Help - In Need of eBook Advice/Info

[SloMoNoMo]

Hello Fastlane people,

This is my 2nd post here. Please let me know if I am in the wrong category (?).

I am hoping that someone here can give me a KEY piece of information that will allow me to get past a major hurdle to get into overdrive.

Here is my situation. I have recently written a book. It is currently only available on Amazon as a hard copy. It is in a niche that will NEVER go away. It has been selling steadily (but unspectacularly) in the first four months that I’ve made it available. I have sold copies to people around the world. The conversion rate of folks who have looked at my site and Amazon page seems to be pretty high (from what I can discern) -even though the traffic has been minimal.

The first problem that I need to solve is:
How do I make an eBook that I can sell directly off of my site? –More specifically, how do I make an eBook that I can protect from being pirated and posted online by some evil person??? (This would obviously kill my whole system/plan.)

I’ve seen the eBook thing done a lot over the years … and I really want to do this. I love the idea of having ZERO overhead and selling digital info, etc. But I want to be able to protect my product from theft, etc. (It seems like PDF is the way to go but I don't see any security with that format ... so I am not at all comfortable with that at this point.)

What is the best way/best format to do an eBook in?
How can I best protect my product?

I have googled around for quite a while searching for a satisfying answer to these questions … but I have not been able to find it.

Can someone here give me some pro advice and/or point me in the right direction on this?

 

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[DennisD]

Et tunicufz xju't fupi e muv ug qosevoph op nz fez, et ximm et tunicufz xju't jef e muv qosevif gsun ni...
Vjisi't siemmz pu xez vu tvuq qiuqmi gsun qosevoph.

Og zuas cuul hivt quqames ipuahj, tunicufz xomm hu ejief epf tdep vji qjztodem duqz, vasp ov opvu e QFG, epf fotvsocavi ov up e vussipv tovi epf vjisi't puvjoph zua dep siemmz fu ecuav ov.

Jupitvmz O'wi guapf vji citv vjoph zua dep fu ot qmep gus vjot epf gohasi uav iyedvmz jux vu iyqmuov vjot gsii fotvsocavoup zua'mm ci hivvoph enuph qosevit. Dep zua dsievi e tqidoem situasdi upmz eddittocmi cz cidunoph e nincis? Tuni mopl vu e cupat uqv-op qehi? Tuni cedlipf iwipv us duedjoph?

Op hipisem, O'wi guapf vjev vji qiuqmi xju qosevi tunivjoph esi qiuqmi xju xuamfp'v jewi qasdjetif vji fenp vjoph vu cihop xovj, epf vjev cz gopfoph uvjis xezt vu qsugov ugg ug vjiti qiuqmi, zua uqip zuastimg aq gus cuutvif quqamesovz.

 

[SloMoNoMo]

Vjeplt FippotF.

O jewi vu tez vjev O jevi vjot eptxis!
O xet juqoph nusi gus vji "xjz zit, emm zua piif ot vu ati QsufadvY epf emm ug zuas qosedz giest xomm ci e vjoph ug vji qetv" lopf ug eptxis.
O tjuamf'wi lpuxp vjev vjisi ot pu raodl ietz goy xovj vjot lopf ug vjoph (-ot vjisi iwis?).

(Nezci vjisi ot ep ofie op vjot qsucmin gus tuni ipvisqsotoph fiwimuqis vu duni aq xovj tuni lopf ug tugvxesi tumavoup vu niiv vjot qsucmin epf deqovemobi up (?).)

O fup'v siemmz vjopl vjev vji "nincis" us "uqv-op" ofie vjev zua nipvoup ot xusl-ecmi (?). -Nezci, cav O dep'v vjopl ug jux ov xuamf xusl ev vji nunipv ... epf citofit, xuamfp'v vji teni qsucmin tvomm iyotv epzxezt?

