Application for Publishers

The publisher of the book applies for an ISBN.

Definition of Publisher

A publisher is a person or company/organization that issues a publication. The name entered in the "Publisher" field on the application for an ISBN must be the same as the publisher that will be specified in the book. An author who publishes a book through a publisher does not have to apply for an ISBN, since that will be taken care of by the publisher.

If two or more people publish a publication jointly, we recommend that only one of you applies for the ISBN.

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Definition of Suppliers of Legal Deposit

• The supplier who printed or otherwise duplicated the publication
• The supplier who ordered printing or pressing of the publication abroad
• The supplier who publishes electronic documents on CD-ROM or other portable storage media
• The supplier who publishes "combined material", meaning a printed publication plus a videogram, audiocassette, or comparable, in which case the entire material must be deposited at the same time
• The supplier who distributes a publication produced abroad in Sweden, in which case the publication must have a Swedish connection and be imported in a significant number of copies.