Book Publishing
Many book publishers are looking to ebook publishing as a means of increasing their revenue streams by extending the range of formats in which they can sell existing and future publications. Electronic formats, often based on existing PDF source material, are of particular interest, as the ease of implementing such an offering coupled with very fast, low global distribution costs, make this an extremely attractive option. However, effective (fully secure) and economic solutions are few and far between. We believe that Drumlin offers precisely the kind of solution small to medium size publishers have been looking for.
As Adrian Hunt, Director of Management Pocketbooks (http://www.pocketbook.co.uk/) explains:
"We have been in business for virtually 25 years. Delivering our content to customers electronically offers great opportunities. However, our future hinges on protecting our intellectual property and that means safeguarding our ebooks from illegal use. We researched extensively the options for securing our PDFs and found the Drumlin solution both affordable and effective. The icing on the cake has been the support we have received - nothing short of outstanding."
The attraction of publishing in PDF format is that no file conversions are required and thus no loss of layout and formatting will result. For books that have little or no formatting, i.e. no frames, multiple columns, in-line graphics or pictures etc., then a better solution is to use the ePUB and Kindle formats, delivering content to a wide audience who may use pocket ereader devices. This is not appropriate for books which any amount of formatting, especially as converters from PDF to ePUB format produce very poor or useless results - extensive and costly manually re-formatting an editing can improve this, but is far from ideal. However, using the Drumlin approach the PDF format is retained and the books are simply encrypted, with the range of security features you require (e.g. no printing, no copying to another computer, no screen capture etc., and are then made available on your own ecommerce system for purchase by your customers. This avoids the need to use a third party, with all the restictions and loss of revenues this implies, as the only e-distribution channel. Using Drumlin's "Click and Go" format you can take control and be your own ebook publisher, retaining all your sales income. The customer only needs to download a single file which they then run - the file is the book (PDF) and reader all in one.
Publisher's 'bundle' solution: We offer the option to use our services on an incremental basis (at a typical cost of USD$0.50 or less per book you sell), or to order a Publisher's 'bundle' solution: a complete solution for small to medium-sized publishers. ThePublisher's bundled serviceincludes: Conversion of your PDFs by our team (if you wish) to secure PDF format ready for distribution; 2000 authorization codes (giving a per book sold cost of less than USD$0.20); Publisher-branded version of the Javelin secure PDF reader (Windows version); Batch mode publishing enabled; Free 2 days consultancy/setup support/testing and first year's support service, and more!
Please click on the link forsample ebooksin Javelin "click and go" form
- Customers can be provided with fully secure PDF files in Drumlin's EXE or DRMX format on CD, via email or via Web download - via online shopping carts/ecommerce systems, standard web links or using a document or content management system
- Usage restrictions may be applied to these files - no printing, or perhaps "print once with user-specific watermarking", no copying of text etc., expires on 31st May 2012 etc
- Customers are issued with authorization codes, one for each document, which can be single or multiple use
- Reports on usage can be generated, tailored to customer's requirements, via our DRM service. Alternatively anEnterprise solutionmay be preferred, with the DRM service hosted on the client's own servers
- Fully managed services are available, using our PDF Publishing website - click here for more details
- Hosted PDF solutions are available, using our web-based PDF file display within encrypted pages and optionally behind password protected directories or pages - click here for a simple example
For more details pleaseemail uswith your requirements.