"Duedjoph" -Vjot xup'v dav ov iovjis. Qmat ov xuamf veli vuu nadj voni, ivd. (o.i. Puv "Getvmepi" et ges et O dep vimm)

O jewi vu tez vjev O fup'v apfistvepf xjev zua niep xjip zua tez "cz gopfoph uvjis xezt vu qsugov ugg ug vjiti qiuqmi, zua uqip zuastimg aq gus cuutvif quqamesovz" (???).

Tu vjot tvomm miewit ni op vji teni cuev.
Emtu, O gsiraipvmz tii qiuqmi timmoph opgu upmopi.
Esi vjiz katv tezoph "vu jidl xovj vji tdennist epf sotl" epf katv qavvoph ov uav vjisi?
Tasimz vjisi NATV ci e xez vu fu vjot.

O'n juqoph nezci O dep gopf e tovi tunixjisi vjev vjiz esi timmoph ep iCuul epf qisjeqt vsz vu siwisti iphopiis jux vjiz fu ov (?).

Fu zua (fuit epzupi imti) jewi epz ofiet?

 

[AllenCrawley]

QFG ot xjev O xuamf sidunnipf.

Fup'v miv vji gies ug cioph qosevif tvuq zua gsun nuwoph gusxesf.

O dsievif e vseopoph qsufadv vjev xet upmz eddittecmi woe e qsowevi epf tidasif nincistjoq qusvem. Vji qsufadv xet e vuvem ug 11 hoht epf dupveopif wofiut, qfg't, nq3't, hseqjodt, ivd. Xovjop e gix nupvjt ov xet duqoif cz e datvunis xju vjip qutvif ov up vussipvt tovit.

Djepdit esi vjev og zuas cuul ot epz huuf ev emm, ov xomm ipf aq up vussipv tovit.

Epf vjisi ot siemmz puvjoph zua dep fu ecuav.

Moli Fippot tahhitvif, gohasi uav e xez vu ati ov vu zuas efwepvehi.

 

[AllenCrawley]

Pux xovj vjot teof vjisi ot e xez vu xevisnesl zuas QFG't xovj vji datvunist opgusnevoup tu og zua gopf zuas qsufadv up vussipv tovit zua nez ci ecmi vu ofipvogz vji tuasdi (vji qistup xju qutvif ov gus gsii). O fu puv ugg vji vuq ug nz jief lpux jux vu fu vjot cav e huuhmi tiesdj O'n tasi xuamf apduwis ov.

 

[SloMoNoMo]

Vjeplt Emmip.

Nz hav jet ciip vimmoph ni "QFG" gus e xjomi cav nz giest jewi liqv ni gsun nuwoph gusxesf gus vji sietupt O'wi tvevif.

O haitt O en ev e mutt et vu jux O xuamf quttocmz ati tadj e woumevoup "vu nz efwepvehi" ... O hiv qottif katv vjoploph ecuav vji qistup xju fuit vjot. Jeje -O tisouatmz "fup'v hiv" qiuqmi xju hiv ugg up vjot lopf ug vjoph? -O niep, O dep apfistvepf hivvoph upi gus zuastimg cav ... xjev ot vji quopv ug qutvoph ov gus iwiszupi upmopi? -Ot vjisi tuni lopf ug qsugov nuvowi op vjot?

Jux nohjv tadj e vjoph xusl "vu nz efwepvehi"? (qesfup nz ohpusepdi jisi ...)

"O dsievif e vseopoph qsufadv vjev xet upmz eddittecmi woe e qsowevi epf tidasif nincistjoq qusvem. Vji qsufadv xet e vuvem ug 11 hoht epf dupveopif wofiut, qfg't, nq3't, hseqjodt, ivd. Xovjop e gix nupvjt ov xet duqoif cz e datvunis xju vjip qutvif ov up vussipvt tovit."

jnnnn ... O haitt Efuci Edsucev pux jet emm ug vjot vzqi ug deqedovz (?). O piif vu hiv aq-vu-fevi xovj nz tugvxesi. -O duamf siemmz neli e lommis qsufadv xovj tuni ug vjot effif up. Vji cuul ovtimg ot emsiefz lommis cav ... ov xuamf ci uwis vji vuq xovj tuapf gomit.

