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Information about Legal Deposit Requirements:

By law, one copy of every UK print publication must be given to the British Library (and also to five other major libraries if they request it). For more information about these Legal Deposit requirements please see:

Introduction to Legal Deposit (British Library)

How to Deposit Printed Books (British Library)

How to Deposit E-Books (British Library)

Self-publishing help

How to self-publish an e-book – a guide to making, marketing and selling e-books

Self-publishing a hard copy book – 25 things you need to know – Helpful as an overview of different aspects to consider when publishing a hard copy book

StudyInk – A Complete Guide to Publishing Your Own Book – A guide breaking down the important stages of the Self Publishing Process

Formatting and uploading e-books for sale

Kindle Direct Publishing – a way to easily start selling you book through Amazon kindle store (they charge on a fee per product sold basis)

Creating e-book files for amazon kindle direct publishing – explanation of how to convert you e-book into a suitable format for publishing through Amazon kindle store

Writer’s Online Toolkit

The Writer’s Online Toolkit page from the US-based Maryville University Blog has a collection of resources under these headings: General Tips and Advice for Writing, General Writing Tools, Writing Tools for Novelists, Tools for Essay/Academic Writing, Writing Tools for Freelance Writers, and Writers’ Resources.

Other Members of the International Barcodes Network

The Independent Publishing Network is a member of the International Barcodes Network (we are the only member that supplies ISBN numbers & specialises in books). The other members of this network are below:

Belgium (Codes à Barres Belgique) – www.codesabarres.be

Denmark (Stregkoder Danmark) – http://stregkoder.nu/

France (Codes à Barres France) – www.codesabarres.fr

Germany (Barcode Deutschland) – www.barcodedeutschland.de

Greece Barcodes – www.barcode1.gr

Ireland Barcodes – www.barcode1.ie

Italy (Codici a Barre Italia) – www.codiceabarra.it

Netherlands (Barcodes Nederland) – www.barcodebestellen.nl

Poland (Kody kreskowe dla Polski) – http://kodykreskowe.biz.pl/

Romania & Republic of Moldova (Cod de Bare România) – coddebareromania.com

Spain (Códigos de Barras España) – www.codigos-de-barras.es

Sweden (Streckkoder Sverige) – http://kopastreckkoder.se/