[CALIBK12] book publishing

[Dave Dowell]

The book was automatically covered by low level copyright protection as
soon as it was recorded on paper.

However, I think you son and daughter will want to more formally
register it.  Toward that end they should explore the Library of
Congress Copyright Office site:  http://www.copyright.gov/  

Dave
David R. Dowell, Ph.D.
Director of Library/Learning Resources & Distance Education
Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8106
(805) 546-3159 - voice
(805) 546-3109 - fax
DDowell at cuesta.edu  
http://library.cuesta.edu/libinf 
http://ddowell.com/dave/resume07.pdf 
Co-author of Libraries In The Information Age:  An Introduction & Career
Exploration.  Libraries Unlimited, 2002
Co-editor of It's All About Student Learning: Managing Community and
Other College Libraries in the 21st Century. Libraries Unlimited, 2006. 

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[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Judith Martin
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:05 AM
To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
Subject: [CALIBK12] book publishing

Hi All Knowing and Helpful Colleagues,

This is kind of a personal request but it is related to our profession.

My son and daughter have written a book that will be self published and
distributed via their website. They asked me about how to get a
copyright
and an ISBN. They did find some information online about copyright but I
believe the ISBN is assigned by the publisher and they are self
publishing. Also, what about getting an LC number? I'm totally on the
consumer end of this process, not the production end.

This book is intended to be the first of a series and they would like
later titles to be published and distributed more widely and
commercially.
Any information, links to websites or helpful hints on publishing would
be
greatly appreciated.

Judith Martin
Coordinator
Library/Media Services
Pleasanton Unified School District
4663-A Bernal Ave.
Pleasanton, CA 94566
925-426-4430
jmartin at pleasanton.k12.ca.us



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