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eBook Security

eBook authors can put a lot of work, blood, sweat, and tears into their ebooks. Because of that, they deserve the revenue their ebook generates.

However, some less than honest people will try to circumvent the cost of the ebook by searching for it free elsewhere or by attempting to sell a pirated copy of the ebook.

This is inevitable, unfortunately. But, there are things that you can do, as an ebook author, to help protect yourself from ebook theft.

• Make your copyright notice visible within the first 2 pages, and provide a way to report ebook copyright infringement and pirating. To also sweeten the pot, provide some type of reward for people who would tip you off.
• Make sure to password protect your ebook with a strong password (at least 8 characters, but 15-20 is ideal). Use all the various characters and make it random so it’s more difficult to crack
• Limit printing only to low resolution and disable the copy/paste function. If you offer information that needs to be copy/pasted, then create a separate document for it.
• Include your name, copyright notice, a link to your website, and contact information in the footer of each page.
• Close the ebook with a short bio and description of your expertise/services.
• Make sure all links go through your own website so you can track their activity and update them as necessary
• Password restrict the download area and install a download manager so you can manage the approved users individually and can turn off download privileges on a per user basis.

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