I’m assuming that any Indies reading this post will have gone through the same frustrations that I did, so I’ll jump straight into the how-to part of the post. Once that’s done, I’ll talk about barcodes in general and discuss why you might want one. Let’s do it!
There are only TWO things you need to create your own, free barcode:
- an ISBN for your book
- a free online barcode generator
In Canada you can get an ISBN for free. In the US and Australia, you can buy an ISBN from a company called Bowker. The web address for the Australian company is:
https://www.myidentifiers.com.au/
If you want to know where to buy an ISBN for your own country, go to the website of the International ISBN Agency:
https://www.isbn-international.org/agencies
You should be looking at a screen like this:

Click the small down arrow [circled in red] to display a drop down…
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