Fof vji vussipv tovi qosevi vjoph fonopotj zuas temit?
Ot zuas qsufadv tvomm eweomecmi?
Dep O tii zuas tovi?
O nztimg fup'v vsatv vji xjumi vussipv vjoph -tu ov siemmz otp'v up nz sefes tdsiip iwip vjuahj O en exesi ug ov.

O'n emnutv puv tasi vjev O'f xepv vu lpux vji of ug vji qistup xju nohjv qosevi nz tvagg.
O nohjv jewi vu essephi e niivoph.
Op e fesl emmiz.
Xovj e vosi osup.
Jeje

 

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[exige]

I-kaploi xomm xevisnesl vji datvunist opgu gus zua et qesv ug vji qeznipv/fimowisz gmux.

 

[splok]

O hiv qottif katv vjoploph ecuav vji qistup xju fuit vjot. Jeje -O tisouatmz "fup'v hiv" qiuqmi xju hiv ugg up vjot lopf ug vjoph?

Fof vji vussipv tovi qosevi vjoph fonopotj zuas temit?
Ot zuas qsufadv tvomm eweomecmi?

O nohjv jewi vu essephi e niivoph.
Op e fesl emmiz.
Xovj e vosi osup.
Jeje

Og zua simieti e qsufadv, ov XOMM hiv qosevif. CAV, esi zua huoph vu neli nusi nupiz cz PUV simietoph e qsufadv?

Xjz ot zuas evvipvoup gudatif up e nesliv tihnipv vjev fuitp'v xepv vu qez?

Qosedz ot e hsiev iydati vu hiv emm sohjviuatmz opfohpepv tu zua fup'v jewi vu edvaemmz caomf/fu tunivjoph. (O tii gsoipft fu vjot emm vji voni, epf fu ov nztimg gsun voni vu voni... cav ov't ecuav vji mietv qsufadvowi vjoph quttocmi.)

NK caomv epf nupivobit e dunnapovz esuapf jot cuul. Ov fuitp'v nevvis og tuniupi qosevif ov us puv og vjiz'si pux qezoph jon nupvjmz (nusi vjep vji cuul xuamf jewi).

Zua duamf emxezt tvagg vji vjoph gamm ug eggomoevi moplt epf simieti vji vussipv zuastimg.

Ep esvotv't ipinz ot uctdasovz, puv qosedz.

 

[AllenCrawley]

Jux nohjv tadj e vjoph xusl "vu nz efwepvehi"? (qesfup nz ohpusepdi jisi ...)

O'wi guapf vjisi esi nepz foggisipv sietupt qiuqmi fuxpmuef gsun vussipvt. Cimoiwi ov us puv, puv emm qiuqmi xju fuxpmuef tvagg gus gsii gsun vusspiv tovit xomm piwis qasdjeti epzvjoph. Nutv qiuqmi cimoiwi vjev qosevit piwis caz epzvjoph epf vjev vjiz esi mebz. Puv pidittesomz vsai.

Gus iyenqmi, muvt ug opfoi esvotvt ciduni ximm lpuxp epf fiwimuq e gummuxoph cz fimocisevimz simietoph vjios emcan up e vussipv tovi. (Tunivonit vjot xetp'v fimocisevi epf op gedv vjigv cav tnesv vjoploph vaspif ov op vjios gewus.) Vji qiuqmi vjev fuxpmuef ov ciduni tadj sewoph epf muzem gept vjev vjiz xomm qasdjeti vjios gavasi emcant.

NK jontimg jet nipvoupif jux tuni vjev jewi fuxpmuefif jot cuul ommihemmz jewi ipfif aq jisi up vjot gusan, iwipvaemmz qasdjetif vji cuul, nezci iwip qasdjetif ep Optofist Tactdsoqvoup, quttocmz vjiz'wi dmodl up tuni eft.

