This is the only electronic ISMN Application form accepted by the U.S. ISMN Agency. This application is for a U.S. ISMN Publisher Prefix and is not for foreign music publishers use (foreign publishers must apply to their own national agencies to obtain ISMNs).
The following information should be carefully read as part of the ISMN application process:
If you have read the above, or wish to go straight to the ISMN application
form, please click on Application for an ISMN Publisher
Prefix now.
Important! Please be sure that your web
browser cache is turned on before you begin this application process.
Otherwise you may lose all your data on the form when the browser's back
button is clicked on for any reason. (Keep in mind that you shouldn't have
to use your browser's back button at all during this
application process. Whenever you miss a required field, the web application
will inform you of your omission and it will reshow your partially completed
form so that the change can be made without clicking on the back button.)
PLEASE NOTE:
The ISMN Application form can only be
sent electronically if you are paying by credit card.
If you wish to download the application form and mail it, please click now
for Print Form for Mailing
Only. Please fill out all requested information on the application form
before mailing to the address listed at the end of the application.
The ISMN Application Process