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Please make sure you have all the information about your book and that it’s 100% accurate. We do not accept changes after this form is submitted. Please visit our Required Information page to see exactly what we need from you.

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Client Information

Name(Required)

First Last Suffix

Company/Organization

Contact Email(Required)

Cataloging Package

Which cataloging package do you wish to purchase?(Required)

Required Agreements

Finding Your Delivery Date(Required)

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Accuracy of Information Policy(Required)

I understand and accept it’s my responsibility to provide complete, accurate information about the book in question, and I further understand and accept that I cannot make changes after submission.

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Refund Policy(Required)

All purchases are nonrefundable except in the case of accidental duplicate payments.

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Cataloging Policy(Required)

Five Rainbows reserves the sole and exclusive right to decide how a book should be cataloged.

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Payment Policy(Required)

The Book Information Form must be submitted first, then we will send a PayPal invoice that includes the delivery date. The invoice must be paid in full within 24 hours of the invoice being sent or the order will be cancelled.

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Email Policy(Required)

It is the client’s responsibility to ensure they can receive emails from Five Rainbows and from PayPal. it is also the client’s responsibility to contact us if they do not receive their invoice or PCIP data on time.

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Title & Author Information

Book Title(Required)

Please include only the main title here. Subtitles and other title information should be entered in the Subtitle field below. (If a colon precedes the second part of the title, it is a subtitle.)

Book Subtitle

All other title information goes here — subtitle(s), the main title translated into another language, explanatory info, etc., as long as this info appears on the title page. Series info does NOT belong in this field. We’ll ask for that data later on.

Series Information(Required)

Is this book part of a series?

Yes

No

Series Title(Required)

Examples: The Medical Reference Library, A Jane Smith Mystery, Romance in the Highlands

Series Sequence

If applicable, enter the sequence. Examples: book one, volume 2.

Please list the names of all authors exactly as they appear on the title page, including statements such as “written by ” if they appear there. DO NOT include editors, illustrators, or other non-author contributors here. If the author is also the illustrator, editor, etc., please include that info in the here too exactly as it appears on the title page.

We ask for birth years in case we need to create a name heading for the other authors. The birth year helps us differentiate this author from others with the same name. This is a standard method of creating a unique name heading. You must enter a four-digit year (example: 1968).

Primary Author(Required)

Please enter here the author whose name appears first on the title page. Enter the name exactly as it appears on the title page, including phrases such as “written by” if they appear there.

Full Name

Birth Year

Primary Author's Publication History

To help us determine if the Library of Congress has already created a name heading for this author, you may list up to four of the author’s previously published books.

Primary Author's Country of Residence(Required)

This information may affect some aspects of the cataloging, such as call numbers and subject headings.

Other Contributors

In the “Role” column, enter the role the contributor played in the book’s creation, such as illustrator or editor, and be sure to enter it exactly as it appears on the title page including phrases such as “edited by” if they appear there. Click the plus sign (+) to add additional contributors. Do NOT enter “contributor” or another generic term as the role. Be specific. If what you enter is generic, we’ll assume all contributors are authors.

Name

Role

Birth Year

LCCN/PCN

This is the Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN), also known as a Preassigned Control Number (PCN). An LCCN is ten digits long and is NOT the same as an ISBN.

Choose one of these options:(Required)

This book will NOT be available in ebook format.

This book WILL be available in ebook format, but it DOES NOT have an ISBN.

This book WILL be available in ebook format, and I DO have an ISBN.

Choose one of these options:(Required)

This book will NOT be available in audiobook format.

This book WILL be available in audiobook format, but the audiobook does NOT have an ISBN.

This book WILL be available in audiobook format, and the audiobook DOES have an ISBN.

Choose one of these options:(Required)

This book will NOT be available in print format (paperback, hardcover, etc.).

This book WILL be available in print format (paperback, hardcover, etc.).

ISBNs(Required)

Please enter the ISBNs for all available formats. These must be included in your cataloging data. “Format” refers to the version of the book the ISBN applies to, such as paperback or ebook. Click the plus sign (+) to add more ISBNs. IMPORTANT: If you simply enter “print” as the format, we will assume paperback.

ISBN

Format

Publication Information

Publication Year(Required)

Please enter the four-digit year in which the current edition of the book will be (or was) published.

Publication Status(Required)

Has the book already been published?

Yes

No

Dimensions(Required)

Please enter the book’s height in inches or centimeters.

Page Count(Required)

Please enter the total page count for the book.

Projected Publication Date

If you wish, you may include the projected publication date in your MARC record(s). If you don’t know the exact date, you may simply enter “01” in the day field.

MM slash DD slash YYYY

Publisher Name(Required)

Publisher Location(Required)

Please provide the following information for the main office of the publisher releasing the current edition of the book.

City

State/Province

Country

List Price Information

You may elect to include the list price for any formats in which the book will be available. Click the + (plus) sign to add another entry.