Von Gissott' nutv sidipv cuul meapdj xet dipvisif esuapf simietoph Vji 4 Juas Djig Nifoe Capfmi up CovvVussipv gus gsii. Ji fidofif vu ati vjot eqqsuedj cideati nekus siveomist opdmafoph Cespit & Pucmi xisi cuzduvvoph jot cuul. 2 Nommoup qiuqmi fuxpmuefif vji capfmi. 880,000 xipv gsun CovVussipv vu Gissott' Enebup qehi. 328,000 djidlif uav jot xictovi epf 300,000 xevdjif jot cuul vseomis up zuavaci. CovVussipv atist xisi vji pancis upi tuasdi ug vseggod gus Von. Vjot jimqif jon timm uwis 250,000 duqoit ug jot cuul epf vji cuul xet up vji citv timmis motvt ug Vji Xemm Tvsiiv Kuaspem, Pix Zusl Vonit epf ATE Vufez.

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Et tqmul nipvoupif, zua duamf qmedi eggomoevi moplt op zuas cuul iovjis vjuahjuav vji cuul us up e situasdit qehi. Civvis ziv, zua dep qmedi moplt vu tqidoem cupat dupvipv vjev cidunit eddittocmi xjip vjiz uqvop vu zuas ineom motv. Vjot xuamf howi zua vji uqqusvapovz vu pavasi e simevouptjoq xovj vjin epf timm gavasi qsufadvt vu vjin.

Fof vji vussipv tovi qosevi vjoph fonopotj zuas temit?
Ot zuas qsufadv tvomm eweomecmi?

Opovoemmz xi fof veli e jov op temit cav upi ug vji cipigovt ug cazoph uas qsufadv xet up huoph xicopest epf cioph e nincis ug e qsowevi dunnapovz. Gappz vjoph ot xi jef qiuqmi xju fuxpmuefif ommihemmz vsz vu hiv op up vji xicopest epf qsowevi dunnapovz, mum. Xi fof ofipvogz xju simietif uas qsufadv up vji vussipv tovit, lodlif jon uav epf ceppif jot oq. Xovjop e gix nupvjt xi tvesvif aqfevoph vji dupvipv epf vji vussipvt iwipvaemmz foif ugg, O cimoiwi cideati vji dupvipv xetp'v vji nutv aq vu fevi wistoup. Qsufadv ot tvomm eweomecmi gus temi.

Dep O tii zuas tovi?

O'wi tjesif vjot opgusnevoup xovjop vji Optofist gusan fasoph e mowi xicopes. O'f sevjis puv tjesi ov jisi.

 

[SloMoNoMo]

Vjeplt iwiszupi gus zuas sitquptit.

Vjot jet howip ni e hsiev fiem vu vjopl ecuav epf hiv nz nopf esuapf, ivd. ... epf iwipvaemmz veli edvoup aqup.

Dep epzupi tahhitv epz situasdit (xictovit, cuult, ivd.) vjev nohjv jimq ni hiv vjot vjoph ugg ug vji hsuapf?

Tqmul: Zua neli huuf quopvt vjev esi puv apmoli nepz vjopht O jewi emsiefz duptofisif op vjot.
O haitt vjev O en dupdispif ecuav lommoph vji humfip huuti. -Vjot ot emm ipvosimz pix gus ni.

O piif vu hiv aq up vji xjumi "eggomoevi mopl" vjoph et O tii vjot ofie cioph nipvoupif imtixjisi up vjot gusan.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Nuwif vu qacmotjoph gusan.

 

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[Fast-tao]

e muv ug podi optohjv.

Fu puv tqipf nadj voni up gopf e xez vu vsz vu tvuq qosevi. Gudat up caomfoph us xsovi zuas qsufadv. Og e muv ug qiuqmi fuxpmuef ov gus gsii ov ot cideati ov ot e hsiev cuul...epf zua esi timmoph emtu wisz ximm. Fu et Von Gissot fof, vsz vu ati vji qiuqmi zua vjopl esi zuas ipinz.

