FOR THOSE THINKING OF STARTING THEIR OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY

I got the following from Kim at "PageFree Publishing, Inc." at kdb@pagefreepublishing.com. "Here is the process we use: 1) We notify LSI that we need a new imprint name - this would be the imprint you designate. 2) We use the ISBN you furnish, and the LSI/Ingram converts it to 13-digit (all our are 10-digit since bought so many not long ago). 3) We make sure your book shows up using your ISBN and imprint name. 4) When/if you withdraw the book from our distribution. we cancel the imprint name under our distribution and you take it and assign a new ISBN to the book. (The ISBN is for fulfillment, thus must change when the fulfillment changes.) Now, if someone works for Bowker, they can look up the prefix of the ISBN and see that it was originally issued to the company who purchased it. That part is between you and Bowker, and would be regardless if you use us or not. It does not show us as owner, only as the distribution for fulfillment source. I doubt Bowker will do anything - lots of authors have done this with us and we've never had a problem." This is for persons who want to buy ISBNs from someone who bought a whole package, which now costs $269.50 for 10, plus bar codes as you want them. If you buy the entire package from the start, you own it all. Many authors have bought individual ISBNs.