Comments on: Protecting Your Ebook – DRM Challenges

By: Christi19Ferrell

Christi19Ferrell — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:59:42 +0000

It is understandable that money makes people autonomous. But what to do if someone has no money? The one way only is to try to get the mortgage loans or consolidation loan.

By: Nakia Kleeb

Nakia Kleeb — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:22:16 +0000

There is obviously a lot to know about this. I think you made some good points in Features also.

By: Affiliates Mania

Affiliates Mania — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:10:59 +0000

there is good solution to protect our ebook. i forgot the site. i have to check back the forum but the system is. they put like a serial number to the ebook. when someone want to open it, they have to put the serial number. but guess what, every customer got different serial number and only work in 1 pc only. once they use that pc to open, they have to use the same pc again to open..

By: admin

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:58:06 +0000

@ Brain Training – Great feedback. I didn’t even think of the linking within the footer. That’s a great idea.

By: Brain Training

Brain Training — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:49:05 +0000

This is a tough subject. There are plenty of people out there who will try to scare you into locking the heck out of your ebook, but like you stated above – the real thieves can get past any of the current security offerings.

As an ebook purchaser myself, I hate it when I can’t print it out or transfer it to a different computer if I need to. I recently bought an ebook that had no less than 3 security codes to get into it – and you guessed it – I’ve still not read it.

A few things that have worked for me instead of using the security codes/software are:

1) Place a link to your site in the footer so it shows up on each page. (I also put a link to my site on the title page.)

2) Place a couple of relevant affiliate links in the book that your readers will find useful and perhaps click on.

3) Have your author bio include a short description of your backend product with a link to its sales page.

This way if your ebook does get into non-paying hands, you can still get links back to your site and possibly an upgrade to your backend product – or an affiliate sale.