide to Self-Publishing http://www.sellingbooks.com/a-guide-to-self-publishing/ Your Guide to Writing, Publishing and Marketing Books and Ebooks Wed, 16 May 2012 11:17:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: michaelnmarcushttp://www.sellingbooks.com/a-guide-to-self-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-4243 michaelnmarcus Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:38:53 +0000 http://www.sellingbooks.com/?p=1869#comment-4243 Charles said: "Library of Congress Cataloguing is another necessity... but is not always available if you have written only a single book."That's not quite right.It's nice, but not a necessity -- especially for books that are not likely to be bought by libraries. However, one of my books that lacks an LOC number has been bought by at least one library.Any author or publisher can get an LCCN (Library of Congress Catalog Number.If you've published only books by one auther (which could be yourself), you can get a Preassigned Control Number (PCN).If you've pubished books written by at least three people, you can get Cataloging in Publication (CIP).Either system will provide the LCCN.Michael N. Marcus author of "Become a Real Self-Publisher," due soon http://BookMakingBlog.blogspot.com Charles said: “Library of Congress Cataloguing is another necessity… but is not always available if you have written only a single book.”

That’s not quite right.

It’s nice, but not a necessity — especially for books that are not likely to be bought by libraries. However, one of my books that lacks an LOC number has been bought by at least one library.

Any author or publisher can get an LCCN (Library of Congress Catalog Number.

If you’ve published only books by one auther (which could be yourself), you can get a Preassigned Control Number (PCN).

If you’ve pubished books written by at least three people, you can get Cataloging in Publication (CIP).

Either system will provide the LCCN.

Michael N. Marcus
author of “Become a Real Self-Publisher,” due soon
http://BookMakingBlog.blogspot.com

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