Company/Publisher Name: Generally, it is the name under which you will be publishing most of your titles. If you have a publishing d/b/a (doing business as) you should indicate that name here.

Address: This is the editorial address for your firm or your main mailing address. If your local street address is a home address, you may opt not to have it published by indicating DO NOT PUBLISH.

However, we MUST have ONE address for publication in our directories.

Phone: Your firm's main telephone number should be listed here. If you are a self-publishing author and we need to get in touch with you regarding your application, it is best to provide a day phone. The number you provide will be published unless you clearly indicate that it is not for publication. For toll free numbers, please provide numeric characters only.

Rights & Permissions Contact: Please advise if for foreign, domestic, or both.

ISMN Coordinator This is the name and position of the person within your firm who will complete the application for ISMN assignment & be responsible for the assignment of ISMNs to your publications & completing title information forms.

Division or Subsidiary of: Only indicate division or subsidiary of another company if it applies to your firm.

Imprints: These are other names under which your firm is also publishing. For example, if the music publishing company name is Music, Incorporated that publishes a line of classical printed music called CLASSICAL REVISIONS, then CLASSICAL REVISIONS would be listed as an imprint of Music, Inc.

Payment: A service charge is the fee for our processing services. The service charge is NON-REFUNDABLE. Please ensure that you will in fact be publishing your own title(s) and that your publication requires an ISMN.

Processing Information: Processing time for an ISMN application is 10 business days (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are not business days) from the date of our receipt of the completed form (provided there are no problems with the application). This means that the application is inhouse for that length of time; ISMNs will be mailed to publishers after this processing period is completed.

Priority Processing: The ISMN Agency provides this service for an additional charge of $50 on top of the service charge. This is a three business day turnaround from the date of our receipt of the application (provided there are no problems with the application).

Indicate year you started publishing: We only require the year you started publishing items and products that are within the scope of ISMN assignment.

Distribution Information: Do not list retail stores, only companies that will be ordering from you for placement in retail outlets.

• Complete the application for ISMN Publisher Prefix in its entirety.

• Include the full account number & expiration date if paying by credit card. Indicate the amount for regular or priority processing.

• Make checks/payments payable to: R.R. Bowker.

* Note: Credit Cards are the preferred form of payment

YOUR EMAIL: The email address will be used to send an acknowledgement upon receiving your electronic application.

Please Note: The priority service is either by e-mail or courier service, but NOT both.