[sdiy] PDF content sales

[john slee]

Nope. [Free] software exists to strip the protection features from PDFs,
which would remove all such traces of that kind. Anyone that can view the
doc can remove the protections if they know how.

I guess you could subtly add other identification points to each copy of
the document itself, like colour printers encoding their identity on each
page with subtle yellow dots. But anyone who got their hands on more than
one copy of the PDF could fairly easily identify and remove those also.

John

On 6 July 2017 at 06:30, 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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