How would I add a "download now" feature to my site?

[vanese]

Hello All,

I have written a few children's books and would like to charge a fee for each one, whereas people can download a book after payment is made. How do I get this to work? Does Paypal offer this feature? Please please HELP!

Also, the books are going to be audio books, with an option to read the stories to the children.

[jatar_k]

You should use a delivery script to serve up the purchased online content after you can confirm payment was made.

You need to protect the content so that people can't email the url to their friends and have them download tyhe content for free.

All payment providers have a method of returning the user to your site after they process the transaction.

[frenzy77]

Hello Vanese:)
From: frenzy77

Regarding your queastion on selling downloadable books online. There is site that will help you with the downloads process.

[edited by: engine at 11:21 am (utc) on May 24, 2004]
[edit reason] TOS [/edit]

[jamesa]

Push the file through the script. Don't create a static page for it. Host the file outside the public webserver directories so it can't be linked to directly. I don't know what services like PayPal, etc do, but that would be the best way.