Helping the Book Industry Succeed in the Digital Age
The NDS electronic book publishing solution is designed to integrate with existing publishing systems. It enables publishers, distributors and retailers to manage the process of creating and distributing e-books.
NDS BookTablet™ middleware creates a richer reading experience for consumers while allowing a high level of control over device behaviour and functionality. BookTablet components include:
- User interface/bookshelf application
- Language and search tools
- Audio/video support
- Integration with social networking apps
- Games and applications
NDS ReaderGuard™ encrypts purchased content and generates licenses to eligible users or devices. It can be customised depending on type and value of content as well as the method of delivery and the intended device. The result is a comprehensive method for ensuring service, content and device protection.
- Service protection ensures that content is accessible only to entitled users.
- Content protection is defined by the NDS business rules engine and controls content rights such as subscription, rental and lending.
- Device protection ensures that the e-reader device is not tampered with.
The NDS platform includes a business rules engine that supports a wide range of unique offers. In addition to support for standard rights such as purchase, rentals and subscriptions, NDS offers a variety of innovations including:
- Restoring lost content
- Lending books to another user or device
- Group purchase of content for multiple devices.