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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chern Ann" data-source="post: 1134961" data-attributes="member: 14400">Free ISBNsOK I'm a brand spanking newbie to En World, so apologies in advance for any accidental slip ups.First, I run CoolMiniOrNot.com.  It's a miniatures "Hot or Not" site that I've been running for about 2 years now.  So we're in the same general hobby if not the same niche <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.The reason I stumbled onto En World was because I saw mentions of it twice in one week, once online and the 2nd time in a back issue of KOTD that I just picked up.I've just started carrying miniature related downloads in my online store (ie paper models) so naturally when I visited the site I was drawn to the e-publishing forum.Second, for those interested in the print route, I just published a hardback print edition of our first ever annual.  A 104 page, hard cover full colour book cost $11,500 to print 1000 copies in Singapore and have them shipped to the US on 150gsm paper.  Costs for 2000 copies would have been $15,000 but I wasn't confident of selling that many.  Images of the book are here: <a href="http://www.coolminiornot.com/book.php" target="_blank">http://www.coolminiornot.com/book.php</a>.  A black and white 100 page book would probably have cost $5000 for 1000 copies.  I can give the name of the printers I used if anyone is interested, they were very professional and took everything we had in Quark format with 300 dpi TIFF files for pictures.  I'd imagine for hot selling items this may be a more profitable route to reach more people.Third, and this is the meat of it.  ISBNs in Singapore are free. The only condition is you deposit two copies at the national library, which, for a POD or electronic book, is not going to be a big issue I imagine.  There are no restrictions on residence in Singapore to be considered a "Singapore publisher", although you need a Singapore correspondence address and fax number I imagine.  Turn around time for your ISBN is THREE DAYS.I don't think there'll be a huge deluge of people taking me up on my offer, which is why I'm offering.  If you like, I can assist in processing ISBNs for you folk, I imagine the reason it's free is due to the dearth of publishing in Singapore at the moment.You can find out the relevant details here:<a href="http://www.nlb.gov.sg/aboutus/abtus_isbn.asp" target="_blank">http://www.nlb.gov.sg/aboutus/abtus_isbn.asp</a>I'd personally suggest avoiding a mad gold rush and at least appearing to have some kind of correspondence address in Singapore so that these guys don't close this avenue to foreigners.I can be reached at <a href="mailto:chernann@coolminiornot.com">chernann@coolminiornot.com</a>, in case you're wondering.</blockquote>

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