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One customer came to me with a very interesting need. He has a published book, and the digital "source" of it, and he wants a software/platform that basically could enable him to publish that e-book and let him make some changes and revisions online.

As this could be or not a specific requirement, I'm thinking if there couldn't be anything out there that could satisfy at least most of his needs.

Here is the detailed requirements:

• It needs to be an online platform
• It has to let him upload his book at the current state
• It has to let him make changes on the e-book online (like making corrections, adding new content etc.)
• It should have the option for him to either block copy paste of the e-book text from the users or just let them copy a reduced portion of it (like N words or so). Printscreen is not a concern.
• And I think this is tricky: It shouldn't publish the book publicly... It should, in some way, let only authorized users access it.

Notes

• No need for e-book download (for now). The users should only view it online.
• It could be either an online service or a self-hosted app
• It should be interesting if the software could display customizable watermarks along with the pages, to disencourage users to printscreen them (that's from me, he hadn't mentioned it).

One customer came to me with a very interesting need. He has a published book, and the digital "source" of it, and he wants a software/platform that basically could enable him to publish that e-book online and let him make changes and revisions over time.

As this could be or not a specific requirement, I'm thinking if there couldn't be anything out there that could satisfy at least most of his needs.

Here is the detailed requirements:

• It needs to be an online platform
• It has to let him upload his book at the current state
• It has to let him make changes on the e-book online (like making corrections, adding new content etc.)
• It should have the option for him to either block copy paste of the e-book text from the users or just let them copy a reduced portion of it (like N words or so). Printscreen is not a concern.
• And I think this is tricky: It shouldn't publish the book publicly... It should, in some way, let only authorized users access it.

Notes

• No need for e-book download (for now). The users should only view it online.
• It could be either an online service or a self-hosted app
• It should be interesting if the software could display customizable watermarks along with the pages, to disencourage users to printscreen them (that's from me, he hadn't mentioned it).

One customer came to me with a very interesting need. He has a published book, and the digital "source" of it, and he wants a software/platform that basically could enable him to publish that e-book and let him make some changes and revisions online.

As this could be or not a specific need for him, I'm thinking if there couldn't be anything out there that could satisfy at least most of his requirements.

Here is the detailed requirements:

• It needs to be an online platform
• It has to let him upload his book at the current state
• It has to let him make changes on the e-book online (like making corrections, adding new content etc.)
• It should have the option for him to either block copy paste of the e-book text from the users or just let them copy a reduced portion of it (like N words or so). Printscreen is not a concern.
• And I think this is tricky: It shouldn't publish the book publicly... It should, in some way, let only authorized users access it.

Notes

• No need for e-book download (for now). The users should only view it online.
• It could be either an online service or an self-hosted app
• It should be interesting if the software could display customizable watermarks along with the pages, to disencourage users to printscreen them (that's from me, he hadn't mentioned it).

One customer came to me with a very interesting need. He has a published book, and the digital "source" of it, and he wants a software/platform that basically could enable him to publish that e-book and let him make some changes and revisions online.

As this could be or not a specific requirement, I'm thinking if there couldn't be anything out there that could satisfy at least most of his needs.

Here is the detailed requirements:

• It needs to be an online platform
• It has to let him upload his book at the current state
• It has to let him make changes on the e-book online (like making corrections, adding new content etc.)
• It should have the option for him to either block copy paste of the e-book text from the users or just let them copy a reduced portion of it (like N words or so). Printscreen is not a concern.
• And I think this is tricky: It shouldn't publish the book publicly... It should, in some way, let only authorized users access it.

Notes

• No need for e-book download (for now). The users should only view it online.
• It could be either an online service or a self-hosted app
• It should be interesting if the software could display customizable watermarks along with the pages, to disencourage users to printscreen them (that's from me, he hadn't mentioned it).

One customer came to me with a very interesting need. He has a published book, and the digital "source" of it, and he wants a software/platform that basically could enable him to publish that e-book and let him make some changes and revisions online.

As this could be or not a specific need for him, I'm thinking if there couldn't be anything out there that could satisfy at least most of his requirements.

Here is the detailed requirements:

• It needs to be an online platform
• It has to let him upload his book at the current state
• It has to let him make changes on the e-book online (like making corrections, adding new content etc.)
• It should have the option for him to either block copy paste of the e-book text from the users or just let them copy a reduced portion of it (like N words or so). Printscreen is not a concern.
• And I think this is tricky: It shouldn't publish the book publicly... It should, in some way, let only authorized users access it.

Notes

• No need for e-book download (for now). The users should only view it online.
• It should be interesting if the software could display customizable watermarks along with the pages, to disencourage users to printscreen them (that's from me, he hadn't mentioned it).

One customer came to me with a very interesting need. He has a published book, and the digital "source" of it, and he wants a software/platform that basically could enable him to publish that e-book and let him make some changes and revisions online.

As this could be or not a specific need for him, I'm thinking if there couldn't be anything out there that could satisfy at least most of his requirements.

Here is the detailed requirements:

• It needs to be an online platform
• It has to let him upload his book at the current state
• It has to let him make changes on the e-book online (like making corrections, adding new content etc.)
• It should have the option for him to either block copy paste of the e-book text from the users or just let them copy a reduced portion of it (like N words or so). Printscreen is not a concern.
• And I think this is tricky: It shouldn't publish the book publicly... It should, in some way, let only authorized users access it.

Notes

• No need for e-book download (for now). The users should only view it online.
• It could be either an online service or an self-hosted app
• It should be interesting if the software could display customizable watermarks along with the pages, to disencourage users to printscreen them (that's from me, he hadn't mentioned it).