So...self-published friends, when you do print editions of any kind, you *need* to include a page with the publication info. Librarians will curse you the fuck out when you don't include it. Thread for the basic information you should include.
Copyright statement which includes the year of the copyright (ie. year you publish it and/or subsequent renewal years) and who the copyright holder is. Examples of this would be your legal name, your pen name, or a company you do business as. Research your options on this.
Along with copyright statement, which really is the big one, you may want to include publication history (especially if you have multiple copyright years), the ISBN is another big one, especially if, for some reason, it's not printed on the back of the book.
When librarians catalog, the gold standard for where we pull information from is the title page for title and author (sometimes publisher) and the publication information page which often is the back side of the title page (in librarian-speak, the title page verso).
So, right now, we've got the copyright statement and the ISBN. Those are the two pieces of information I would say are absolute necessities. Bonus information would include publisher contact information (address) and CIP data (which may cost $$): loc.gov/publish/cip/
What the CIP provides: an actual cataloging record that libraries can go in and pull for use inn their local catalogs (reduction in staff time spent adding your book to the system), assignment of Library of Congress subject headings which can aid in discovery (*can* not will),
and a bunch of information that pretty much no one buy librarians use. It may also include the creation of an annotation for your book, but that annotation is rarely a good fit for marketing purposes.
Anyway, this rant was brought to you by a colleague going "what should I use for the copyright for this omnibus since the author didn't include any information in the book." Your book (LIKE YOUR WEBSITE!!!) is the authoritative source for this information, so include that shit.
And today I run into a traditionally published book that was published last year but has no copyright statement. :HEADDESK:
*EVERYONE* needs to include a copyright statement at the very least! Damn colophon had everything else you could want, *BUT* that. Grrrrr.
*EVERYONE* needs to include a copyright statement at the very least! Damn colophon had everything else you could want, *BUT* that. Grrrrr.
