Cheapest way to get an ISBN and barcode?

In article <4gH7d.28048$Ok.2214@okepread04>,
"Smokinghawk" <smokinghawk DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote:

 > Does anyone sell ISBN and barcode info inexpensively for a single title? I
 > don't need a batch of codes, and I don't want to purchase a publishing
 > package when all I need are just those two things.
 >
 >

You can purchase a 'miscellenous' ISBN from R.R. Bowker, the ISBN
agency. However, such an ISBN isn't 'registered' to any particular
publisher in Books in Print. The most common method is that you buy the
minimum 10 numbers and become an "official, registered" publisher by
having an ISBN prefix in your (company) name.

If someone else offers to sell you one of their ISBNs, keep in mind that
you'll have an ongoing relationship with that person. The ISBN will lead
back to the registered owner. So, inquiries ane even purchase orders
will be directed there, rather than to you.

(Likewise, if you buy 10 ISBNs and then offer to sell individual numbers
to others, you will (1) get orders for books that are published with
your number and (2) open yourself to liability if a book using one of
your numbers should have a copyright violation or if it libels someone.)

To buy your ISBN series, you go to the R.R. Bowker web site
(http://www.bowkerlink.com) ... follow the links to ISBN agency. You'll
pay a registration fee (about $20) and the fee for the numbers. (10 are
$225). Have them sent by email. You don't need to have them "keep your
register" for you. (That's so they can charge you an annual matenance
fee.) You also don't need a SAN (Standard Address Number), although
Bowker will also offer you one. It also doesn't pay to take ads in books
in print or to pay for a bold listing (all profit enhancing features for
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