In today’s world, it is important that sellers of digital products protect themselves. Therefore, if anyone sells or is thinking about selling digital content, he or she will want to protect the product. Protection comes in two flavors: Digital Rights Management (DRM) Licensing Agreements Last week, we talked about Digital Rights Management. Today, we want to take on licensing… Let’s start with the basics… According to Webster, to license means: A permission to act A… read more →
In today’s world, it is important that sellers of digital products protect themselves. Therefore, if anyone sells or is thinking of selling digital content, he or she will want to protect the product. Protection comes in two flavors: Digital Rights Management (DRM) Licensing Agreements First, let’s talk about Digital Rights Management. So what is Digital Rights Management, or DRM? DRM is the act of physically securing a digital product by restricting its use. It prevents… read more →
Last week, we discussed the importance of self-published authors selling their e-books via the top three Direct Sale Vendors (Kindle Direct, Nook Press, and iTunes Connect). However, Direct Sale Vendors aren’t the only way to go… Another concept to consider is selling our e-books in all of the electronic reader formats via a personal website. Actually, one of the most important “pages” for an author to create to promote his or her book is an… read more →
Last year, we discussed the number one reason why writers today choose self-publishing over and over again—CONTROL. Via self-publishing, writers control book titles, book covers, book content (story and words), publishing, copyrights, and promotion. But we also have to sell our e-books. To do this, we primarily turn to Direct Sale Vendors. Direct Sale Vendors sell e-books for a percentage of the sale. Who are the top three Direct Sale Vendors? Amazon’s Kindle Direct Platform… read more →
Last year, we discussed the number one reason why writers today choose self-publishing over and over again—CONTROL. Via self-publishing, writers control book titles, book covers, book content (story and words), publishing, copyrights, and promotion. But we also have to sell our e-books. To do this, we turn to Direct Sale Vendors. Direct Sale Vendors sell our e-books for a percentage of the sale. Who are the top Direct Sale Vendors? Kindle Direct Publishing Platform (Amazon)… read more →