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GPub: Go Publishing for Glift
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Support for CIP or LCCN on copyright page #40

Open dormerod opened 9 years ago

dormerod commented 9 years ago

A lot of books have either a Cataloging in Publication (CIP) listing or Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) on the bottom half of their copyright page.

Both these things are used by libraries to manage their collections and Go books should have one or the other if there's a possibility that they're ever going to be cataloged by libraries.

One difference between the CIP and LCCN is that the CIP is harder for self publishers to apply successfully for (you need to be a publishing company which has published at least three books by different authors), but they can still qualify for an LCCN. Also, the CIP is a block of text with various metadata, while the LCCN is just another number (first four digits for the year, followed by six digits, like 2015123456) underneath the ISBN.

As far as I know, they're mutually exclusive.

I'm planning to apply for one or the other (CIP first) for books published by GGG.

artasparks commented 9 years ago

Is this an issue for after relentless?

dormerod commented 9 years ago

It's relevant to Relentless too. How about I do the paperwork first and get back to when we hear back about it?

dormerod commented 8 years ago

Since Go books aren't likely to be widely distributed in libraries, going with the LCCN seems good enough (after some more research).

The LCCN is also easier to implement, because it's just another number. I'll send you a pull request.