[sdiy] PDF content sales

Jason Proctor jason at redfish.net
Wed Jul 5 23:06:17 CEST 2017


i wonder whether publishing as some kind of e-book would be more secure?



On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Joel B <onephatcat at earthlink.net> wrote:

> How about this: you sell the PDF only directly from your website. You
> generate a unique, password protected PDF for each order including some
> markers (like the NSA uses) that let you identify the unique owner of the
> document. You include in the license a hefty fine to be paid if they allow
> the doc to be pirated.  A stolen laptop won't include the password so that
> would be reasonably hacker proof.
>
> You sell the whole thing for $150. Since it will have a full text search
> index it's actually far more valuable than a stack of paper.
>
> A full text index on cd or internet would also be a great enhancement to
> the stack of paper.
>
> Joel
>
>  .
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 4, 2017, at 6:36 PM, Barry Klein <barryklein at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > In the light of the recent Electronotes publishing/distribution
> discussion, what if I were to put my book on a PDF ebook site - what should
> it sell for and what sites do you recommend me to take a look at?
> >
> > Barry
> >
> >
> >
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