What is the best way to protect my PDF eBook?
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I made a PDF from a Microsoft Word document. So far so good. Now what is the best way to protect my PDF eBook to ensure I don’t get thousands of unauthorized copies of my PDF eBook floating around the internet?
I don’t want to use a simple password to protect the PDF document, because judging by the amount of unauthorized PDF copies of other eBooks I have seen available on the internet, that security method is very weak.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
i think, its better to rar it and password protect the file.
January 2nd, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Protecting your PDF ebook only with a password is a very weak method, as you say. This blog post below might help you. It gives you some free and paid options to get the PDF ebook protection you likely need;
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:35 pm
You can add security to your PDF ebook using this PDF Security application.
You can protect PDF files with 128 bit encryption, that’s safe enough for your PDF ebook.
Hope it helps.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:21 am
you can not protect a PDF ebook, as any PDF protection can be reversed.
You should distribute your ebook in a secure format, such as the .exe format produced by