MyOrbit Live » ebook control http://myorbitlive.com Connecting People with Information Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:27:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 What is Digital Rights Management for EBooks? http://myorbitlive.com/what-is-digital-rights-management-for-ebooks/ http://myorbitlive.com/what-is-digital-rights-management-for-ebooks/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:28:40 +0000 MyOrbit http://myorbitlive.com/?p=201 Question from Ben, Plano, Texas: What is Digital Rights Management and how does it work for eBooks? I am going to publish an eBook next month and its going to be a pdf file, and I don’t know whether anything can be done to prevent unauthorized distribution of pdf files on the Internet. Please let me know your suggestions. Thanks.

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Answer:  Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a technology used to place limitations like, access to or copying of, onto digital content (eBooks, music, etc.). You as the publisher or author of the ebook can determines the level of restrictions applied to an eBook. This includes how many times an eBook can be downloaded for a single purchase, and the number of devices (computers, eBook readers, etc.) to which the eBook can be transferred.

Encrypted or copy-protected eBooks can only be read on authorized computers or hand-held devices a limited number of times. An unencrypted or not copy-protected eBook can be transferred to personal computers or reading devices an unlimited number of times.

Lulu.com offers Digital Rights Management for eBook publishing, however you have to agree to their revenue sharing scheme.

And e-junkie.com offers an easier but less stronger solution where you can limit the number of downloads of the ebook.

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