We sent off our copyright today to the copyright office today. I filled out the information on the copyright offices website and then mailed the copies of our book. You can download a paper form and fill it out and send it in or do it online with their eCO file, which is an electronic filing system. The advantage of doing it electronically is that it cost $35 versus $65 and we will get our copyright registration in about 4 1/2 months versus 15 months.
After you fill out the form electronically, you have the option of uploading your copyrightable material and sending it electronically or printing out a barcoded label to attach to each copy of your book and mailing it to the Library of Congress. All of the information is on their site. I have a link to their site on the link page of this blog.
The whole process took about 20 minutes. The explanations on what information is required and what needs to be filled out is clear and helpful. I had read a book on copyright called The Copyright Handbook, what every writer needs to know. It covers every type of copyright so you only need to read the section that deals with the kind of copyright your looking to get. Reading that helped understand the form to be filled out.
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