Disclaimer: If you have ISBN allotted in past, kindly indicate the Email Id used to login to the ISBN System. Please note that if you use a new Email Id, digital linkage b/w the earlier set of ISBN given and new set of ISBN (that will now be allotted) will not be there.
Commercial Publishers are those who sell their books under their brand name and they have their PAN or AADHAAR NO in the name of Publsihing Agency or in the name of the proprietor/ Director of Publishing Agency
Institutional Publishers are those who publish books under some statutory authority and accordingly they do not have a PAN or AADHAAR NO. Example :-Publication Division of Government of India / Central/ States School board / NCERT /NBT/ Publications by Universities.Some proof of Identity of the Insititutional Publishers will be required later in this application.
Individual authors who are based in India, who are self publishing their book from India, should select Individual author
Individual Publisher (other than author) is the individual who is not in the business of commercial publishing (i.e. he is not into commercial publishing) however he is publishing the author's book in his/her individual capacity.The PAN/Aadhaar of the individual publisher will be used.)
Institutional authors are those India based Institutions, who wish to publish their seminar, conference proceedings ,research publications or occassional books. The Organisational ID proof and ISBN request letter will be needed later in this application. Example:- Seminars,books published by corporate houses or NGOs of the applicant.
Please confirm that your Institution is Headquartered in India and you will get the books printed in India