What is Publica & What Problem Does It Solves? Publica is an evolutionary publishing platform using blockchain to innovate how books are funded, distributed & read
They turn books in cryptocurrency. A book becomes an indivisible token, cryptographically protected. You can send it to a friend, sell it, trade it - true digital ownership!
This token has a unique feature. Once it’s in your Publica wallet, you can also read it. That’s right, read your tokens! Publica’s wallet is coupled with an ereader and the tokens serve as the access keys to literary works.
Funding and editorial help necessary to produce quality books. Now authors are either bootstrapping and DIY-producing millions of titles buried in Amazon, what some call “the mass grave of mass commerce.” Alternatively, authors chase publishers and agents with a low probability of success.
The killer feature is BOOK ICO - authors pre-sell their book coins and get necessary funding without needing an advance from publishers. The coins they get have two sides — one side is funds, the other side is also positive — community that motivates them and spreads the word for them because they’re involved too. And they get something that is tradable and can grow in value! The book coin!
The Internet disrupted book distribution but with limited transfer and ownership. Blockchain brings back borderless distribution and ownability for readers. For authors it’s funding, community, sales transparency, ease of contracting, and automation of revenue sharing in blockchain smart contracts.
Publica was founded in 2017 and successfully closed its ICO.
Founders - Josef Marc (CEO)
Antons Sapriko (COO, also Antons is the founder and CEO of Scandiweb.com)
Yuri Pimenov (COO, Yuri translated Antonopoulos' book "Mastering Bitcoin" to Russian).
Publica was funded in an ICO. The hardcap of 1 Million USD was 100% reached.
The New York Times bestselling author and blogger Matthew Kepnes aka Nomadic Matt will pre-sell his upcoming book "Backpacker’s Guide to Europe" exclusively on the Blockchain. The Initial Book Coin Offering will open on June 6th at 6 am PST, only 1000 book tokens will be available for sale.
So far, Publica released:
- E-reader app combined with a cryptocurrency wallet for Android and iOS
- Launched online Publica catalog
- Announced the first Book ICO in history!
- Portal where authors can sign-up to be one of the first to run a Book ICO
Visit Publica.com to learn more!