#ISBN numbers

[xinerose]

A renegade publication: how to bind & trim a fantastic beast.

For my birthday, my mother-in-law surprises me with a really great gift. She gives me a book binding machine.This isn’t a fancy machine. It’s basically a glorified (low-heat) cooking griddle, with “flanges” that squeeze a stack of papers upright, on its back so to speak. Then the flat surface melts a strip of glue and binds a cardstock cover to the edges of the pages.  When I get it set up in my…

[seawardboundsammy]

so @extreme-neutral made this post about in universe chargestep shippers, i printed out the art in the post, some jokes were made, and then i got a little extra. Please enjoy my day's work

also an extra (note the date in the bottom left)

[shinesurge]

Do you think requesting my library to buy the Kidd Commander books will help you

I'd really appreciate that, and it's usually good advice to do this for any indie author you want to help! Accessibility is super important to me, libraries snd webcomics are brothers in arms imo. But I will say, while I DESPERATELY want to work with more libraries they won't usually carry my books either. I've struck out with every local library I've ever lived near and tried to connect with, it's been mortifying every time ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

There is exactly one library with kc on its shelves tho, shoutout to the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library in Kentucky! It remains the only place to ever reach out and intentionally invite me to an event lmao

[celestiachan]

i have a feeling the majority of people don't know this

there are girl's mode books

[mejomonster]

Debating if it's worth self publishing or just making like 20 personal copies for me and friends. I do not like that Amazon charges authors back if people return an ebook instead of just not giving the author the money until the return option deadline passes. I do not think I could afford -200 dollar charges hitting me randomly if people returned ebooks, since I predict like a profit margin of 0-50 dollars max (I mean 50 is hugely optimistic as i predict almost 0 profits and just ppl I tell who love my writing to check it out). Maybe there's a company that allows self publishing without the "charges you for ebook refunds" that's not Amazon. Hell maybe its not an issue maybe it's just do NOT spend money the same month u make it in case everyone returns their ebook, and if I just put book sales in a specific area then I can always have the money if someone returns an ebook...

I do not think publishing companies is a route I can do because with no writing degree experience and connections I have no idea what a pitch letter is or how to do one people don't throw out and I didn't learn until recently if a publisher asks you to pay it's a red flag and I don't know how to find open calls for submissions and it's just a lot of knowledge that I'm sure is basic af to anyone who's done it before or worked around it but to me it's as much of an unknown-no-idea-of-expectations as me trying to do like a Javascript example code of X program for a job interview having never studied Javascript before. And then even with people who do amazing and know exactly how to make the best job impression with good professional actions done in the preferred format with prior publishing on their resume, people still get rejected a ton. So if I can't even confirm the technical aspects of my submissions would be adequate, it's not worth it. If I'd submit I'd want to know rejection is due to novel quality or content, not due to a pitch or contact letter that's formatted wrong or lacking implicit content inclusion I didn't know was expected.

[n-anon]

Happy Anti week!

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Happy Anti week indeed~ Also you sure you typed that code right? 🤔 I checked all of what it COULD be

[hesitationss]

i love book design! graphic design is my passion !

[avaantares]

Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

[diet-cokette]

when did using the online citation machine become more weary and cumbersome then just manually typing it out

[happytapirstudio]

SPOTTED IN THE BREAD AISLE TONIGHT AT MY LOCAL KROGER

[lamaery]

Looking for a stormy or colorful summer beach read? @priscellie and Ihad way too much fun creating some romance novel versions of Rhythm of War and Warbreaker. I made the illustrations and Priscillie made them look like actual books – beautifully ridiculous, curly typography, mock-up and all. I hope that there will be more :D

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Image description: (by Priscillie) Photomanipulation of two battered paperback pulp romance novels that look straight out of a thrift store bargain bin in the 1980s. The books are RHYTHM OF WAR and WARBREAKER by Sandra Branderson. RHYTHM OF WAR features an illustration of Navani and Raboniel experimenting with light, Raboniel looming behind Navani and leaning in, their faces almost touching. Raboniel streams voidlight from her image-left hand, which travels like lightning through Navani's tuning fork and into the sphere in Navani's gloved safehand. It's the primary source of light in the scene, and the background is nothing but murky darkness. Raboniel focuses intently, her red eyes alien and unknowable, as she focuses on her work. One of Navani's unkempt locks of hair just brushes the corner of Raboniel's mouth, and I'm not normal about it. Navani looks like she's gone three days without changing clothes and that she's slept in her hairstyle a similar number of nights. The collar of her havah is open, revealing her collarbones. Her expression is a mix of amazement, fear, and exhaustion, her mouth slightly open and her head tilted back slightly. Her face is lit from below by their experiment. The title and author's name are angled at a sharp diagonal, with strong capital letters and the occasional flourish. At the top is the tagline "In the Heart of War... Passion and Honor are Fused!" In one corner is some publication information, with a little logo of a seal and the words "A 'Sealed With a Kiss' Paperback," the fake ISBN 17S-631-1123-1210 (the last two sets of numbers being our birthdays), and prices in America and Canada. The other book is Warbreaker, also by Sandra Branderson. The illustration depicts Susebron and Siri in a ridiculously overblown, windswept Fabio-style cover, with a shirtless Susebron holding Siri so she's half sitting on his chest, one knee up with her thigh along his chest, her legs off to one side, and with her body twisted so she's facing him with her upper body, leaning down to him, a breath away from kissing him. She's wearing a teal dress with a Mesoamerican vibe that reveals her midriff and leaves her shoulders bare, but with a long train that blows off to the side. Her arms are painted in looping gold shapes. Her hair is blonde for most of its length, but it's beginning to change to a vivid red at the scalp. It's wrapped in teal ribbon to match her dress. Susebron has long, sleek black hair caught by the wind, chunky gold earrings and a slim gold cuff at his upper arm, and is wrapped in long white strips of awakened cloth that snake through the image in an energetic explosion of fabric. He gazes at her in handsome adoration and abandon, and she gazes back in love tempered by concern. The title has the same diagonal and italicized design with the same typeface and flourishes, but the title is jazzed up with shimmery, iridescent type. At the top is the tagling "She was forced to marry a god... Then she took his breath away!"

[9moodofficial]

How To Publish a Book and Get Isbn Number?

Publishing a book and obtaining an ISBN (International Standard Book Number) involves several steps. Here's a general guide on how to publish a book and acquire an ISBN number: Prepare your manuscript: Write, edit, and proofread your book to ensure it's in a polished and presentable state. Consider seeking feedback from beta readers or hiring a professional editor. Determine your publishing…

[prokopetz]

I love it when the Wikipedia article for a manga series will include a lengthy discussion of its complete publication history, including periodical names, dates, volume numbers, relevant reprints and reissues, and even ISBNs for specific collected editions, but at no point does it get around to describing what the series is actually about.

[gendzl]

amazon's kdp gives you a free isbn for your self-published book..... no wonder they're taking over the world.

[justwriteyoudummy]

I finished my proof reads and now I’m off to send it to formatting

I’ve read my book 5 times in the last 2 months. I will be so happy when its out into the world and I can breath again.