Format

List Price

Edition Statement

Enter the edition statement ONLY IF it appears on the title page of the book. An edition statement would be “2nd edition,” “revised edition,” or something similar.

Content Details

Language

If the book is not in English, or if it is multilingual, please enter a note here explaining which languages are included and in what manner they are used. You may also mention if the text includes musical notation or other non-alphabetic content.

Supporting Material

Please check the boxes to indicate if the book contains or is packaged with any of these items:

Index

Bibliography

Audio CD

Audio cassette

Data CD

Data DVD

Video DVD

Video cassette

Supporting Material

Please check the boxes to indicate if the book contains either of the following:

Index

Bibliography

Is the index included in the ebook version?(Required)

Yes

No

Is the bibliography included in the ebook version?(Required)

Yes

No

Does the book include inserts?(Required)

Yes

No

Inserts Description(Required)

Please describe any Insert(s), such as a map that can be removed from the book. Foldout pages do not count as inserts unless they’re removable.

Literary Form(Required)

If the book contains multiple forms of content, please choose the predominant form.

Literary Form(Required)

If the book contains multiple forms of content, please choose the predominant form.

Genre

If desired, please list the genre(s) that best fit the book.

Children's/Young Adult Content(Required)

Is this book aimed at children or young adults (17 years & under)?

Yes

No

Brief Book Summary(Required)

Please provide a brief, one-sentence summary of the book which will be included in your PCIP data block only. We may shorten and/or rewrite this to suit the needs of PCIP data. Limit of 100 characters.

Biographical Content(Required)

Is this book primarily a biography (individual or collective)?

Yes

No

Type of Biography(Required)

Please choose the type of biography from the list below.

Autobiography

Individual biography

Collective biography

Other

Does this book have any illustrations?(Required)

Yes

No

Geographic Locations

If certain geographic locations play an important role in the book, please list one or two of them. List them in order of importance. We may or may not make use of these locations in cataloging your book. The maximum is four locations. Click the + (plus) sign to add a row.

MARC-Specific Content Details

MARC-Specific Literary Form(Required)

For your MARC record(s), you have the option to choose from a specific set of literary forms.

Primary Content Type

If a significant portion of the book consists of one of the following types of content, please select which one applies.

MARC-Specific Illustration Types(Required)

Please choose from the list which types of illustrations appear in the book. You may choose up to four. If you choose more than four, we will take the first four selected and ignore the rest.

General illustrations

Maps

Charts

Plates

Music

Facsimiles

Coats of arms

Genealogical tables

Forms

Samples

Phonodisc, phonowire, etc.

Photographs

Illuminations

Other Information

BISAC Subject Headings

If you’ve assigned BISAC headings to the book, you may list them here and we will consider including them, though we reserve the right to choose alternate headings if we deem them more appropriate. Please enter only one heading in each box. If you don’t enter any BISAC headings, we will choose at least one for you.

The following information will help us catalog your book more accurately. Please take care in choosing the keywords and description, as these are the most important tools in ensuring your book is cataloged the best it can be.

KEYWORDS: These should be words or short phrases that encapsulate the book’s primary themes and subject matter. Think of these as terms your readers might enter into a search engine to find this type of book.

You may choose up to six keywords, but you must enter at least one.

DESCRIPTION: This is NOT a blurb or promotional text. Describe the book’s primary themes and subject matter as succinctly as possible to give us a clear vision of the book’s content.

Keywords/Phrases(Required)

Enter only one keyword/phrase per box. Maximum of thirty characters per keyword/phrase. You must enter at least one keyword/phrase.

Book Description(Required)

You may enter no more than 750 characters, including spaces. This should be a brief, plain-language description of the book’s content, not ad copy, and it should not be identical to the back cover blurb. If the book includes jargon specific to a particular discipline, please explain that here. Your description will be kept confidential. Even if the book is written in a language other than English, your description here must be in English.

Target Audience

Age Group(Required)

Age Group(Required)

Grade Level

Here you may enter the school grade level this book is aimed at, or a range of grades. Examples: grades 9-12, 5th grade, 7th & up.

Book Summary for WorldCat

You may choose to include a brief summary of your book for inclusion in WorldCat. This summary is normally the blurb from the back cover of the book. If you include a summary, it will be publicly visible in WorldCat.

Although this summary will be included in the record uploaded to SkyRiver, that catalog has no publicly viewable website.

** NOTE: We do not read your book summary. Any information needed to help us catalog your book should’ve been included in the book description you entered on a previous page. **

You may enter no more than 250 characters, including spaces.

The summary must NOT include line breaks as these are ignored in MARC records, and the summary must be plain text only. No special characters are permitted either, except those provided for in the MARC-8 character sets. We will remove any formatting that doesn’t adhere to these requirements.

WorldCat Summary

One Last Thing…

You’re almost done! Just complete the verification below, click Submit Your Information, and then your information will be sent to us.

Certification of Accuracy(Required)

I certify that I have checked my submission and all information is correct, and also accept that any changes made after the form is submitted will require a full resubmission.

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