From the early days of using clay tablets to the eras of printing on cloth in Europe, and finally, to the modern times of printing on papers; publishing has played an important role in promoting literacy.
Some smart folks saw the opportunity in mass publishing which gave birth to the book publishing industry.
This book publishing industry is known as the Traditional Publishing Industry.
Traditional publishing is the established system of getting a book deal that pays 7-25% royalties to the Author. For years many authors have complained about the unfairness in the way income is shared in the industry.
- The traditional publishing process is very slow, it may take months to get a book deal with the publisher.
- Authors lose their creative control once they have a book deal with the publisher.
- Many authors complained about the royalty income paid to them. Many believe authors should get a bigger portion.
- The traditional publishers are only concern about their profits and will do anything to get it.
For every problem, there is always a solution. Imagine putting the whole publishing process on a blockchain; where printers come to bid on authors work.
Authorship.com - A Blockchain Publishing Community That Is Available Worldwide.
Authorship is the one stop solution to all the problems faced by millions of authors, and publishers worldwide. It is a website platform where authors, publishers, freelancers, and readers can connect with each other and offer their services to the members of the community.
Authorship.com aims to connect authors with readers globally by rewarding readers to purchase author's book. Readers in a country different from the author's country will have the book printed on demand by a publisher based in the reader's country.
The reader pays the author through the official token (ATS), the author places an order for publishers locally to print the book, a publisher is picked who ships the printed book to the reader.
The publisher is paid by the author for the book he printed and shipped to the reader.
The infographic below will show you how the blockchain works!
GIVEAWAY - Get 75 ATS For FREE Before 14th September 2017.
Until the ICO is over on 9/14/2017, the Authorship dev team is giving away 75 ATS which is worth more than $10 to anyone with an ethereum wallet.
If you don't have an ethereum wallet you can use create a wallet in minutes using any of the services below.
1. If you are on a mobile, you should go to https://token.im, download the app that works with your device, install and backup your key.
2. If you are on a pc, please go to https://metamask.io/, download the Google Chrome extension, enable it and create your account.
Once you have your Ethereum wallet ready, please follow my link to the ico page here
http://bounty.authorship.com/ref/R8196959
Please look for the section in the screenshot below on that page, click the button to pop up the sign-up form.
Here is a link directly to the form to get your FREE ATS https://app.upviral.com/embed/lead/call/ajax/camp/35229/cid/lp35229/ref_id/R8196959/widget/popup/. It is the same form that pops up when you click the button on from the Authorship's page
Fill the short form, confirm your email subscription to their email list.
Well done, you will receive your token a day after the ICO. You will be able to exchange the coin once it has been distributed.
MY CONCLUSION
There is a huge market for Authorship globally. If the idea works well, I believe ATS will increase in value.
Always remember, do you research before you invest or back any ICO project. Don't take this post as an investment advice.
I am an early bird bro, Gracias to you😎
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Yes bro, I will post more bounty soon. Am glad you liked it.
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I just got my 75 coins from your link. Plus 10 plus 10 overall 95 ats. Not bad. Thanks bro. I used coinomi ETH waller would that work
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Nice you deserve it, Blockchain is upon us all.
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Interesting and engaging article, @lucashunter. Indeed, the internet has greatly impacted the world of publishing. From Amazon's eBooks to potentially Blockchain distribution, the industry seems poised to go through another momentous change.
One of the downsides to the potential loss of traditional publishing is the choice selection of what is published and refinement of the product that comes from experienced publishers and editors. User reviews can only accomplish so much. With a flood of product saturating the market, couldn't readers have much more difficulty sorting through the chaff to find the gems?
And with the advent of self-publishing, many authors are bypassing editors and this is reflected in the quality of their finished product. Spelling errors, grammar, and other issues are not polished out prior to publication like they used to be.
Just something else to consider...
Upvoted this post and followed you. Feel free to follow me back. Good luck on Steem and enjoy your journey!
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Authorship will give self publishers the chance to sell to readers globally, even at region where Amazon Create space or Kindle can not reach.
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Thank you for links to make some free money. As you say don't everybody words as granted. Do you own research and invest when you feel a good about an investment. There is a lot of scammers out there.
Even if you write great content to make some money you need to be published and deal with the publishers demands. Which is not always pleasant. That is why Steemit is great and you cut out the middle man and just get rewarded for your content right away. :)
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Block chain Technology is taking over the world by Storm.
I read an article a few days ago of how the blockchain technology is going to be employed in the health sector.
I will have to recommend this to a few of my author friends.
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Yes they need to know, I can't imagine a future without Blockchain. I will post more updates for more people.
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This post was very informative thank you for sharing
you have my upvote
Keep smiling, reading, writing and voting!!!
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Upvoted and resteemed. Im always looking for ways to make a little more crypto and think its amazing crypto is making more and more ways to cut out the middle man and get the merchandise
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Don't forget to get your Free ATS. Remember is is available for a limited time.
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Thanks for introducing Authorship to us, @lucashunter. I have just upvoted your post!
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I am glad you liked it, did you signed up for your token? The coin will be listed with exchangers after the ICO and it will trade at $0.15
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Thanks for this revelations, Boss. I will read more to see how I can be part of this great innovation.
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As an indie author, this is definitely something worth researching. It's hard to believe cryptocurrency may be edging into the Amazon self-publishing marketplace.
Thanks for sharing!
Peace.
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