By: hades
Such as? Anyone?Overdrive is one such. Smashwords is another. These are two of the first three google hits for "ebook distributor". Short answer: DRM doesn't work and isn't a good idea. If you want...
View ArticleBy: LongDrive
Check out Booki.sh and its reader Monocle, based off their Zhook format. Interesting!
View ArticleBy: JoannaC
Disclaimer: I wrote this article. But for a blog that knows its stuff: http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/why-readers-hate-drm-the-short-version/ The short version is that DRM is a) going to annoy...
View ArticleBy: nev
Ingram and LibreDigital are some large ACS providers, but I have no idea what their terms of use are.
View ArticleBy: amtho
You could go through a third party aggregator to lower the cost Such as? Anyone?
View ArticleBy: nev
You have only two realistic options for selling direct: Adobe Content Server or no DRM. ACS is widely used and widely hated and completely compromised. It's also expensive. You could go through a third...
View ArticleBy: It's Never Lurgi
Not all books get pirated. In order to get an uncracked version you have to (a) care and (b) either know that software exists and how to get it or know about torrent sites and how to get them. Know...
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Also, are all DRM services device-specific? Is there some kind of common, open DRM protocol? (I am aware that your answer, d4nj450n, seems to indicate that there is no open protocol). It's more the...
View ArticleBy: lollusc
I would guess (although I have no statistics) that unless you are selling blockbuster books, the number of sales you would lose to people who don't buy DRM protected products on principle, or who are...
View ArticleBy: Blazecock Pileon
Adobe's ePub DRM is easily defeated, and is probably the most common for ePub readers. You'll perhaps want to weigh the per-transaction cost of implementation against the cost of lost sales due to...
View ArticleBy: The Winsome Parker Lewis
The "Adobe one" mentioned by burnmp3s is Adobe Content Server. Every DRM solution is a murky swamp littered with booby traps, but Adobe's offering is among the best. My company uses it and is quite...
View ArticleBy: amtho
OK, where can I "buy it"? What would I be buying? Can I get a compiled module that would run on a Unix server? Can I access a third-party service from my Pair-served web system (i.e., not loading it in...
View ArticleBy: d4nj450n
Doing DRM right is hard. I know you don't want to hear this, but this is central to the issue. Make it not strong enough and you might as well not have bothered, too strong and you make your product...
View ArticleBy: burnmp3s
How to implement DRM myself (in Perl, but any language) assuming I'm handed a bunch of EPUB files Are you talking about rolling your own DRM from scratch? Although technically the EPUB format allows...
View ArticleQuestion: How to sell EPUB books for programmers
Selling EPUB e-books, adding on to a custom shopping cart app: handle like any downloadable file? DRM? If DRM is a bad idea, good layperson-accessible article explaining clearly why not? If DRM is a...
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