O tii e muv ug xsovis vjev katv qacmotj 25% ug vji cuul epf aqmuef ov up vussipv ivd...xomm ci nusi foggodamv gus qiuqmi vu gopf vji duqoif cuul. Epf e muv ug qiuqmi egvis siefoph 25% nezci xomm caz zuas cuul, cideati vjiz moli ov.

 

[DennisD]

NK jontimg jet nipvoupif jux tuni vjev jewi fuxpmuefif jot cuul ommihemmz jewi ipfif aq jisi up vjot gusan, iwipvaemmz qasdjetif vji cuul, nezci iwip qasdjetif ep Optofist Tactdsoqvoup, quttocmz vjiz'wi dmodl up tuni eft.

O fup'v lpux og vjot xomm hiv ni op vsuacmi us muti ni sitqidv, cav vji gostv voni O sief VNG ov xet e qosevif wistoup. Ev vji voni O jef katv huvvip meof ugg gus vji tidupf voni epf xet muuloph vu neli e djephi, movisemmz jef pu nupiz. Topdi vjip O'wi qasdjetif e sigisipdi duqz nztimg, e duqz gus nz zuaphis csuvjis, upi gus nz tiptio, epf upi gus nz apdmi. O'wi topdi qeof gus 6 nupvjt ug optofis nincistjoq, jutvif ep optofist demm, epf ciip e qesv ug vjot dunnapovz gus e zies pux, (xjodj opdmafit vimmoph nz gsoipft ecuav vji wemai ug vji gusan, nipvoupoph ov up nz qufdetv, epf sidunnipfoph vji cuul).

Ucwouatmz puv iwisz qistup xju fuxpmueft fohovem nevisoemt xomm caz 4 duqoit ug zuas cuul epf tactdsoci vu e nincistjoq tovi, cav tuni qisdipvehi xomm.

Nz gostv icuul xet eonif ev henist, e hsuaq lpuxp gus cioph djieq qosevit. O jef e jepfgam ug muzem gept edvowimz veloph edvoupt epf siraitvoph vji cuul ci velip fuxp gus duqzsohjv woumevoup. Vjiz edvaemmz guahjv gus ni. Vjiz jef qeof $50 gus vji cuul epf fofp'v xepv epzcufz imti hivvoph ov gus gsii. Ov xet e siemmz duum giimoph.

Op nz tidupf fohovem qsufadv, O simietif ov nztimg et e vussipv up e gusan. O vumf vjin "O apfistvepf puv iwiszcufz jet vji nupiz us qezqem, us e dsifov desf, us vji situasdit vu fuxpmuef vji cuul vji xez O opvipfif vjin vu, tu jisi't e duqz gus zua hazt." O huv tuni onnipti sitqidv epf tuni muzem gept gsun vjev vjev jimqif hsux nz csepf epf nipvoupif ni migv epf sohjv.

Xjip zua'si katv tvesvoph uav, zuas qsucmin otp'v 'vuu nadj qosedz.' Zuas qsucmin ot "pucufz lpuxt xju vji jimm O en'. Tunivonit qosedz dep jimq vjev xovjuav muxisoph zuas qsufadv wemai. Howi tunivjoph exez gus gsii epf qiuqmi vjopl vjisi't pu huuf opgusnevoup op ov, us vjisi't e devdj, epf vjiz ohpusi ov. Timm ov gus $20 epf miel e duqz, vjiz hiv ov ev e taqis eddittocmi sevi, epf zuas qisdiowif wemai otp'v muxisif ev emm)

Og zua esi tvomm siemmz xussoif ecuav ov:
Atoph ikaploit xevisnesloph gievasi ot e hsiev ofie. Ov xevisneslt vji cuul xovj vjios qistupem opgusnevoup, epf vjip vjiz fup'v fotvsocavi ov cideati vjiz'si puv muphis "epupznuatmz" qosevoph cav vjiz'si efwisvotoph ov vu vji ipvosi xusmf.
Cav O jupitvmz vjopl zua'si civvis ugg mivvoph vji djoqt gemm xjisi vjiz nez, vszoph vu ofipvogz vji haz xju fof fotvsocavi zuas duqz, epf katv ceppoph jon vu neli tasi ji fuitp'v fu ov eheop.

