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InStore · 12-15-2010, 05:40 PM

Hello MobileRead forums!

My company is preparing to self-publish a guide ebook to an application which we develop, the guide book will be sold through all the standard channels such as Kindle, iBooks, Nook, Kobo, etc etc etc but we anticipate the vast majority of sales will be made through our own retail store built within our software application as an upgrade option. By selling internally to a dedicated user base we have a far greater chance of success for sales of the guide.

Based on all the research I have seen we decided it is best to use ePUB with DRM for our in-house sales, we will be providing an eReader to our customers that do not already have a compatible reader solution for the desktop, or they can transfer the ePUB file to whatever compatible eReader they choose. Unfortunately due to the unique issues with our customer base we have to use DRM, on the bright side we plan on helping any customer who needs to relocate the file between readers. Our customer service goal is to not let DRM get in the way of our relationship with our users.

I have been searching all over the web and on this forum for ways to DRM our ePUB files without having to sell them through a third party bookstore, the only option I have found so far is Adobe's Content Server 4 which is very expensive. Can anyone recommend an alternative idea, or perhaps a solution provider which uses Adobe Content Server 4 where we can pay per DRM usage (or in bulk usage)? Has anyone else here had a similar issue that could give me some guidance?

Thanks in advance for your help!

12-15-2010, 05:40 PM	#1
InStore Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 18 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle & any ePub reader	in-house retailing - DRM for ePUB Hello MobileRead forums! My company is preparing to self-publish a guide ebook to an application which we develop, the guide book will be sold through all the standard channels such as Kindle, iBooks, Nook, Kobo, etc etc etc but we anticipate the vast majority of sales will be made through our own retail store built within our software application as an upgrade option. By selling internally to a dedicated user base we have a far greater chance of success for sales of the guide. Based on all the research I have seen we decided it is best to use ePUB with DRM for our in-house sales, we will be providing an eReader to our customers that do not already have a compatible reader solution for the desktop, or they can transfer the ePUB file to whatever compatible eReader they choose. Unfortunately due to the unique issues with our customer base we have to use DRM, on the bright side we plan on helping any customer who needs to relocate the file between readers. Our customer service goal is to not let DRM get in the way of our relationship with our users. I have been searching all over the web and on this forum for ways to DRM our ePUB files without having to sell them through a third party bookstore, the only option I have found so far is Adobe's Content Server 4 which is very expensive. Can anyone recommend an alternative idea, or perhaps a solution provider which uses Adobe Content Server 4 where we can pay per DRM usage (or in bulk usage)? Has anyone else here had a similar issue that could give me some guidance? Thanks in advance for your help!