[Hidden-tech] secure digital publication paths for PC access

[Jan Werner]

She should focus on producing her e-books and selling them rather than 
waste her time trying to prevent unpaid use. Let the established 
distribution channels (iTunes, Kindle, etc.) handle that.

It is trivially easy to remove DRM from all e-books, including those 
purchased on iTunes, so if someone really wants to steal your content, 
there is nothing you can do to prevent it.

While closed distribution systems like iTunes, Adobe Digital Editions, 
Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, Kobo and others cannot lock up your content, 
they do make it convenient for people to purchase and read it legally, 
and they prevent casual redistribution, as opposed to piracy.  That is 
their great value to writers.

Also, unless you have content that requires specific page image 
formatting (e.g., some textbooks and art books), pdf is a poor choice 
for distribution.  It is even less secure than the epub/mobi formats 
used by the online booksellers, but more important, text cannot be 
adjusted to make it more readable on different screens.

I buy a lot of e-books from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  I have no 
interest in redistributing any of them, but I always convert them to 
unprotected epub files for safekeeping and also to allow me to read them 
with my preferred e-book readers, Mantano Premium and Moon+ Reader Pro, 
both on Android devices.  But the current versions of the Kindle and 
Nook readers for Android (and for PC) are good enough that I often use 
them anyway because they keep everything easily available and 
automatically synced across multiple devices and platforms.  That alone 
is a good enough reason to buy books from those vendors rather than 
managing unlocked copies.

Jan Werner
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pcasse at charter.net wrote:
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> My daughter-in-law is starting to publish ebooks and currently
> distributiing them through i-tunes which is working pretty well
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> However, many of her clients are using PC platforms and are finding the
> ebooks difficult to access through i-tunes
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> She is starting to explore distribution via downloadable pdf files from
> their website.
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> Is there a way to secure the pdf files to prevent pirating the files
> with unauthorized copying and distribution and subsequent lost
> profits/royalties?
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> Have looked at the Amazon digital publishing route and that looks like
> it might be a reasonable pathway to take for control.
> Are there any other ways?
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> Thank You
> PeteCassebeer
> PCResources LLC
> pcasse at charter.net
> 413-210-2817
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