Tools
Instruments for the work.
Each one calculates or writes something a book needs. None of them files anything with Bowker. A number is a check. A cost is a range. A page is text you can copy.
Colophon
The note at the back of the book.
Copyright page
The legal front matter.
Edition line
Edition, printing, year.
ISBN check
The check digit, calculated.
Barcode
An EAN from a valid ISBN-13.
Spine
Page count and paper, in inches.
CIP block
The library cataloging paragraph.
BISAC
Subject codes for the record.
Rights packet
One sheet from a title on the list.
Print worksheet
A planning range, not a quote.
Colophon builder
Blank lines are left out. The imprint and place start from the house record.
The note
This first edition was published in 2026 by A Fiendish Publishing Co., New Mexico, United States.
Copyright page
The legal front matter. Distinct from the colophon.
The page
Copyright © 2026 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of the copyright holder, except for brief quotations in a review. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is coincidental. First edition, 2026 Published by A Fiendish Publishing Co. New Mexico, United States Cataloging-in-Publication data is available from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America
Edition line
The line that goes on the copyright page.
The line
First edition, first printing, 2026
ISBN check
The last character is a check on the others. Hyphenation is only applied to the house block.
Waiting
Enter an ISBN-10 or ISBN-13. Hyphens and spaces are ignored.
Barcode
A valid ISBN-13 becomes an EAN for a jacket or a bookseller card.
Valid. This number is inside the house block 979-8-9984864.
Spine
Page count and paper stock, in inches. An estimate, not a dummy.
Pages per inch are trade estimates. A printer’s dummy is the authority.
Spine
0.727 in
18.5 mm
CIP block
The cataloging paragraph a library or Bowker record expects.
The block
Author, Name
Title / Author. — First edition.
New Mexico : A Fiendish Publishing Co., 2026.
— pagesBISAC
Subject codes for the record. A working list, not the whole taxonomy.
A short working list, not the whole taxonomy. Three codes is the usual Bowker maximum.
Kept
Choose up to three.
Rights packet
A title on the record, written as one sheet. Specimens are not on it.
The packet
RIGHTS PACKET A Fiendish Publishing Co. Title: Margin of Error Author: Nicholas P. Leone Imprint: A Fiendish Publishing Co. Place of publication: New Mexico, United States Catalog: No. 001 Form: Short novel, about 41,000 words Genre: Forensic tragedy · Thriller Status: 15 November 2026 Edition: First edition, 15 November 2026 ISBN (Ebook): 979-8-9984864-0-1 ISBN (Paperback): 979-8-9984864-1-8 ISBN (Hardback): 979-8-9984864-2-5 ISBN prefix: 979-8-9984864 Language: English Availability: Releases 15 November 2026 Offered for inquiry: English reprint; Translation; Audio Not offered: a named retailer. None is named until an edition is for sale. Layout specimens are not on this packet. Rights: rights@nleone.us Author: Nicholas P. Leone
Print worksheet
A planning range. Not a quote, and not a named printer.
A planning range from public print-on-demand style figures. Not a quote, and not a named printer.
The range
$4.21–$5.95
per copy
$842.25–$1189.06
for the run