Learn how to share ebook previews securely without allowing downloads. Protect your intellectual property with password protection, view limits, expiration dates, watermarks, and comprehensive tracking analytics. Perfect for content creators, authors, and publishers.
Get Started FreeFor content creators and publishers, offering a preview of your ebook is an essential marketing strategy to attract readers and drive sales. However, traditional preview methods often expose your intellectual property to significant risks:
Readers can download the full ebook content, bypassing purchase requirements and causing revenue loss.
Preview links can be shared widely without your knowledge, diluting exclusivity and reducing conversion rates.
Once downloaded, you lose control over your content, making it vulnerable to piracy and unauthorized distribution.
Traditional methods provide no insights into reader behavior, engagement, or conversion patterns.
of authors report unauthorized sharing of their ebook previews
increase in conversion rates with secure preview sharing
of publishers prefer secure preview platforms
MaiPDF provides comprehensive security features designed specifically for ebook preview protection:
Prevent downloads completely. Readers can view your ebook preview online but cannot save, download, or print the content. This ensures your intellectual property remains protected while still allowing potential customers to sample your work.
Add an extra layer of security with password protection. Control who can access your ebook preview by requiring a password. Perfect for exclusive previews for subscribers, newsletter members, or VIP customers.
Set automatic expiration dates for your preview links. Access automatically expires after a specified time, ensuring previews don't remain accessible indefinitely. Ideal for limited-time promotional previews or time-sensitive marketing campaigns.
Control how many times a reader can view your preview. Set maximum view counts (e.g., 3 views per user) to prevent excessive access while still allowing multiple viewing sessions. This helps maintain exclusivity and encourages faster purchase decisions.
Add dynamic watermarks to your ebook preview pages showing the viewer's email, IP address, or custom text. This deters unauthorized sharing and helps identify the source if content is leaked. Watermarks are embedded directly in the PDF viewer.
Track detailed analytics on who views your preview, how long they spend reading, which pages they view most, and when they access the content. Use these insights to optimize your marketing strategy and improve conversion rates.
Visit MaiPDF.com and upload your ebook preview PDF. The platform supports files up to 50MB, making it suitable for most ebook previews. You can upload the first chapter, a sample section, or a specially created preview version of your ebook.
Set up your security preferences:
After configuring your settings, MaiPDF generates a secure, unique preview link. This link can be shared via email, social media, your website, or embedded in marketing campaigns. The link is protected by all the security settings you've configured.
Share the secure preview link with your target audience. You can include it in:
Track viewer engagement through MaiPDF's analytics dashboard. Monitor:
Share secure previews of your latest ebook with potential readers through your author website, social media, or email list. Protect your work while building anticipation and driving pre-orders.
Distribute secure previews to book reviewers, bloggers, and media outlets. Control access with expiration dates and view limits while maintaining professional presentation.
Share sample chapters of educational ebooks with instructors and institutions. Use password protection for exclusive previews and track engagement to identify interested buyers.
Provide secure previews of business and professional development ebooks to corporate clients and training departments. Use analytics to identify high-value prospects.
A self-published author specializing in business strategy used MaiPDF to share secure previews of their latest ebook. Here's what they achieved:
increase in conversion rate from preview to purchase
secure preview views in the first month
unauthorized downloads or content leaks
No, with MaiPDF's view-only mode enabled, readers cannot download, save, or print your ebook preview. The content is only accessible through the secure online viewer.
You control this setting. You can set view limits from 1 to unlimited views per user. Most authors find 3-5 views optimal, allowing multiple reading sessions while maintaining exclusivity.
Yes, MaiPDF provides comprehensive analytics including viewer information (if they log in), viewing duration, pages viewed, geographic location, and access times.
When the expiration date is reached, the preview link automatically becomes invalid. Viewers will see an expiration message and cannot access the content anymore.
Yes, you can manually revoke access to any preview link at any time through your MaiPDF dashboard, immediately disabling the link.
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