{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Kashomon/gpub/issues/40","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Kashomon/gpub/issues/40/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Kashomon/gpub/issues/40/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Kashomon/gpub/issues/40/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Kashomon/gpub/issues/40","id":109606054,"number":40,"title":"Support for CIP or LCCN on copyright page","user":{"login":"dormerod","id":7741478,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7741478?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dormerod","html_url":"https://github.com/dormerod","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dormerod/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dormerod/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dormerod/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dormerod/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dormerod/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dormerod/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dormerod/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dormerod/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dormerod/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-10-03T06:20:22Z","updated_at":"2015-10-03T06:20:22Z","closed_at":null,"body":"A lot of books have either a Cataloging in Publication (CIP) listing or Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) on the bottom half of their copyright page.\r\n\r\nBoth these things are used by libraries to manage their collections and Go books should have one or the other if there's a possibility that they're ever going to be cataloged by libraries.\r\n\r\nThe difference between the CIP and LCCN data is that the CIP is harder for self publishers to apply successfully for (you need to be a publishing company which has published at least three books by different authors), but they can still qualify for an LCCN. Also, the CIP is a block of text with various metadata, while the LCCN is just another number underneath the ISBN.\r\n\r\nI'm planning to apply for these for books published by GGG."}}