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While you can register your own works (Click here to find out how), if you are short on time, you can enlist the help of Wordclay. Here are the services Wordclay offers:

If you sell your manuscript to a publisher or use one of the many POD publishers, the publisher you work with will affix their own ISBN. But if you decide to self-publish, you will need to purchase your own ISBN. The only place to buy ISBNs is through RR Bowker. The following article is the Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) page from RR Bowker's site . . .

SAN, or Standard Address Number, is a quality control number in the publishing industry. It helps suppliers and retailers with conducting transactions. Whether you need a SAN number or not depends on how you plan to build your publishing business. The following FAQ from RR Bowker will help you decide if you should purchase a SAN for your business and how to use it.

Once your work is put in a tangible form (book, ebook, audio book, etc.) you own the copyright. The following information is taken directly from the copyright office's website and this is where you need to go to register your work if you choose to do so. While registration is not required, the fee is inexpensive and if your work is registered it can help you recover more in damages in the event of a lawsuit.