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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...

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By: LongDrive

Check out Booki.sh and its reader Monocle, based off their Zhook format. Interesting!

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By: 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...

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By: nev

Ingram and LibreDigital are some large ACS providers, but I have no idea what their terms of use are.

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By: amtho

You could go through a third party aggregator to lower the cost Such as? Anyone?

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By: 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...

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By: 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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By: burnmp3s

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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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Question: 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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