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#BOOK BARCODE HOW TO#
#BOOK BARCODE PDF#
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Obviously, a barcode is not needed in an e-book. If your book will be sold in stores or you think it will become a best-seller, you should have a professional create and verify your barcode. If you primarly plan to sell your books online, a barcode is not required, but it gives your book a professional look. You should verify that your barcode image can be correctly scanned in and avoid anything that will prevent proper scanning. Thus, it is important that your barcode is of high quality and according to standardized specifications to assure it can be correctly scanned. The purpose of the barcode is to allow the book seller to scan and gather country, publisher, and price information of the book for their sales records. The barcode is a coded series of vertical lines that you place at the lower right area of the back of your book cover. They usually only do this if your barcode is subpar, but it can happen.It is good practice to add an ISBN barcode to the back cover of your hardcopy book. Be aware that even if you provide your own barcode on your book cover and print through CreateSpace, they may still override it with their own barcode-the one with no retail price.But I’m sure most of them will take care of this for you for an additional fee. If you are printing through an independent printer (a book bindery), then you will need to provide your own barcode.You will be able to add both your EAN-13 and your EAN-5 right from inside InDesign. If you or your book designer uses InDesign for book covers on a regular basis, then it will benefit you to download the BarcodeMaker plugin from Teacup Software.

#BOOK BARCODE PDF#

It’s important to note that the file types available through IngramSpark will be either a PDF or an InDesign file, so you or your designer will need to know what to do with it from there.

#BOOK BARCODE FULL#

Obtain a full barcode using IngramSpark’s cover template generator.

Purchase your full barcode through Bowker for $25ish.

To get bookstores, libraries, and distributors to carry your book, you need both the ISBN (EAN-13) and the retail price (EAN-5) in your barcode. However, NCH will just convert your ISBN, not your retail price.

#BOOK BARCODE GENERATOR#

Make use of the free barcode generator software, like . You will be able to export your barcode as an image file.

If you are designing your own cover or if your designer needs you to BYOB (Bring Your Own Barcode), then you have some options: Your ISBN is 13 digits, so that’s why the barcode equivalent is called the EAN-13. The most basic barcode will just have the ISBN number as a barcode (EAN 13) and will have the ISBN typed out underneath it. If you look at a barcode for most books purchased from a bookstore, you will see there are actually two barcodes inside the barcode area: one for the ISBN and one for the retail price. What Is a Barcode?īarcodes help bookstores manage the count of their inventory, the value of their inventory, the pricing of their inventory, and the customer transaction.Ī barcode puts numbers associated with your book into a graphic form that can be read by a laser scanner and integrated into a point of sale (POS) system. If you are just selling books out of the trunk of your car to individuals or giving them out as gifts with no intention of ever turning it into an income stream, then you don’t need a barcode or ISBN.

#BOOK BARCODE HOW TO#

If you are brand-new to self-publishing, you will want to partner this article with its parent post, “ How to Set Up Your Self-Publishing Company on Bowker." Who Needs a Barcode? While this is not an exhaustive article on all things barcode, we are going to hit the highlights for the self-published author: I’ve learned a lot in my time as a book designer, and Shayla was nice enough to let me share that knowledge with you. Barcodes can often cause a bit of exasperation for self-published authors and new book designers.