Want to protect a PDF Ebook

One really good example is:

maddengurus.com/forums/index.php

I purchased their product with videos, data etc and they only allow you to open it form 1 computer. I tried to move to another computer and it wouldn't allow me to do it. It may be worth a few bucks to buy it and figure out how they do it. I'm pretty good w/ these kinds of things and I couldn't get it working.

It's the best one I've seen yet...
 
Well, It's definitly impossible to secure a pdf.

Yes you can have a password, yes you can print the buyer email on each page and yes you can embed a stealth digital signature in your pdf, but...

There will be always a way that permit to extract the content (image/text/video) a of PDF. ALWAYS. Nothing to do with that.

That's the same for client application : they are always cracked. The only application which are secure are the application which are hosted on server : software as a service (SaaS).

In your case it's not applicable too, because even if you host content which are video/server/text on a remote server it will be always possible to download/extract them...

It's definetly impossible to protect data like text/video/audio, but like he's saying biks not every people will know how to get cracked version of your pdf :p
 
you can't prevent it but put in tons of links to your own site so anyone who copies and shares it will be sending more people to your site, where you can sell them more stuff. It's the same with youtube videos. They all get copied, so may as well blast your own domain all over em and get the free promotion that comes from the copiers.
 
Maybe you could manually put the whole thing in a spinner, knock out 1,000 different versions and give each person a unique version. (Keep a record of who gets which one)

That way, even if they copy it by hand you'll know who the culprit is.
 
Hi friends.
As we know PDF files are very important for us. So we should take take care of them.
Few months before, someone did editing and copying from my .pdf files. I was really frustrated due to this.
Then I used a free trial version of .pdf protection tool of sysinfotool. It helped me to protect my all PDF documents. Though it didn't give me the full access but I was quite satisfied with the results. And then for more better results I purchased the full version.
If you wish, you can also check its trial version. It's absolutely free.:)
And if you feel good, then you can purchase its full version.
Try your luck!
 
The whole idea of an ebook is to sell the sauce not the meat: Give away so much valuable info without giving out the secret recipe to the sauce :D! Thats how you get your name out their and get clients/buyers out the ass..
 
As an add-on offer some kind of valuable service for free. To claim this service the buyer needs to email through their PayPal transaction details.

Easier for SEO books as you could give them a Scrapebox blast etc. However, dog walking niche? Get them to send through a photo of their pet and you can give them personalised dog styling suggestions.

It needs to be something unique to each user that can not just be copied and added to the eBook :)

The other great tip in this thread was to promote your own brand throughout the book, add some afffiliate links in too. Someone would need to go to the additional effort of swapping them all out if they were to want to rip your book off. In most cases even if someone does steal your book you will still see an income from the affiliate earnings as well as promotion for your brand. Watermark any images too, or blend in your logos/brand.

Anyone suggesting that passwords or anything else will work are incorrect if you really want to break something. Worst case scenario I could pay someone $100 (at most) to read through an eBook and retype it in MS Word. They would probably even rewrite it for that price!
 
Yep, I think you can't protect ebook. Users can remove protection easily.
 
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