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What is included in the Soft Cover Channel Distribution service
offered through the PublishingRoom Services Store?
By purchasing any of our Soft Cover Channel Distribution services, you receive one
ISBN for your book and Retail Channel Distribution (either one, two or three years
depending on which service you purchase).
What happens after purchasing the Soft Cover Channel Distribution
service?
Once you purchase Channel Distribution through the Services Store, we will obtain
your personal ISBN for your book registered under PublishingRoom publishing. 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.
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.
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 PublishingRoom, a new ISBN is necessary.
How long does Channel Distribution last before it expires?
You can purchase one, two, or three years of Channel Distribution when you purchase
your initial distribution and ISBN. The year of distribution begins when your book
becomes live, or available for purchase, through our printer. You will have a chance
to renew the distribution service before it expires by purchasing additional years at a discounted rate.
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