Start a Piracy Monitoring and Takedown Service for Fiction Authors

1. 1

   Build the scanning net

   Automated searches of known ebook piracy sites, file lockers, and search results for each title and pen name in the catalog, run on a schedule with fingerprinting to cut false matches.

2. 2

   Learn takedown procedure properly

   A valid notice has required elements, and hosts, search engines, and file lockers each have their own filing channels. Doing this correctly, at volume, is the entire service; sloppy notices get ignored.

3. 3

   Automate the notice pipeline

   Detected link in, formatted notice out to the right abuse contact, with follow-up tracking and re-notice when mirrors reappear. The author sees a dashboard of links found and links killed.

4. 4

   Be honest about the limits

   Some hosts ignore notices and some sites are offshore whack-a-mole. Report removal rates truthfully and position the service as suppression and search-cleanup, not eradication. You are a filing service, not a law firm, and legal escalation goes to an attorney.

5. 5

   Price by catalog

   Tiers by number of titles monitored, with romance, fantasy, and serial authors (frequent releases, rabid piracy) as the core market.

6. 6

   Grow inside author communities

   Indie author forums, writing conferences, and newsletter swaps. A free single-title scan showing an author her own leaked links converts better than any ad.

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