Last updated on 3rd July 2020
isbn.gov.in, the Indian government agency that allots ISBN numbers, has allotted ISBN 978-93-5407-945-0 (without hyphens: 9789354079450) for the paperback version (A4 size) of my book: Indian Computer Science & Information Technology Academic Reform (Past) Activism Blog Book. Note that recently I had got the ISBN for hardback (A4 size) version of the same book.
The pic below shows the allotment details.
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I must add that this application process went through very fast. The first level ISBN application (new application) was done today, 1st July very early morning at 00:35. I was informed by email of approval of first level application around 1.34 PM today (1st July). I submitted the 2nd level application around 3 PM today. When I checked isbn.gov.in portal around 9.50 PM today (1st July), I was very pleasantly surprised to see that the ISBN had been allotted! So the whole process got over within 22 hours (or slightly lesser if ISBN had got allotted by 5 or 6 PM itself). Note that there is no email typically from isbn.gov.in for allotment of ISBN. I have to login on their website periodically and check if it has been allotted.
Now I have to add the ISBN number in the title-verso page of the paperback book, use Pothi.com cover creator tool to generate an ISBN barcode which will go in the back cover of the book, add price info. to back cover, and then submit the changed cover page and interior book contents for paperback book to Pothi.com for review. I hope to get that done in the near future.
