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eBooks are many people’s preferred way to get information on just about any topic, including health, positive thinking, healthy living, personal development and more. They are are a means of communication that deliver all of the information that your customer needs with just the click of a mouse!

If you’ve always thought about writing an eBook, but didn’t know where you’d find the time or the content for it, you needn’t look any further!

Private label rights content will allow you to compile all the information you need to complete your eBook!

Why You Should Consider Writing a Private Label Rights Ebook

There are many benefits to using PLR content in your eBook, such as:

1. The words are already written. Tweaking is a whole lot easier than writing from scratch.
2. You’ll get new ideas or take an old concept and breathe new life into it.
3. This is a very time effective way to author an ebook.
4. It’s the perfect cure for writer’s block!
5. You can outsource the compilation of the ebook to make the process even easier!

Doesn’t This Break Rules?

Are you worried you are stealing the works of others? Not at all. When you purchase PLR content you are buying a license that gives you the right to use the content as you see fit, including using it in your eBook. There is a chance that you will have some limitataions.

For example, you may need to rewrite the content to make it more original so you can use your name on the book It makes sense to change it somewhat or use bits and pieces of it in your eBook.

You can also hire a content re-writer to reword the information that you want to use in your eBook. This way you can be sure that your content isn’t duplicated anywhere else on the web.

The great thing about a rewriter is that they don’t cost nearly as much as someone who is writing first hand information! This means that you can get the writing done for next to nothing!

Making a Unique Private Label Rights Ebook

With the use of PLR content you can pick and choose what you want to use. When you see ideas or information in your private label rights content that you like, cut and paste it into an ongoing file. Then, when you’re ready, you can incorporate the snippets of information into your eBook or hand them over to your rewriter and let them do it.

Feel free to use your PLR content in many different ways Experiment with checklists, quotes and sayings, and so much more to enhance the look and feel of your eBook. This really is a great way to piece together an awesome eBook with little to no work on your part.

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As we enter 2010, PDF publishers must be more careful than ever to protect their PDFs with PDF security.

The number of security threats hackers, or employees intent on harming your business, can insert into PDF documents with your name on them are becoming more numerous every day. For example;

Security Holes in PDF files Exploited by Hackers

The latest Sophos Security Threat report tells us; “Instead of simply looking for operating system and browser vulnerabilities to exploit, hackers are also exploring security holes in other widely used programs and tools such as Adobe Flash and PDFs.

The rise in malicious Flash and PDF files can be partly explained by the use of malware construction kits that build web attack pages incorporating booby-trapped code. The inclusion of the Flash and PDF content targets vulnerabilities that have been found in the widely used Adobe browser plug-ins, underlining the importance of keeping these up to date.”

Mobile Devices Targeted by PDF Security Threats

Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion recently reports; “ Multiple security vulnerabilities exist in the PDF distiller of some released versions of the BlackBerry Attachment Service. These vulnerabilities could enable a malicious individual to send an email message containing a specially crafted PDF file, which when opened for viewing on a BlackBerry smartphone, could cause memory corruption and possibly lead to arbitrary code execution on the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Attachment Service.”

Resolution

“Research In Motion (RIM) has issued an interim security software update that resolves this vulnerability in affected versions of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Professional Software. Download and install Interim Security Update 2 for the software version that you are running.”

Hackers are finding increasingly inventive ways of exploiting holes in Acrobat

ITExpertMag reports; “The same rich content that makes PDF so useful to businesses can also make it a security risk. Embedding links, images, tables and media uses JavaScript and that allows PDF files to be exploited as an attack vector for hackers.

Although security software can scan for malicious code placed directly in the document, there are increasingly complex ways of obfuscating the code to hide the payload from scanners.

The usual defences of keeping browsers, security software and the Adobe Reader software itself up to date offer some protection. Adobe has released an update to address the specific vulnerability that was discovered and you should make sure all users have this.

You could disable the Adobe Reader browser plug-in but this will be so inconvenient for users that it’s not worth doing unless another vulnerability is discovered and you’re waiting for a security update. In Internet Explorer this can be done through the Tools > Manage Add-ons option and in Firefox this can be found under the Applications tab accessed via Tools > Options.

A better solution is JavaScript filtering in the firewall or on a security appliance, although you’ll need to set this up carefully to avoid problems on JavaScript-heavy Web sites, and you may need a procedure for unblocking PDFs with embedded content that users need to work with.

In the end, common sense and education are the best weapons. PDFs have to be specially created to exploit this vulnerability. Make users aware that there is a slight risk with PDF files and that they should treat emailed PDF documents they didn’t request with the same caution they use for other potential threats in email and attachments.”

Solutions

Whenever you produce a PDF, add security to it, and not just a password (which can be easily broken). Adding a protective shell and user access control will be even more essential in 2010 than previous years.

Here at the Protect my PDF blog, we are often asked how to secure a PDF file. Our first response is always to ask the person if they have released their PDF yet.

If the answer is, “no, the PDF has not yet been released” that’s good. If the answer is, “yes, we already have copies out there” then that’s a problem. Why?

Because, like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted, it’s too late. Even one copy of your PDF ebook or other PDF file, in the wrong hands is one too many and there are likely already scores of unauthorized PDF copies floating around.

The only time to secure a PDF is before it has been released. And these are the steps that should be taken.

1. Use a PDF protection system that contains live monitoring of who is accessing your PDF file. Monitor their name and IP address.

2. Use a secure PDF system that places a shell around your PDF that prevents unauthorized viewing.

3. Secure your PDF with a protection system that enables you to remove access to your PDF, whenever you choose. This is critical.

4. Do not allow printing of your PDF. Even in protection systems that claim to stop copying via the print process (printing to Adobe Acrobat and making a 100% unprotected copy, for example) the results of these systems is less than perfect. Instead, offer a printed, hard copy of your document as a stand-alone item (for additional profit if you desire)

5. Make sure you can evaluate your prospective PDF protection system for low cost, before rolling it out on a larger scale

6. Make sure your PDF protection system has versions that work with both PC for PDF protection and Mac PDF protection. Many protect PDF methods only work with one or the other operating system.

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