07-16-2023, 02:57 PM | #1 |
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Preventing and ePub from being edited
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How does one prevent an ePub from being edited by someone who has a copy of it? I assume there must be some way to set an ePub to "read only" so it cannot be modified. Thanks, WV-Mike |
07-16-2023, 03:57 PM | #2 |
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07-16-2023, 04:53 PM | #3 |
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Other than using DRM, there is no way to keep an ePub from being edited. There is no equivalent to the various password protection options for a PDF file.
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07-16-2023, 05:14 PM | #4 |
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By publishing your book through an official channel like Kobo books, Adobe Digital Editions, Apple Books etc, the epub vendor will add DRM normally to an epub typically unless you tell them otherwise.
If you want to sell your own epubs then there really is no drm method you can apply yourself short of encrypting the entire epub (zip) and selling one-time passwords that once received means no drm any longer. It is just not worth it for most self-publishers. |
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Thanks, Kevin and DNSB.
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07-17-2023, 08:26 AM | #7 |
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However DRM tends to not just prevent edits but lock to one user's device for casual user. A determined user can remove the DRM, or as a last resort capture an image of every page and then OCR (or image edit).
Having something/anything publicly distributed so no-one can edit it is only partially successful and creates problems for the users. |
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