Don’t forget your Copyright Page !

COMPONENTS TO A BOOK COPYRIGHT PAGE

Generally, the more specific information you put on your copyright page, the more protection you and your book will have.  However, this doesn’t mean you need to go overboard and hire a lawyer to create your copyright page. 

Instead, to have a legitimate copyright page, all you need is:

1. The Copyright Statement or Notice

2. “All rights reserved.” (or similar text)

Yeah…that’s really it.

However, there are a couple more elements that you should consider when creating your copyright page:

1. Publisher’s Name & Address

2. Ordering Information

3. Printing Details and Trademarks

4. Your Website

5. CIP Data Block

6. Edition

7. ISBN(s)

8. Disclaimers

9. Giving Credit

10. Printing Numbers (and/or years)