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.