Offer a Trial version of your ebook to your future customers

For this simulation, we made a sample ebook with HTML Executable from a book in PDF format (Think and grow rich, by Napoleon Hill). This ebook was then converted into a Trial ebook; another tutorial covers all the steps to realize that. Note that it’s possible to disable the unregistered state: in that case, a customer must unlock the ebook before he can access it.

A trial ebook operates in two modes: unregistered and registered. We decided to make only the first five pages of the ebook available in the unregistered mode. If a user wants to read the rest of the story, they need to purchase the full ebook from our online store.

After a successful purchase, our WooCommerce plugin automatically generates activation keys and sends them to the customer. With an activation key, they can unlock the remaining pages, putting the ebook into the registered mode. We have also configured Protect Ebook.net to allow only one activation per order. This means the customer can unlock their ebook on just one computer. This is our preference, but you can, of course, allow more activations if desired. A deactivation feature is available for customers who wish to transfer their ebook to a different computer.

To test this ebook, you need first to download it on your computer: download the stand-alone executable software (hill-think-and-grow-rich.exe) below and run it. No installation is required! Size: 9.4 Mb.

File is digitally signed to authenticate our company as well as to ensure that the file has not been altered.

Next, we’ll test the trial ebook