What is the Digital Signature service?
The Digital
Signature service is a service that we provide to all FlipAlbum®
Professional 4, FlipAlbum® 5 Pro and FlipPublisher® customers
to digitally sign their FlipBooks that are meant for online commercial
distribution or FlipBooks that contain HTML pages for viewing on
FlipViewer® 3.x.
For more information on Digital Signature
service, please click here.
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Why do I have to digitally sign my FlipBook?
FlipViewer®
3.5 and above software is specially designed to work with our enterprise
solutions like DRM and more. With the DRM solution, FlipBook publishers
can now have a better control of the FlipBooks that they distribute
online. This solution has so far been made available to the Enterprise
customers only. With the decision to extend this service to all
our valued FlipAlbum® and FlipPublisher® customers, we had
then released FlipViewer® 3.x to the general
public.
To control the use of FlipViewer®
3.x for commercial reasons as well as in the distribution of HTML
content, digital signature is introduced. Hence, anyone who wishes
to use FlipViewer® 3.x to view
HTML-based FlipBooks or commercial FlipBooks may only do so if the
FlipBook is digitally signed. And it is the responsibility of the
FlipBook publisher to digitally sign the FlipBook.
Note that this does not apply
to home users who wish to use FlipViewer® 3.x to distribute
their non-commercial FlipBooks online as long as the FlipBooks do
not contain HTML pages.
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What happens after my Digital Signature account expires?
Using FlipViewer®
3.5 and above software, the FlipBook will be termed "For
Non-commercial Use Only" when the Digital Signature subscription
expires, or in the case of HTML-based FlipBooks, the FlipBook
will not open.
FlipBook publishers will have
to subscribe to the Small
Business Services as long as they wish to commercially distribute
online FlipBooks or FlipBooks containing HTML pages using FlipViewer®
3.x.
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Why am I limited to 500 downloads?
The 500 download limitation is
meant to differentiate the small business users from the enterprise.
For publishers who wish to distribute more than 500 copies of
their online FlipBooks on a monthly basis, they may approach
our Support Team at support@flippublish.com
for volume pricing.
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May I continue to use FlipViewer® 2.x
to commercially distribute my online FlipBooks?
The auto-install link for FlipViewer® 2.2.5
download will remain up to December 2007, specially for the benefit
of FlipAlbum® 4 Pro, FlipAlbum® 5 Pro and FlipPublisher® customers. Our Support Team will also be available for queries
on FlipViewer® 2.2.5 till then. Thereafter, we will review the
need to continue this support. At the same time, please do note
that there will not be any updates to the FlipViewer® 2.2.5
software with the release of FlipViewer® 3.x.
Nevertheless, customers of FlipAlbum® 4 Pro,
FlipAlbum® 5 Pro and FlipPublisher® products may continue
to use or distribute FlipViewer® 2.2.5 for as long as they desire
by hosting it on their website or downloading it from third party
download sites if possible.
And if they wish to commercially distribute
their online FlipBooks or FlipBooks containing HTML pages using
FlipViewer® 3.x, they may use a 2-year free Digital Signature
standard account that we provide at http://asp.flipserver.net/premiumopf/activation/.
Please note the Digital Signature standard account must be activated
by July 31st, 2005, after which it will no longer be valid.
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What are the differences between FlipViewer® 2.2.5 vs. FlipViewer®
3.x and above?
The FlipViewer®
3.5 and above software supports our enterprise solutions like DRM
and tracking. The major differences are:
| 1. |
FlipViewer® 3.5
and above software has a better zoom and pan features. |
| 2. |
FlipViewer® 3.5 and above
software can be used to open offline FlipBooks, our proprietary
OPZ format. The offline FlipBook maker service is currently
offered to our Enterprise customers only. However, you may contact
our Support Team at support@flippublish.com
if you are interested in this solution. |
| 3. |
The auto-install script for downloading of FlipViewer®
3.5 and above software can include parameters like the page
number to automatically flip to when opening the FlipBook. |
| 4. |
FlipViewer® 3.5 and above
software allows better synchronization of audio during auto-flipping
for FlipBooks that are DRM-enabled. The FlipBook can be programmed
to flip after the page audio completes playing or depending
on the page timer. The book background music can also be defined
to play over a pre-specified pages. |
| 5. |
FlipViewer® 3.5 and above
software provides better flash animation support within HTML.
Flash animation can now be programmed to start playing when
the page containing the flash animation is flipped to and stop
playing when the page is flipped away. |
FlipViewer® 3 series
is constantly being enhanced to meet our business customers needs.
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May I continue to distribute my FlipBook CDs
for free?
FlipAlbum® 4 Pro,
FlipAlbum® 5 Pro and FlipPublisher® customers may continue to freely distribute FlipBook CDs, as mentioned
in the EULA:
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"E-Book grants You a non-exclusive,
non-transferable license to use one copy of the Software on
a single standalone computer under Your control for the sole
purpose of creating digital content on storage media such as
CD-ROM, CD-R, Zip Disk or similar media (the “Media”).
You may reproduce and distribute, including for commercial purposes,
any number of such created Media. This includes the right to
install such Media on a drive which is connected to a network
for access and viewing by users on the network." |
The Digital Signature service only applies to FlipBook
publishers who wish to commercially distribute online FlipBooks
and FlipBooks that contain HTML pages using FlipViewer®
3.5 and above software.
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May I freely use FlipViewer® 2.x to share
FlipBooks that are created in future releases of FlipAlbum®
Pro and FlipPublisher®?
We have explicitly restricted online sharing of
FlipBooks for commercial purposes, as well as FlipBooks that contain
HTML pages, in FlipAlbum® 6 Pro
and the newly launched FlipPublisher® Enterprise product.
At the same time, to show our appreciation to our
FlipAlbum® Professional 4 and FlipAlbum® 5 Pro customers for their
continued support, we are providing those who upgrade to FlipAlbum®
6 Pro from January 18th, 2005 till July 31st, 2005, with
a 2-year free Digital Signature standard account that allows digital
signing of up to 300 FlipBooks. To activate the free Digital Signature
standard account, please click here.
To upgrade to FlipAlbum® 6 Pro,
please click here.
FlipPublisher® customers are provided with
a 2-year free Digital Signature standard account that allows digital
signing of up to 50 FlipBooks. To activate the account, please click
here.
Please note the Digital Signature standard
account must be activated by July 31st, 2005, after which it will
no longer be valid.
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