Ellibs Bookstore Platform

Introduction

The purpose of the Ellibs Bookstore Platform is to allow 3rd party bookstores to set up their own ebookstores utilizing Ellibs content infrastructure. By utilizing the Ellibs Bookstore Platform solution the 3rd party bookstore can enjoy the following benefits:

• The bookstore can sell their own publishers’ ebooks exclusively (PDF or EPUB format)
• Ellibs hosts and protects (DRM protection) the material enabling safe and reliable content management, as well as a smooth content delivery mechanism
• Enables the bookstore to sell Ellibs content directly from their ebookstore
• Optionally, the material of the 3rd party bookstore can be sold in Ellibs bookstore
• Flexible business model based on the sharing of the revenue generated from the sales commissions + a fee for the hosting of the material and downloads

Ellibs bookstore platform solutions:

"I am a publisher and I want to sell my content through different bookstores."

Ellibs hosts your titles and packages them with DRM protection.

1. A customer purchases one of your titles as an ebook from Ellibs.
2. Ellibs delivers the purchased ebook to the customer.
3. Ellibs pays to your bookstore the agreed share for this sale.

"I have a bookstore, and I want to provide my e-book collection to my customers."

Ellibs hosts your titles and packages them with DRM protection.

1. A customer purchases an ebook from your bookstore.
2. With the help of the Ellibs Bookstore Platform, you request a ticket to Ellibs for that ebook.
3. Ellibs delivers the purchased ebook to the customer via the requested ticket.
4. Ellibs invoices your bookstore for the ticket creation.

"I have a bookstore and I want to provide online e-books to my customers."

Ellibs hosts your titles and packages them with DRM protection.

1. A customer purchases an ebook from your bookstore.
2. With the help of the Ellibs Bookstore Platform, you request a ticket to Ellibs for that ebook.
3. Ellibs delivers the purchased ebook to the customer via the requested ticket.
4. Ellibs invoices your bookstore for this ebook sale.
5. The ebook publisher invoices Ellibs for this ebook sale.

"I have a bookstore, and I want to distribute my content to other bookstores with a share."

Ellibs hosts your titles and packages them with DRM protection.

1. A customer purchases one of your titles as an ebook from Ellibs bookstore.
2. Ellibs delivers the purchased ebook to the customer.
3. Your bookstore invoices Ellibs for this ebook sale.

Ellibs hosts the titles of several bookstores and packages them with DRM protection.

1. A customer purchases an ebook from a partner bookstore collection at your bookstore.
2. With the help of the Ellibs Bookstore Platform, you request a ticket to Ellibs for that ebook.
3. Ellibs delivers the purchased ebook to the customer via the requested ticket.
4. The partner bookstore will invoice you for this ebook sale.
5. Ellibs invoices you for the ticket creation.
6. Ellibs invoices the partner bookstore for enabling the transaction.