Self Publishing Serial Number A unique number for your publication One number. One public record. Simple application. Human review. Made for independent publishing Easy for anyone to look up

The SPSN

An SPSN is a unique number for a book, article, report or other publication. It also creates a permanent public page where anyone can check the publication’s details.

In this section

4 pages

  1. What is an SPSN? A unique number and permanent public page for your publication.
  2. Why an SPSN is useful See how an SPSN makes a publication easier to identify, share and look up.
  3. Where an SPSN cannot be used Know when an SPSN is not enough and another publishing number is still required.
  4. SPSN alongside ISBN, DOI and ISSN See how these publishing numbers differ and when you can use them together.