Let’s get straight to the quick: If you’re considering to do Poor Man’s Copyright, where you take your work and mail it to yourself and never open it, don’t bother because it doesn’t even work and isn’t even real. (Also, this is for the US writers and our copyright system). I have a background of... Continue Reading →
CIP, Cataloging-In-Publication, LCCN, Library of Congress – I worked there, let me tell you how things work”
I always think it’s a little weird for me to send in my works to the LCCN/CIP department at the Library of Congress. LCCN stands for “Library of Congress Control Number”. CIP stands for “Cataloging in Publication”. What it is (pulled from the website): “The Cataloging in Publication (CIP) Program creates bibliographic records for forthcoming... Continue Reading →
