Step-by-step instructions for setting up your account in MyIdentifiers, Here you can view your current assigned and unassigned ISBNs, also add title metadata which can be submitted to Bowker. Bowker is one of the world's largest suppliers of bibliographic metadata to libraries, and wholesale/retail booksellers alike.

1. MyIdentifiers Guide
Please go to our newer online access system site https://www.myidentifiers.com to
view your current assigned and unassigned ISBN’s. Click on Sign In - located in the
top right corner of the Home page.
Enter your username and password and click on Sign In (see above image). A new
page will appear with your name and company name along the top, hold your curser
over “My Account” and then click on “Manage ISBNs”. A new page will load and
you will be presented with your ISBN Logbook.
To view the company’s address and communication details, hold over My
Account, and scroll down to My Profile Data (towards bottom of drop down box),
you will have the choice of either My Profile - to add/edit/delete additional users to
access your account or My Company – to update your company details.
When you are ready to register a new title, click on an “Assign Title” for your chosen
ISBN or click on the ISBN and it will take you to a blank title record for you to
complete. To access an existing title, click on the ISBN. You will then be presented
with the first page of the title record.

2. Title & Cover
Please ensure all mandatory fields indicated by a Red Asterisk are completed
correctly. Once you complete the Title & Cover page, you will see a blue bar at the
bottom (see below image) that says “Go to: Contributors”. Click on this to take
you through to the next page. The system contains the same layout, so as you can
click forward or backwards through the title record pages, until you are ready to save
your entry.

3. Contributors
To add a contributor you must first click on Add Contributor (see below image).
When you have completed the contributors, and all mandatory fields, click on “Go to:
Format & Size” at the bottom of the screen to take you through to the next page.
Format & Size
This page consists of mostly drop down menu boxes, from which you can select the
most appropriate choice’s that fit your title. If you are in any doubt to what you should
select or how to complete a certain field, click on the question mark next to the
corresponding field and this will tell you more information (see below image). The
Medium will need to correspond with the Format. A wide selection is available for
you to choose from. When choosing a Primary Subject, please select that of the
closest to your title. Once this page is complete, scroll down to the bottom of the
page and click on “Go to: Sales & Pricing”.

4. Sales & Pricing
This is the last page of the title record. Again, drop down menu selection is to be
made on most fields. Once you have entered details for one Sales Country, if an
additional country needs to be listed, click on the drop down menu in the field
of “Where is this Title Sold” and select another country. A new page will open for
you to complete for that additional sales country. You will then see a row of your
Sales Countries along the top, indicated by their countries flags.

5. Once you have completed the Sales & Pricing page, scroll down and click on
“SUBMIT” to save your entry or updates.
IMPORTANT: If a field does not apply to the title, please leave this blank, i.e. do not
enter 0 or N/A. All the mandatory fields must be filled in (fields with the red asterisk)
or else you will get a warning telling you the information is not complete. The warning
will provide you with where and what the error is. Go back to the field and correct or
complete and click on SUBMIT again to save. You will be asked to click on OK, to
save successfully. The ISBN will then appear in your ISBN Logbook as Processing
Information, indicated by a yellow circle with a blue triangle inside. The key to the
title record status process indications can be found above the ISBN Logbook (see
below image).
If you have any questions or need advice while using the MyIdentifiers system,
please do not hesitate to contact us at bip.bowkerlink@bowker.com The Bowker
team will be happy to provide assistance.