Creating Registered editions of ebooks
HTML Executable has a flexible ebook licensing and DRM system, it comes with several tools to:
- manage registered users of your ebooks,
- control who may access your ebook,
- deliver license or activation keys,
- block users when a purchase is fraudulent,
- and much more...
Easy integration with e-vendors such as PayPal, E-junkie, FastSpring: deliver ebooks and keys to customers by email immediately after successful orders.
Our ebook protection service Protect Ebook .net offers hassle-free solutions available for less than 1 USD per day!
Create different editions of your ebooks...
Thanks to certificates, you can make different registered versions (Lite, Premium, Commercial, Professional...).
For each certificate, you can:
- select which HTML pages and/or PDF documents should be displayed,
- set the actions the user will be able to do, printing, copying, selecting text, using mouse context menu or not...
thanks to security profiles.
The Default certificate lets you create a trial version of your ebook. You can choose not to offer trial possibilities: then, in Default properties, tick "Do not allow access to the publication without prior registration".
A variety of Registration methods...
Registration keys, online activation, passwords... everything is possible with HTML Executable.
- Online activation
After a successful order, you send your customer an activation key to unlock the ebook. You can decide on how many computers this activation key will be usable. For instance, if you set 2 activations, only two computers will be able to open your ebook: your ebook cannot be shared with others.
The activation process is easy and can be automated through the Internet, or Manual for end users who do not have a computer with an Internet connection.
You can accept refunds from customers, block illegal users thanks to the Deactivation feature. You can control access to your publication at each run.
Online activation can be done:
→ from your server. For advanced users, we provide the activation kit that allows you to install required files on your server and turn it into an activation server.
→ or from our Protect Ebook .net service. For users who do not want to deal with PHP, server maintenance and installation, databases, Protect Ebook .net is a great deal.
- Hardware-locked registration keys
When your customer runs your ebook for the first time, he will be given a code (his system ID), that he has to give you. Then, you can create his personal key. This key will only work on his computer.
It won't work on any other machine, so it becomes useless if it is shared with others.
The key is based on a unique system ID that depends on the user's computer hardware.
- Simple registration keys
You create registration keys that you give to your customers. Although these keys are personal, they can unlock your ebook on any computer, making the sharing of your ebook possible.
Registration keys can be created online or in mass: we provide scripts in php, C#, Pascal, VB... to all users of the Professional/Commercial editions. You can then integrate these scripts into your own sales system. Registration keys may also be manually created with HTML Executable.
- Simple password
You create passwords that you give to your customers. The password can unlock your ebook on any computer, making the sharing of your ebook possible.
- Use the key blacklist option for stolen or refunded registration keys.
How can a user register?
The first time the user opens your ebook, a window requiring the registration key will appear, depending on how you have configured the ebook. These windows can be customized at will.
→ if you chose online activation:
Clicking "Purchase a key online" will lead to your ordering page. When he gets his activation key, your user clicks "Continue" and obtain:
→ if you chose hardware-locked keys:
The first window will be:
Clicking "Purchase a key online" will lead to your ordering page. Your user has to copy his system ID to place the order. When he gets his registration key, he clicks "Continue" and obtain:
If you offer a trial version...
You can also offer a trial version of your ebook. The first time the user opens your ebook, he will be prompted to choose between the trial version or the registered one:
If your customer does not have a registration key, he will never be able to access to the registered version.