METADATA, ISBN AND DISTRIBUTION
Prepare clear book information for the retailers.
Bring your title, description, edition details and platform decisions into one consistent record. Get a practical preparation pack for your chosen KDP or IngramSpark route while keeping your own accounts and publishing identity.
One consistent record
For first editions and existing books with missing or inconsistent information. The starter scope covers one title, up to two formats and up to two agreed platforms.
Keep your title, edition data and reader-facing information together, with gaps marked and your decisions recorded.
Quote after scope
Deliverables, total price and delivery date agreed in writing.
What the preparation pack includes
A practical record you can review, update and use for your agreed publishing route.
Your metadata master
- An editable metadata master for the agreed title and formats, with gaps and inconsistencies marked.
Your book description
- One book-description draft based on your synopsis and supplied material, with one revision round.
Keywords and categories
- Suggested keyword and category directions for your approval, checked against the chosen platforms' current guidance.
Edition and platform checks
- An ISBN and edition checklist showing where your identifier and imprint details must match.
- A platform preparation checklist covering information, files and approval steps for the agreed route.
Clear boundaries from the start
What is outside this scope
The starter service excludes ISBN purchases, account verification, tax or banking setup, editing and formatting book files, cover design, print costs, physical proofs, advertising and retailer disputes. Upload assistance is quoted separately. Platform acceptance, retailer placement, rankings and sales remain outside our control.
Your publishing identity stays yours
You create and control your accounts and choose your ISBN arrangements. Mystic Publishing does not supply its imprint for your book, become your publisher or take a royalty share. Do not send passwords or financial account information.
From scattered details to a usable record
01
Share your starting point
Tell us about your book, intended formats and preferred platforms. For an existing edition, include public retailer links and the ISBN details you control.
02
Agree the work
We clarify the gaps and the help requested, then set out the deliverables, exclusions, total price and delivery date. You decide whether to proceed.
03
Review and approve
Review your preparation pack, resolve the marked questions and approve your book information. Any upload assistance is agreed and quoted separately.
See what a metadata check looks for
An example of the metadata check
Illustrative example only. The fields depend on the chosen platforms.
- Title and subtitle: match the cover, title page, ISBN registration and platform record.
- Formats: record paperback and ebook information separately and confirm their identifier requirements.
- Description: make the reader promise clear and remove unsupported claims.
- Approval: record your approval before any upload or publication.
Start with the free guides
Start free: read about book metadata, ISBNs and imprints or distribution routes.
Need an assessment, a second opinion on existing work or suggestions about a different publishing question? Describe the issue in your enquiry. We will explain what we can help with and agree a scope before any paid work.
Bring your book details together.
Send your synopsis, proposed formats and current title information. For an existing edition, include public retailer links and ISBN details you control. We confirm the deliverables, exclusions, total price and delivery date in writing before you decide. Platform checks, proofs and retailer updates follow the platforms' own timescales.
Work is agreed in writing. If AI tools are proposed for your project, their role and the handling of your material are agreed before use. You approve the final work.