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ysabetwordsmith) wrote2023-04-17 08:09 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2023-04-17 08:09 pm
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NFT Ebooks
The recent discussion about the attack on the Internet Archive and the nature of electronic reading material got me thinking. I wondered if there's a better way, so I went out and looked.
Non-fungible tokens are electronic files turned into specific, individual, trackable products which can be bought, sold, and traded. I wondered if this would work for ebooks, and yes it does. Here is a comprehensive guide to NFT ebooks, how to make them, and where to find them. These behave a lot more like paper books than the average ebook does. However, at present they are all tied up with cryptocurrency and its chaos, which is a lot better in concept than in execution. But the idea of object-like ebooks is out there, so folks could choose to develop this technology into a more stable and secure version based more on archiving information and circulating books than on trying to get rich quick.
And remember, if you don't like what other folks are doing in cyberspace, there's a Kickstarter project to support fans in making their own platforms and websites.
Non-fungible tokens are electronic files turned into specific, individual, trackable products which can be bought, sold, and traded. I wondered if this would work for ebooks, and yes it does. Here is a comprehensive guide to NFT ebooks, how to make them, and where to find them. These behave a lot more like paper books than the average ebook does. However, at present they are all tied up with cryptocurrency and its chaos, which is a lot better in concept than in execution. But the idea of object-like ebooks is out there, so folks could choose to develop this technology into a more stable and secure version based more on archiving information and circulating books than on trying to get rich quick.
And remember, if you don't like what other folks are doing in cyberspace, there's a Kickstarter project to support fans in making their own platforms and websites.
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Context: I know at least one person in RL who cannot use paper books, but is capable of accessing computer files. And yes, on one occasion, I believe we had to photograph and upload entire paper book onto the computer to make it useable. It was rather tedious.
There was also a time when I had occasion to make certain recourses that are designed in such a way that they can be disseminated digitally and printed out* by anyone with a sufficient printer. The resources were also designed to be no-cost (beyond cost of printing it out), in part to avoid the fuss of people fighting over the monetary pie. (Oh, and people can add notes to the original file and disseminate that, they just aren't allowed to alter the file itself.)
*Resources were designed to be written on, and while someone could likely draw or write on a .pdf file, I lack the tech knowhow to do so myself.