Once you have your LCCN, it goes on the copyright page of your book. The formatting is described in the email or letter you get from the PCN office.. There is a follow-up step required once you publish your book, and that is to send a copy of the book (a nice copy, not a proof or flawed one) to the Library of Congress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nADDRESS<\/h3>\n
Library of Congress
\nUS & Publisher Liaison Division
\nCataloging in Publication Program
\n101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
\nWashington, DC 20540-4283<\/span><\/p>\nSending the copy for the LCCN is not the same as sending two copies for your copyright obligation. Loose ends tied.<\/p>\n
CHANGE OF ADDRESS<\/h4>\n
I established my publishing company, Agapi tis Glossas<\/em>\u00a0(Greek for Love of Language), in NY and have since moved to FL. This necessitated a change of address for the company\u2014not quite as simple as it at first seemed. New York merely required a cancellation of the company name via a standard form and charged no fee. Florida required filing either an electronic\u00a0 or a PDF form accompanied by a fee.\u00a0 Go to http:\/\/sunbiz.org, click on “Forms and Fees,” and follow the directions.<\/p>\nEach state probably differs so you’ll have to do your own research to determine the requirements for your state. My publishing company was formed as an individual proprietorship, not a corporation or partnership, because I am the only\u00a0 principal. In Florida an individual proprietorship is called a “Fictitious Name,”\u2014go figure\u2014and the fee is fifty dollars. Yep, $50! This is only applicable if you have established a publishing company and have moved .<\/p>\n
FONTS<\/h4>\n
If you decide you want to use a font other than the ones provided by Microsoft you can find them on the internet. Some are free but others can be costly. I use Times New Roman, 12 pts. for my text but I chose a more dramatic font for my title, in the case of “CHANCE” I am using URSA. It’s free. Thank you Jim Pearson, the designer.<\/p>\n
BOOK COVER<\/h4>\n
I was particularly lucky to find Roy A. Mauritsen for the cover of The Riddle of Riddles<\/em>, and was stewing over how to duplicate that good fortune when I asked my wife for her ideas of what the cover should look like. She drew a picture of a desolate road leading away to nowhere. I immediately recalled some photographs my brothers and I had taken on one of our motorcycle trips out west. I brought them up on the computer and knew she had found the answer.<\/p>\nThe problem is that the photos needed some editing and I do not know how to use PhotoShop. My attempts to alter the photos, although the changes were minor in scope, were unsuccessful. One of the writers in the Dunedin Writers Group told me his brother was a designer capable of accomplishing what I needed. I queried him, send him the photos, and we are in the process of fine tuning those photos as of this posting. Loose ends still untied.<\/p>\n
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