(ISBN), write to:  ISBN, R. R. Bowker, 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, NJ 07974.  Call (877) 310-7333.  For further information and to apply online, see [http://www.bowker.com/standards/].  For information on International Standard Serial Numbering (ISSN), write to:  Library of Congress, National Serials Data Program, Serial Record Division, Washington, D. C. 20540-4160.  Call (202) 707-6452.  Or obtain information from [http://www.loc.gov/issn/].

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EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGISTRATION

A copyright registration is effective on the date the Copyright Office receives all the required elements in acceptable form, regardless of how long it then takes to process the application and mail the certificate of registration.  The time the Copyright Office requires to process an application varies, depending on the amount of material the Office is receiving.

If you apply for copyright registration, you will not receive an acknowledgment that your application has been received (the Office receives more than 600,000 applications annually), but you can expect: 

  + A letter or a telephone call from a Copyright Office staff member if
    further information is needed or

  + A certificate of registration indicating that the work has been
    registered, or if the application cannot be accepted, a letter
    explaining why it has been rejected.

Requests to have certificates available for pickup in the Public Information Office or to have certificates sent by Federal Express or another mail service cannot be honored.

If you want to know the date that the Copyright Office receives your material, send it by registered or certified mail and request a return receipt.

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CORRECTIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS OF EXISTING REGISTRATIONS

To correct an error in a copyright registration or to amplify the information given in a registration, file a supplementary registration form —­ Form CA [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/formca.pdf] —­ with the Copyright Office.  The filing fee is $65. (See Note above.) The information in a supplementary registration augments but does not supersede that contained in the earlier registration.  Note also that a supplementary registration is not a substitute for an original registration, for a renewal registration, or for recording a transfer of ownership.  For further information about supplementary registration, request Circular 8 “Supplementary Copyright Registration” [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ08.pdf].

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MANDATORY DEPOSIT FOR WORKS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES