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Love of Books will complete ISBN applications, place your barcode on the back of your book, complete the CiP process, as well as register your title with Bowkerlink for the low cost of only $190.00.

Available with all book printing and publishing packages of 100 or more books provided by Love of Books.

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Legal Deposit
EAN
Australian Books in Print and GNAB
Copyright
Barcode
ISBN

CIP – Cataloguing-in-Publication

This is voluntary

The National Library of Australia (NLA) manages Cataloguing-in- Publication (CiP) data, which is used by libraries in Australia and around the world to catalogue books.

A CiP entry includes the name of the authors, the book’s title and subjects, and the book’s ISBN (you must have an ISBN in order to obtain CiP). While CiP data is not a legal requirement, CiP entries are listed on Kinetica, the NLA’s database of material held in Australian libraries, ensuring that books can be used by a wide audience.

As CiP information should be included on the printed version of your book, the NLA will prepare a CiP entry for your book before it is published, from a form completed by you.

The CiP information should be printed in your book according to the guidelines provided by the NLA.

An information brochure and application forms can be obtained online at the NLA’s web site, or by contacting:

Cataloguing-in-Publication Unit
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600

Tel (02) 6262-1458, Fax (02) 6273-4492
Email cip@nla.gov.au
Web site www.nla.gov.au/services/CIP.html

Legal deposit

As the name suggests, legal deposit is a legal requirement to ensure that copies of publications are deposited in libraries in the country in which they are published. In Australia, the Copyright Act 1968 and a number of State Acts require publishers to provide one copy of any work they publish to the National Library of Australia and to the relevant library/ies in the state in which it is published.

Legal deposit ensures that your book can be identified and used by as many people as possible, now and in the future.

You should provide copies of your book for legal deposit as soon as possible after publication, although legal deposit libraries will contact publishers when they find that they have not received a publication required for legal deposit.

The time frame within which a book must be lodged with the appropriate libraries varies from state to state, but, generally, it must be deposited within one to two months of publication.

There is no charge for legal deposit.

An information brochure listing requirements and contact details for each state can be obtained by contacting:
Legal Deposit Unit
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600

Tel (02) 6262-1312, Fax (02) 6273-4322
Email: legaldep@nla.gov.au
Web site: www.nla.gov.au/services/ldeposit.html

Love of Books includes the legal deposit of your books as well as the process of the application of your CiP number if you select the CiP Services as an added option. We send the books to the required libraries on your behalf. If you order say 100 books we do not take these books for the legal deposit from your order. You still have your 100 books.

If you order 120 books or more then we will complete this service for free as part of your order. 

EAN (GS1 - formerly the Australian Product Number)

EAN Australia administers the standard worldwide numbering and bar coding system used to identify products, goods, services, locations and shipments, in many different industry sectors. In the book sector, the EAN (GS1) can be calculated from the ISBN/ISSN.

EAN Australia provides this service and encourages publishers to join in order to receive many other benefits like newsletters, barcode testing, and the software to calculate check digits from your ISBNs/ISSNs.

The EAN number is then represented by an EAN 13 digit barcode – see barcode section below.

For EAN information contact: EAN Australia
2 KingstonTown Close
(Locked Bag 10)
Oakleigh VIC 3166

National Tel Number 1300-366-033, Fax (03) 9569-1525
Web site www.ean.com.au

Australian Books in Print & GNAB

All books published in Australia are eligible for free inclusion in D W Thorpe’s Australian Books in Print (AusBiP), which is used by libraries and bookshops to identify and order titles for their customers. 

It is currently produced in two different formats: an annual bound edition and a monthly edition on microfiche; and it will soon be available on-line. Australian Books in Print includes lists of Australian titles and authors, as well as contact details for Australian publishers and distributors.

Australian Books in Print is an excellent form of free advertising for your book, it is important that you provide up-to-date details for inclusion in each edition. To ensure that libraries and bookshops are able to locate and order your books easily, it is essential that you provide as much information as possible, and as early as possible prior to the publication of your book.

Should any details change during the production process, your entry in Australian Books in Print will be updated free of charge, as soon as you notify D W Thorpe in writing, quoting the relevant ISBN.

