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The book business may be flat, but theres at least one bright spot. Most selfpublishing companies either provide their own isbn to a title or can. Shalen holt, colors of zaki to talk to a publishing services. A personal brands reputation online is built through a strong. The isbn is registered to us so that we may act on your behalf with distribution and other activities.
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