E-book Publishing Secrets 3: How To Lock Your E-book With Boomerang List Builder.

The third article in this series on e-book publishing will cover a program called Boomerang List Builder, by Dan Thompson. Boomerang List Builder allows book publishers to lock their books and makes it easy for customers to apply for and get an unlock code for the e-book. This is a must for your security and peace of mind.

Here's how Boomerang List Builder works.

You can use Boomerang List Builder to lock your book, upload it to your website and build your list. Nobody who downloads your book will be able to open it until they get the unlock code from you. When they open the e-book, a pop-up will appear asking them to enter the unlock code. There will also be a button to click so that they can get the specific code. When they click the button it will take them to your opt-in form where they'll enter their name and e-mail address. The unlock code will then be e-mailed to them as a matter of course.

Here is a simple 9 step process to follow when using Boomerang List

Builder. After each step click the "Next" button:

Step 1: Open Boomerang List Builder and find for your book on your hard drive.

Step 2: Enter the title of your book.

Step 3: Choose how you want your book to be locked. For most purposes, choose the "immediate registration" option.

Step 4: Enter a code. You can use a fixed code for all clients, or you can choose any code you want.

Step 5: Enter the URL of your opt-in form on your website.

Step 6: Enter an icon for your book if you have one. If not just skip this step.

Step 7: Enter your affiliate code if you wish to promote Boomerang

List Builder alongside your e-book. If not, you can simply skip this step.

Step 8: Add a Terms of Service section if you want to add one, or

simply skip this step.

Step 9: Click the Save button and you will have locked your book.

There is nothing else to do. Your locked book will be saved to your hard drive so you can upload it to your website and promote it on e-book websites. Whenever anybody downloads your e-book, you have a very good chance of getting that person to join your newsletter list.

The next article in this series will cover suitable e-book sites for you to upload your e-book in safety.