fee:

+ The elements of the collection are assembled in an orderly form;

+ The combined elements bear a single title identifying the collection
as a whole;

+ The copyright claimant in all the elements and in the collection as
a whole is the same; and

+ All the elements are by the same author, or, if they are by
different authors, at least one of the authors has contributed
copyrightable authorship to each element. An unpublished collection
is not indexed under the individual titles of the contents but under
the title of the collection.

*NOTE*: A *Library of Congress Catalog Card Number* is different from
a copyright registration number. The Cataloging in Publication (CIP)
Division of the Library of Congress is responsible for assigning LC
Catalog Card Numbers and is operationally separate from the Copyright
Office. A book may be registered in or deposited with the Copyright
Office but not necessarily cataloged and added to the Library's
collections. For information about obtaining an LC Catalog Card
Number, see the following homepage: [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pcn]. For
information on International Standard Book Numbering (ISBN), write to:
ISBN, R. R. Bowker, 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, NJ 07974. Call
(877) 310-7333. For further information and to apply online, see
[http://www.bowker.com/standards/]. For information on International
Standard Serial Numbering (ISSN), write to: Library of Congress,
National Serials Data Program, Serial Record Division, Washington, D.
C. 20540-4160. Call (202) 707-6452. Or obtain information from
[http://www.loc.gov/issn/].

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EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGISTRATION

*A copyright registration is effective on the date the Copyright Office
receives all the required elements in acceptable form*, regardless of
how long it then takes to process the application and mail the
certificate of registration. The time the Copyright Office requires to
process an application varies, depending on the amount of material the
Office is receiving.

If you apply for copyright registration, you will not receive an
acknowledgment that your application has been received (the Office
receives more than 600,000 applications annually), but you can expect:

+ A letter or a telephone call from a Copyright Office staff member if
further information is needed or