- Are you a Canadian and you're self-publishing?
Good news.
ISBN numbers are free
and I'm gonna show you exactly how to get one today.
So stick around.
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Hey there, I'm Julie Broad with HaveMoreInfluence.com.
A few months ago, a woman came to me
who had spent $5,000 US
on a package to get her book self-published.
They didn't write the book for her.
She had to do it.
But they provided a few services,
including insuring that it was for sale on Amazon
and it gave her an ISBN number.
And, so she was really excited
because she said, you know,
I would have had to go through a big hassle
to get an ISBN number and they just gave me one.
Getting an ISBN number in Canada is free
and it's pretty darn easy to do.
So, I want to show you today exactly how to get one
for whatever it is you're doing.
I've already shot a video on what is an ISBN number,
so you might want to go check that out.
I also have an article that I'll link to in YouTube below
on these done for you book packages
and whether it makes sense for you.
Today, I want to focus solely
on where to go and what to do to get your ISBN number.
But you will need a different ISBN number
for every kind of publication.
So, if you are doing
an e-book, a physical book, and an audio book,
you're going to need three different ISBN numbers.
So, here is exactly how you're going to get them, okay?
So, first thing I recommend is just go to Google
and type in ISBN Canada or library and archives Canada ISBN
and you're going to get to this website with this link.
Go to Create an ISBN account.
These are the fields that you'll need to fill in.
So I'm just walking you through.
I'm not going to fill them in right now
because I already have an ISBN account
and I can now easily request multiple ISBN numbers.
Now, just a couple of things you should note
is initially when you set up your account
it can take up to 10 business days
for you to get your ISBN number.
So, think about that.
Well before you're going to need it, apply for it.
You can change the title and change other details
once you have everything firmed up.
But if you know you self-publishing in the next few months,
go ahead and fill this in and get your account
so you've got it set up and you can request ISBN numbers.
Once you have this account,
it's super easy to request multiple ISBN numbers
and you get them instantly.
So, for my latest book that I'm about to publish,
it took me all of 10 minutes to get the ISBN number
for the Kindle version, the physical version,
as well as the audio version,
which I haven't even started working on yet.
That will be coming out
a few months after the printed version.
Okay, so once you have your account,
you'll just go and log in and you'll go to the left
and you'll go to Manage Logbook.
You can actually see a list of the ISBN numbers
I have and that I've created, as I mentioned.
And, all you're going to do is click on Assign New ISBN
and you just fill in these fields that you see here.
And, if you don't know the exact publication date yet
then you just put in forthcoming.
So, once you have the ISBN number
the next thing is you need to create that barcode.
And I found this free website that does it
and it creates the barcode.
It's what I used for my first book
and I'm using it for the products that I'm creating now.
So, all you do is
you follow the instructions on this website.
I'll include the link down below
but you can see the link here as well.
And, you just copy and paste
your ISBN number into this spot here,
follow the instructions if you want
to include a price point and other details.
You can see here.
And then, voila, now you have your barcode
that you can send to your designer
who is creating your book covers and your book images.
And, you've got that done.
I hope this helps and hope that you realize
that we're lucky to be Canadian
because this ISBN number can work anywhere in the world
and I'm pretty sure that other countries
have to pay for their ISBN numbers
and it can be a little trickier to get.
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