How do I get a ISBN for a book that is not a self publishing ISBN.?

I want to market my own novel. I do not want to self publish at least not in the normal sense. I want a regular ISBN number like on most books that are published. How do I get it? How do I do it?|||You may obtain an ISBN through R.R. Bowker at this link: http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/index鈥?/a> There is not a real differentiation between a self-published ISBN and any other type. They are simply unique identifiers used to distinguish one title from another, like a social security number, as books, like people, can have similar or the same names. Each publishing house has their own prefixes (Dorrance Publishing for example uses both 0-8059- and 1-4349-), and unless you have your book produced though an existing publisher with its own ISBN numbers, you will more than likely need to obtain one on your own. In any case, please be assured that one ISBN number obtained through R. R. Bowker is as legitimate as any other.|||Some of the digits in an ISBN identify the publisher, so it's the publisher who allocates ISBNs to books. To put it another way, who you publish with will determine the ISBN your book has. The only way to get a "regular" ISBN (whatever that is) is to publish with a "regular" publisher.|||You don't. Your publisher does.





If you don't have a traditional publisher and are marketing your book yourself, that would be the textbook definition of self-publishing.