Low Cost ISBN?

kateharp · 02-12-2011, 07:31 PM

Does anyone know where I can by a low cost ISBN? The only thing I can find online says is your have to buy 10 of them at once for $250. Seems a little kooky. What are some other options?

MrPLD · 02-12-2011, 07:37 PM

Might depend on where you are... we got ours in a block of 10 for about $100 here in Australia ( http://www.thorpe.com.au/isbn/ )

altworld · 02-12-2011, 08:46 PM

Depends what you want one for.

Createspace will assign you an ISBN for free.
Smashwords allows you to assign a free ISBN if you publish through them, or gives you the option to buy one for $10 to move around with your ebook.

Two very low cost options for you.
Arigato,
Nick Davis

egtalbot · 02-14-2011, 08:57 PM

no easy way around this if you want an ISBN with you as the publisher. If you know you're only publishing one book, you could do something like this for half the cost:

http://jcpublishers.net/page.php?76

Note: I know nothing about these guys, possibly could be a scam, but $125-$150 is the price I've heard bandied about.

If you're doing more than one print book, and you're set on having your own ISBNs then $250 is what you're looking at.

sassanik · 02-22-2011, 11:47 PM

My Identifiers, Bowker runs the ISBN's in the US. And their pricing is a bit crazy if you ask me!

https://www.myidentifiers.com

I know there are resellers of ISBN's that supposedly sell them for less, but I do not know if they are actually legit and how to tell the difference.

I ended up biting the bullet and buying my ISBN's in bulk. I think your best option is probably going through Smashwords, $10 is reasonable and they are at least known to be reliable.

Amy

02-12-2011, 07:31 PM	#1
kateharp Member Posts: 21 Karma: 30946 Join Date: May 2009 Device: kindle	Low Cost ISBN? Does anyone know where I can by a low cost ISBN? The only thing I can find online says is your have to buy 10 of them at once for $250. Seems a little kooky. What are some other options?

02-22-2011, 11:47 PM	#5
sassanik Guru Posts: 774 Karma: 1211741 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Device: EB1150, iPhone, Cool-er Purple, Pocketbook 360, Kindle Fire	My Identifiers My Identifiers, Bowker runs the ISBN's in the US. And their pricing is a bit crazy if you ask me! https://www.myidentifiers.com I know there are resellers of ISBN's that supposedly sell them for less, but I do not know if they are actually legit and how to tell the difference. I ended up biting the bullet and buying my ISBN's in bulk. I think your best option is probably going through Smashwords, $10 is reasonable and they are at least known to be reliable. Amy

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02-12-2011, 07:37 PM	#2
MrPLD Author's pet-geek Posts: 933 Karma: 1040670 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: North Queensland, Australia Device: Kindle 3 Wifi, Onyx Boox M96	Might depend on where you are... we got ours in a block of 10 for about $100 here in Australia ( http://www.thorpe.com.au/isbn/ )

02-12-2011, 08:46 PM	#3
altworld Evangelist Posts: 495 Karma: 746472 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Deep in Maryland Device: Android G1	Depends what you want one for. Createspace will assign you an ISBN for free. Smashwords allows you to assign a free ISBN if you publish through them, or gives you the option to buy one for $10 to move around with your ebook. Two very low cost options for you. Arigato, Nick Davis

02-14-2011, 08:57 PM	#4
egtalbot Leader of the Conspiracy Posts: 16 Karma: 116 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Massachusetts Device: kindle	no easy way around this if you want an ISBN with you as the publisher. If you know you're only publishing one book, you could do something like this for half the cost: http://jcpublishers.net/page.php?76 Note: I know nothing about these guys, possibly could be a scam, but $125-$150 is the price I've heard bandied about. If you're doing more than one print book, and you're set on having your own ISBNs then $250 is what you're looking at.

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