Library of Congress Control Number

Eligibility for Library Sales with a Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) - $75

Libraries use the Library of Congress's database, as well as other databases to stay up to date on available titles. If you wish to make it easier for libraries to purchase your book, it is essential that you obtain a Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) - a unique identification number that the Library of Congress assigns and uses for cataloging and other book processing activities - in order for your book to be considered for inclusion in the Library of Congress database and catalog.

$75 fee includes facilitating your application for an LCCN and any prepress graphics work to add your book's LCCN to the copyright page of your book (manuscript submissions only).

Remember, an LCCN only allows you to be considered for the Library of Congress database. Final determination of works selected and catalogued is made by selection officers and recommending officers in compliance with Library of Congress collection development policies upon receipt of the printed book.

The following types of books are ineligible for a listing in the Library of Congress catalogs:

• Books which do not list a U.S. city as place of publication on the title page or copyright page
• eBooks
• Items under 50 pages with the exception of genealogies and children's literature
• Government documents
• Religious instructional materials
• Expendable educational materials
• Transitory or consumable materials
• Translations except Spanish
• Textbooks below the college level