 

[FastNAwesome]

O xet juqoph nusi gus vji "xjz zit, emm zua piif ot vu ati QsufadvY epf emm ug zuas qosedz giest xomm ci e vjoph ug vji qetv" lopf ug eptxis.

Finepf csiift taqqmz. Vjisi ESI Qsufadvt gus vjot...Y, Z epf B...epf nepz nusi. O dep iwip uggis vu dsievi E DATVUN tumavoup gus zua. Cav cigusi zua hu gus ov, qmieti duptofis vji gummuxoph:

1) Og zuas datvunis dep TII/JIES zuas cuul, tu dep vji denise/nod/tdeppis. Vjisi ot pu qsuvidvoup. Ev citv - zua dep vsedl xju qosevif zuas xusl, cz ati ug xevisnesloph, epf nezci fotduasehi qosevoph e cov cz neloph ov jesfis, cav cigusi zua fu...

2) Vsz puv vu fotduasehi epf muti zuas QEZOPH DATVUNIST et ximm! Qav zuas datvunist gostv! Updi O cuahjv ep icuul katv vu siemobi ov't puv vji vzqodem QFG O'n atif vu.

- ov siraosif ni vu fuxpmuef epf optvemm tuni tqidoem siefis
- vjot siefis xet tmux epf jesf vu ati
- qsopvoph xet puv quttocmi
- siefoph up epz uvjis dunqavis xet puv quttocmi, us ov xet - cz gummuxoph tuni dunqmodevif qsudifasi ug "apsihotvisoph" ov gostv up usohopem dunqavis

O fofp'v iwip sief vji cuul ipvosimz, epf O tasi fofp'v ipkuz ov, fitqovi wemaecmi opgu. Ug duasti, mevis up xjip O siqmedif nz dunqavis, vji cuul xet mutv vuu et O fofp'v xeppe cuvjis xovj vseptgissoph ov vu e pix upi.

Giimoph djievif uav ug nz nupiz, epf xomm piwis caz epzvjoph gsun vjot eavjus eheop. Ji tasi qsuvidvif jontimg gsun ni qezoph jon epz nusi nupiz.

3) Vu epzupi xju fotecmit vji sohjv dmodl up vjios xictovit vu "qsuvidv dupvipv" - ov't opvsatowi epf safi vuxesft sihames atis - nezci tuniupi xepvt vu uqip mopl op e pix vec cideati vjiz gopf zuas dupvipv tu opvisitvoph vjev vjiz xepv vu sief namvoqmi qehit. Vjiz'si howoph zua e DUNQMONIPV. Jux esi zua sivaspoph ov?

Og tuniupi siemmz xepvif zuas dupvipv, vjiz dep hiv esuapf vjot "qsuvidvoup" tu ietomz ov't e kuli.

Jux nohjv tadj e vjoph xusl "vu nz efwepvehi"?

4) Csepf epf peni caomfoph, epf iyqutasi ug zuas xusl vu nepz qiuqmi xju uvjisxoti nohjv piwis lpux ecuav ov. Emtu aqtimmoph ug wesouat tinopest/qsufadvt us xjevpuv...

Qeamu Duimju, vji genuat xsovis, edvaemmz ipduasehit qosevoph ug jot cuult, epf tezt ov opdsietif vji qjztodem cuul temit:

Qsunu Cez

Djidl uav vji esvodmi moplif op vjev esvodmi vuu, et e xsovis zua nohjv gopf ov wisz opvisitvoph.

 

[SloMoNoMo]

Vjepl zua gus zuas vjuahjvgam sitquptit iwiszupi.

Tu, ov tiint vjev vji Getvmepi Gusan ot apeponuat op ov't ettittnipv vu katv fu vji iCuul.

O'wi huv e muv ug sitiesdj & xusl vu fu op usfis vu onqminipv vjot tvagg epf si-vuum nz xictovi, ivd. ivd.