Announcing the Barcode Generator (Free)

The #1 way to spot a self-published book? Look at the barcode.

Indie barcodes are often missing:

• Shelving instructions.

• Price encoding.

• EAN-5 supplement.

Most indie authors don't even know these things should be there, but bookstore employees know to look for them, or know their scanners don’t work when they are missing. Readers also notice something is off, even if they don’t know what that something is.

The new Barcode Generator in the Patron Toolbox fixes that. Enter your ISBN and it produces the same style of barcode you see on books from major publishers. Shelving instructions, multi-currency pricing, and a print-ready 300 DPI image you can drop straight into your cover file.

This is a free patron toolbox tool. Use it as much as you want, no token limits and no cost.

Part of our growing list of free tools: