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How to obtain a CIP Listing and LCCN Number
The Cataloging In Publication, CIP, data and the Library of Congress Card Number, LCCN, should appear on the title page of your publication. It is important if you plan to market your book to libraries. While it's not intended to be a marketing tool, it can help your sales.
Example of a CIP Catalog Listing
Maggio, Rosalie.
How to say it! : choice words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs for every situation / Rosalie Maggio.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-13-424367-6 (case) – ISBN 0-13-424275-7 (pbk.)
1. Letter-writing. I. Title.
PE1483.M26 1990 90-38681
808.6--dc20 CIP
Why You Need a Catalog Listing and an LCCN Number
The purpose of a Catalog Listing is to provide librarians with all the information they need, in an agreed-upon format and vocabulary, prior to the time that full cataloging is available.
Without this data, libraries could mistakenly misshelve a book. In some cases libraries will not order material without an LCCN.
Self publishers are NOT allowed to request a Catalog Listing
The Library of Congress prevents self publishers and ebook publishers from requesting a listing. To get around this exclusion it is necessary to go through a Distributor that supplies libraries. They can file the catalog with the Library of Congress on your behalf.
Resources
Quality Books Inc. - CIP Cataloging
Largest library distributor. Provides marketing and sales services specific to the library marketplace.
Library of Congress
Official US Government web site. Provides information on Cataloging in Publication Program.
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