Does Bookvault add a barcode to my cover?

If you have opted to publish with Bookvault and using one of our registered ISBNs, you can allow our system to automatically create and add a barcode to your cover artwork, or you can download our barcode (from the publishing projects page) and apply that to your book. To see how, click here.

Printed with Bookvault UK

For order that are printed at Bookvault UK, if you are using your own ISBN, or using one of our dummy ISBN's, then we will not automatically add any barcode to your cover, providing you untick the barcode option at the point of uploading your cover.

Important: When uploading your cover file, if you already have a barcode applied please ensure you untick the 'Add barcode to cover' box on the upload screen. This is toggled on by default.

Printed with Bookvault US/AU/CA

For orders that are printed at Bookvault US, we would require barcodes on the rear of the cover, if you have not added those to your artwork, this will be added by our system when orders come through to the print partners.

The standard dimensions of the barcode produced are; 38.1mm wide x 25.4mm tall

This is positioned 6.35mm (0.25in) from the bottom of the cover, and 6.35mm (0.25in) from the spine.

Barcodes for Publishing Projects;

Head to 'Publishing Projects', if you're ISBN has been assigned, you'll see the option to 'Download Now'

This will then bring a section up like the below, you can input the retail cost in GBP, EUR and USD.

Once you've input all the information, simply click the 'Download Now' button and it will save your barcode ready for you to add to your cover.