Bahamas - Apply for International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To apply for Apply for International Standard Book Number (ISBN), the applicant will have to contact the Regional ISBN Agency. Please tap on the following link to view contact details Link
2. Make sure to have all the documents that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
3. An application form will be provided to the applicant upon visiting the agency.
4. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary information in the application form.
5. Submit the application form with necessary attachments to the office.
6. Pay the fee as given in the “Fees” section of this page.
7. After the completion and verification of all the documents, the ISBN will be provided.
8. The processing time for ISBN requests is 14 working days from receipt of the correctly completed form.

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Required Documents

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e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & Contacts

The Bahamas
Mrs. Rosemary Munroe-Whylly
Library Associate
National ISBN Agency
The College of the Bahamas
P.O. Box N-4912
Nassau
Tel: (242) 302-4552/4554/4517
Fax: (242) 326-7834
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact Link
Website Link

Eligibility

The Regional ISBN Agency will be responsible for the assignment of the ISBN Registrant Element to eligible publishers with a residence or office in the Caribbean and who are publishing their titles within the Caribbean.
Regional/National Agencies will not assign ISBNs to publishers based outside of the Caribbean Region. All communication will be between the Agency and the Caribbean-based company.


Examples of publishers’ products to which an ISBN shall be assigned are:

• Printed books and pamphlets
• Individual chapters or sections of a publication if these are made available separately
• Braille publications
• Publications which are not intended by the publisher to be regularly updated or continued indefinitely
• Individual articles  or issues of a particular continuing resource (but not the continuing resource in its entirety)
• Maps
• Educational/instructional films, videos and transparencies
• Audio books on cassettes or CD or DVD (talking books)
• Electronic publications either on physical carriers (such as machine-readable tapes, diskettes, CD-Roms) or on the Internet (for download or streaming)
• Digitised copies of print monographic publications
• Microform publications
• Educational or instructional software
• Mixed media publications (where the principal constituent is text-based).
• Journals, periodicals, serials, newspapers (Continuing resources ) in their entirety (although single issues or articles where these are made available separately may be assigned ISBN as well) (see  Link Abstract entities  such as textual works and other abstract creations of intellectual or artistic content (see Link)
• Ephemeral printed materials such as advertising matter and the like
• Printed music (see [ttp://www.ismn-international.org Link])
• Music sound recordings
• Art prints and art folders without title page and text
• Personal documents (such as electronic curriculum vitae or personal profile)
• Software that is intended for any purpose other than educational or instructional
• Electronic bulletin boards
• Email and other electronic correspondence
• Greeting cards
• Games.

Fees

• Click here to view the processing and registration fee details Link
• A priority fee of US$25.00 is payable for each single ISBN and applies only to single ISBN requests, while US$50.00 is payable for all other requests.

Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• The processing time for ISBN requests is 14 working days from receipt of the correctly completed form.
• Priority service includes return of the ISBN Registrant Element and numbers within 24 hours of receipt, provided there are no problems with the application.

Related Videos

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Instructions

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required Information

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e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or Country of Birth.

Need for the Document

An ISBN is an International Standard Book Number. ISBNs consist of 13 digits. The number is calculated using a specific mathematical formula and includes a check digit to validate it.

Information which might help

Click here to view FAQ’s regarding ISBN Link

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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Others

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