Thorpe’s free entry forms allow you to add new titles and Thorpe will assist you in completing them if necessary. Guide to New Australian Books is a unique listing and description of newly published Australian books. Each entry includes an annotation (a description of the work’s contents), full bibliographic details, author, editor, illustrator and subject index. To be eligible for entry into GNAB, you need to send a copy of your work to Thorpe Information Services as soon as possible after publication. When submitting, please include a notification of its GST-inclusive recommended retail price and the month and year of its publication.

For more information, or for application forms for Australian Books in Print, contact:
Thorpe Information Services 18 Salmon Street
(Locked Bag 20)

Thorpe-Bowker
Level One, 607 St Kilda Road
(PO Box 6509, St Kilda Road Central VIC 8008)
Melbourne VIC 3004
Tel: +61-3-8517-8333
Fax: +61-3-8517-8399
Email: customer.service@thorpe.com.au
Web: www.thorpe.com.au

Copyright

• Copyright does not protect facts or information.
• Copyright may, however, protect “compilations” of information such as catalogues, databases, dictionaries,
directories and tables, even though individual facts or items in the compilation are not protected.
• You do not need permission to reproduce particular facts from a compilation (such as a name, address and
telephone number from a telephone directory). However, you will generally need permission to reproduce all or
a “substantial part” of a compilation.
• Copyright also protects forms, if they are sufficiently “original”.

Australian Copyright Council

The Australian Copyright Council is a non-profit organisation whose objectives are to:
• assist creators and other copyright owners to exercise their rights effectively;
• raise awareness in the community about the importance of copyright;
• identify and research areas of copyright law which are inadequate or unfair;
• seek changes to law and practice to enhance the effectiveness and fairness of copyright;
• foster co-operation amongst bodies representing creators and owners of copyright.

The Australian Copyright Council has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. © Australian Copyright Council 2008.

Read more: www.copyright.org.au

Read more: Glossary & Terms Used in Self Publishing & Book Printing

Barcode

The barcode, representing a product’s number in a form which can be read by an electronic barcode scanner, is used by publishers, booksellers and libraries to order sell and manage books using computerized inventory and cataloguing systems.

Including a barcode on your book will make it easier for a bookseller or library to sell or lend your book. The barcode should be included on the back cover of the book, for ease of use.

Barcodes can be generated without an ISBN/ISSN, however if you have either of these numbers, it makes more sense to generate the barcode from them, as they are complementary systems. If you don’t have an ISBN/ISSN, you will need to contact EAN (see address above), who administer barcodes in Australia.

Thorpe Information Services offers publishers the option of obtaining barcodes in a ready-to-use format with their ISBNs. Contact Thorpe (contact details are listed in the ‘ISBN’ section, above) for an application form to have a barcode produced with your ISBN. Alternatively, barcode suppliers are listed in the Yellow Pages of major cities, under the heading ‘Identification Systems’.

Love of Books Consultancy Package No1 again takes care of your barcode application.

ISBN (International Standard Book Number)

What Is An ISBN?

The ISBN and Barcode application process is online.  To request an ISBN or Barcode please CLICK HERE. (This link will take you to a secure online payment gateway.  Please read all instructions carefully!

ISBN Agency, Thorpe-Bowker
Thorpe-Bowker
Level One, 607 St Kilda Road
(PO Box 6509, St Kilda Road Central VIC 8008)
Melbourne Vic, 3004

Tel: +61 3 8517 8349
Fax: +61 3 8517 8368
Email: Click here to email

ISBN Pricing

Prices  are approximate only and may be changed without notice - visit www.thorpe.com.au for latest prices
 
New Publisher Registration Fee
 $50.00 
Single ISBN
 $45Block of 10 ISBNs
 $80.00 
Block of 100 ISBNs
 $435.00
 Block of 1000 ISBNs
 $2,750.00 
Barcodes
 $45.00 each 
Fast Track Fee
 $65.00

All prices include GST

Tel (03) 9245-7576, Fax (03) 9245-7393
Email infoservices@thorpe.com.au
Web site www.thorpe.com.au