Three Copies, Two Letters: the Library of Congress filings many self-published authors skip. Publishing a book in the United States means three copies go to the Library of Congress, across two separate filings. Two copies are the copyright deposit, required by law (17 U.S.C. 407). One is the complimentary copy the LCCN program asks for after publication. A lot of self-published authors skip one or both. I did all of this for Calling Out the Shadows, then wrote up the full walkthrough so other authors can follow it, the steps and the statutes behind each one.
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