RE: A New Kind of Publishing Ecosystem
Hello @thewritersblock I would love to talk with you about your business model. @hobo.media wants a little different direction, not coordinating centralization with decentralization, but taking decentralization to new heights.
I hope that your group will welcome open discussion between me and your team so that we can put our minds together and advance Steem in ways the publishing world has never seen.
Entering traditional publishing markets is fine and good, but I would like to have the opportunity to pursued you to a new way of looking at the industry. I don't believe paper books or even traditional ebooks are the answer here. We should utilize NFTs and good game theory, and build up a thriving second-hand digital book market for indie authors.
I think we might find that we have different ways of seeing things, but if we have some deep conversations, together we might be able to build on Steem the new way to publish.
We'll soon be doing a Kickstarter that will include a great deal of information about our business model. You can see more about the direction we're taking once that's published.
We're not at all interested in decentralizing the publishing industry. Self-publishing and POD have caused irreparable damage to consumer confidence in products offered by retailers like Amazon. Our goal is to focus on quality and education, not open new doors for work that should never see the light of day. We also don't believe that a blockchain is the right place for long form fiction, for many reasons.
Our biggest issue with what you may be proposing is the absence of professional editing. Without that, a publishing startup is doomed to failure.