Distribution & Metadata
Implement ISNI across books and imprints: verify contributor identities, reconcile backlist records, prevent duplicates, and deliver identifiers through ONIX.
Publishing Standards Brief
Issue 003 covers Google Search profiles, Anthropic rightsholder allocations, KDP 18-month preorders, and EPUB Annotations 1.0 with four practical publisher records.
Author & Publisher Business
KDP now allows Kindle eBook preorders up to 18 months in advance for preorders created on or after September 2, 2026. Use a release-control record to avoid long-range metadata and production errors.
Copyright & Rights
Anthropic settlement allocation disputes show why publishers need a title-level record for legal owners, beneficial owners, reversions, contracts, claim percentages, and payment decisions.
Publishing Standards Brief
The September 19 Publishing Standards Brief covers Google AI Search controls, AI-era rights provenance, AI disclosure, and EPUB Accessibility 1.2.
Distribution & Metadata
W3C issued a September 2026 draft of EPUB Accessibility 1.2. Use this release gate for content, conformance, metadata, evaluation, and reader support.
Distribution & Metadata
Google has rolled out worldwide controls and reporting for publisher visibility in AI Search. Use this framework to decide, test, document, and review participation.
Publishing
Discover the hidden publishing standards behind ISBNs, metadata, rights, print files, ebooks, accessibility, distribution, edition control, and professional book production.
Publishing
Understand publishing rights, publisher-of-record status, ISBN publisher prefixes, outside-service ISBNs, copyright ownership, imprints, and the written agreements required before releasing a book.
Publishing
Learn what modern publishing standards require for copyright, ISBNs, metadata, editing, print production, EPUB files, retailer compliance, distribution, and professional quality control.
