Bought ISBN(s) for your book? Congratulations!
Now it’s time to incorporate that into your book cover. But you can’t just put the numbers on the cover as it is. You must convert it into a barcode for easy scanning by the barcode-scanning machines. Barcodes make it easy for retailers and libraries to catalog the book into their systems.
How do you convert a ISBN into a barcode?
Bowker, the ISBN agency in the USA, offers to create the barcode for a small fee. But don’t pay a penny to create the barcode to anyone. Creating barcodes is very easy and free.
Here’s a handy guide on creating ISBN barcodes for free.
Have you been able to create your ISBN barcode by following this guide? What other ways you use to create ISBN barcodes without paying anyone?
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