On this page, we'll walk you through the process of adding a book to your account, and submitting a copy of this book for scanning and processing.
1. Tell us about your books
Before we can scan and process your books, we require basic information about the titles that you plan to include. If your books don't have ISBNs, you can skip to "Send us your books." To add this information to your account:
- Log in to your Google Books account at http://books.google.com/partner/login.
- Click the Books tab.
- Click Add Books.
- Fill out relevant information about your books, including author, title, ISBN and territorial rights. (Territorial rights are the countries for which you hold the rights to display the book on Google; enter 'all' for all countries, or learn how to enter more detailed information.)
- Click the Save button.
If you are planning to submit more than five books to your account, you may find it quicker to upload a spreadsheet containing information for multiple books.
2. Send us your books
To submit a copy of your book for scanning and processing, you can submit either a physical copy, or a version of your book in PDF format. Please be aware that we're able to process PDF files more quickly than physical books.
To send us a physical copy of your book:
- Make sure your book fits within our size guidelines.
- Click the Books tab.
- Click Add Books.
- Click Upload/Ship Books.
- Print a shipping label, making sure to include your listed collection code.
- Pack your books in a box with a packing slip in accordance with the listed guidelines.
Please note that you are responsible for all costs associated with shipping books to Google. Due to our scanning procedures, we're unable to return any materials that you send. You need only send one copy of your book for scanning and processing.
To upload a PDF file of your book:
- Click the Books tab.
- Click Add Books.
- Click Upload/Ship Books.
- If your book has an ISBN, your PDF file name must include it. If it doesn't have an ISBN, it should be named as the title of your book. Please see this page for a more detailed explanation of how to name your files, including instructions for separate cover images, and content spanning multiple files.
- Click the Browse button on the web form and locate the PDF file or files for your title.
- Click Upload files.
- You'll see a confirmation message indicating the status of this upload.
If you have many books to upload, or if your files are larger than 10 MB, we suggest using the Google Uploader tool, which is optimized for large uploads.