The Spanish página de créditos gathers the copyright lines, the ISBN and, when you have one, the depósito legal number. Most foreign self-publishers cannot obtain a depósito legal number, and this tool takes that into account.
A Spanish book carries a página de créditos (also called the página legal) on the verso of the title page. It gathers the copyright lines, the rights-reservation paragraph, the ISBN and, when the book has one, the depósito legal number. For a translated title it also names the original work and the translation rights.
Two duties can sit behind this page: printing the depósito legal number when the deposit obligation applies to you, and the deposit itself, a delivery of copies before distribution. Most self-publishers based outside Spain owe neither, as explained below.
When the deposit duty applies, Ley 23/2011 de depósito legal requires the printed book to show its depósito legal number in a visible spot, on the same leaf as the ISBN: the verso of the title page or the back cover.
That is the whole list. The ISBN itself is voluntary (see below), and when one is assigned it belongs on the verso of the title page, plainly legible. For most self-publishers based outside Spain even the depósito legal line falls away, because the duty does not reach them and they cannot obtain a number to print. In practice you should include the line only if you actually hold a number, and leave it off otherwise; the generator below does exactly that.
Everything else on the page is publishing convention rather than law. Copyright protection is automatic in Spain, so these lines document ownership without creating it:
For the longer rights paragraph you have a choice. The neutral wording names no national body and travels well across the Spanish-speaking world. The Spain-market version adds a sentence pointing readers to CEDRO, the Spanish reprographic-rights body, for photocopying permissions. If your edition targets Latin American readers, keep the neutral wording and skip the depósito legal line too, since deposit regimes differ from country to country.
For most self-publishers, and unless based in Spain, no. The obligation attaches to publishers (editores, in the law's terms) with their domicile, residence or permanent establishment in Spain; only when the publisher is foreign does it fall back to a Spanish-domiciled printer or producer, and no procedure applies that fallback to print-on-demand platforms. Deposit offices also key the number request to the publisher's Spanish domicile, so a foreign self-publisher generally has no route to obtain a number at all. In practice you should publish without a depósito legal line and not worry about it.
A Spain-resident author-publisher is the exception: for you the duty is fully live, print-on-demand included since the 2022 reform. Request the number free of charge from the deposit office of your comunidad autónoma (your region) before printing finishes, put it on the credits page, and deposit the required copies before distribution.
The ISBN has been voluntary in Spain since 2008. The Agencia del ISBN states plainly that the ISBN is not mandatory and that you do not need one to obtain a depósito legal number.
If you publish through KDP, as most self-publishers do, its free print ISBN is fine and your imprint then shows as "Independently published". Ebooks need no ISBN at all.
Two cautions for the print-on-demand route. Amazon must not be named as the publisher: you or your imprint are the publisher, and Amazon is only the printing service. And do not hardcode "Impreso en España": print-on-demand copies are produced wherever the order comes in, Amazon adds its own final page with the actual printing location, and IngramSpark prints in Spain through its partner Podiprint with its own printer line. The "Impreso en España" line belongs only on a book genuinely printed offset in Spain.
Neither platform requests a depósito legal number, prints one, or deposits copies for you. For a typical foreign KDP author this means there is usually nothing you can be required to print; everything on the page is then convention you include because readers and the trade expect it.
Last reviewed: July 21, 2026
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One page you can use in both editions. It includes the print-only mentions.
If you want the minimum, you only need to fill this.
Adds the CEDRO reprography notice used in Spain. Leave off for a Latin-America-friendly page.
Adds the "Impreso en España" line. Leave off for print-on-demand, where copies are printed wherever the order comes in.
Todos los derechos reservados.
"All rights reserved."
Requirements can change, so verify with the official sources linked in the guide or a professional for your situation. This is general information, not legal advice.
The number is mandatory on the printed book when the deposit obligation applies to you, and it must sit on the same leaf as the ISBN. The duty falls on publishers domiciled in Spain, so a foreign self-publisher usually cannot even obtain a number, and then there is nothing to print.
No. The ISBN has been voluntary since 2008, and it is not needed to obtain a depósito legal number. Amazon KDP still requires one for print, and its free ISBN is fine.
There is no established route. Spanish deposit offices key everything to the publisher's domicile in Spain, so a non-resident author generally cannot request a number. The practical result is a credits page with no depósito legal line.
The reproduction paragraph is neutral and works across the Spanish-speaking world. The extra CEDRO sentence names Spain's reprographic-rights body, so it belongs on a Spain-market edition and is left off a Latin-America-friendly page.
Only if the book is genuinely printed in Spain by offset. Print-on-demand copies are produced wherever the order is fulfilled, and Amazon adds its own printing page, so this line is best left off for POD.
Publishing in Spain? You will need the book translated too. See what it costs to translate your book into Spanish (Spain).
