Eligibility for Cataloging in Library of Congress 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 that are already published
• Books which do not list a U.S. city as place of publication on the title page or copyright page
• Books for which Cataloging in Publication data has been (or will be) requested
• eBooks (i.e. books published in electronic format)
• Serials
• Government documents
• Items under 50 pages with the exception of genealogies and children's literature
• Textbooks below the college level
• Items not intended for wide distribution to libraries
• Religious instructional materials
• Expendable educational materials
• Transitory or consumable materials
• Translations except Spanish
• Mass market paperbacks
• Single articles reprinted from periodicals and other serials
• Audiovisual materials including mixed media and computer software
• Music scores
• Most microforms

For more information or clarification of these terms, please visit the Library of Congress website.