Features
Everything you need to sell ebooks and audiobooks directly
Protection, hosting, delivery and store integrations in one service. No servers to run, no DRM vendor to negotiate with, and you only pay when you sell.
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Watermarking
Every copy you sell is signed with the buyer's name, visibly and invisibly. It stays a regular EPUB, MOBI, PDF or MP3 file that opens on any device, Kindle included, and it stays off the pirate sites.
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Readium LCP DRM invite-only beta
Encrypted copies with a personal licence for each buyer. Licences can expire, which makes lending and subscriptions possible, and it's an open standard supported by many reading apps and e-readers.
Which protection is right for you?
| Watermarking | Readium LCP DRM | |
|---|---|---|
| Reader compatibility | Any device, including Kindle | LCP apps & e-readers (no Kindle) |
| File formats | EPUB, MOBI, PDF, MP3 | EPUB, PDF |
| Files stay in their original format | Yes | No, encrypted |
| What the buyer needs to do | Nothing | Type a passphrase once |
| Anti-piracy strategy | Traceable copies | Locked copies |
| Expiring access (lending) | No | Yes |
| Print & copy limits | No | Coming |
| Subscriptions | No | Coming |
| Price | 1 credit | 1 credit |
Selling copies to keep? Watermark them. Lending, expiring, subscribing? That's LCP.
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Hosting and delivery
Upload your master files once. We store them, generate every protected copy and host the download pages your customers land on, with an availability period and download limits you set. You can even serve the download pages from your own domain.
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Plug-and-play integrations
Shopify, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, Shoper and Zapier. Install the app or plugin, link your products to your files and start selling.
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An API for custom stores
A simple RESTful JSON API with a PHP client library and docs on GitHub. If your store is custom-built, your developer will find it easy to work with.
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Download links by email
If your store doesn't deliver files itself, we can email each buyer their download links, from your name and with your own subject and message templates, with a delivery log so you can see what was sent.