A Book Reader in Web3: Where Do I Start?

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A Book Reader in Web3 Where Do I Start?
The best guide for literary enthusiasts to
navigate Web3
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The intersection of literature and Web3
Weve seen a lot of NFT art skyrocket in
popularity throughout the past two years films
turned into NFTs, entire albums of songs made
into NFTs, NFT fashion clothing that you can
wear in the Metaverse, However, the role of the
literary industry in Web3 has been considerably
slower compared to its artistic counterparts.
Many NFT marketplaces did not even allow the
publishing of book documents in the traditional
way (OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace, did
not even allow PDFs or ePub files), making things
even more difficult.
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Overview of blockchains role in reshaping
narrative structures
Traditional publishing has been going on strong
for quite a while, but we all know how much of a
hassle it is to publish your own book. Be it
searching for literary agents. One of the
earliest mainstream examples of a literary Web3
project was Realms of Ruin. Composed of a Thrived
during the pre-Musk Twitter days of 2021. NFTs
were trending on news headlines and everyone and
their grandma was selling them, at least until
celebrities found themselves announcing NFT
projects to near-instant negative responses,
causing them to abandon their endeavors.
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Examples of blockchain-based storytelling projects

• Edenhorde
• Armored Kingdom
• Web3 Books To Check out.
• The Last Vampire
• Beyond the Silence
• EtherPoems

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Edenhorde
Armored Kingdom
Web3 Books To Check out.
Edenhorde is a good example of collaborative
storytelling in Web3. While their focus is on the
sale of their art NFTs, they also emphasize a lot
on their collaborative storytelling through their
webpage.
Armored Kingdom is a card game that also comic
books, and an animated series. With interesting
world-building and one of the few genuinely
entertaining NFT card games, its one of the
prime examples of the blended media potential for
literary NFTs.
Here will go a list of good NFT books I have read
so far, as recommendations and proof that theres
good content out there. Note that these are not
non-fiction books about Web3, rather they are
fiction works minted as NFTs.
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The Last Vampire
Beyond the Silence
EtherPoems
The Last Vampire tells the story of a world that
has fallen apart from an evil vampire horde
onslaught. The book is written by Jon F. Merz, an
author of more than 50 best-selling novels and
mini-series actor.
Authored by Web3 artist _at_syyaart, Beyond the
Silence is a captivating collection of poems
accompanied by ethereally beautiful art pieces.
Its one of the best examples of Web3 poetry
intermingled with mesmerizing art. In my opinion,
this project is another good example of literary
NFTs blending different media formats.
Etherpoems is a collective of poets that write
their poetry directly on the Ethereum Blockchain.
It began when DigitalArtChic requested several
authors to write poems and design them visually
with AI and then minted them directly into
Ethereum as ERC-721 NFTs.
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The Issue with Reading in Web3
Most seasoned Web3 users might find the slang
clear, but thats difficult for everyday writers
and readers. From the get-go, youre bombarded
with new terms gas, gwei, private wallets,
public keys, ERC token numbers, and then the
myriad of cryptocurrency names Web3 books are
the bridge for this gap, because no matter what
Blockchain the book is published in, readers will
be able to enjoy and appreciate the art put
forward by the reader. As the consumers of the
content themselves, readers are the main
characters of Web3 fiction and non-fiction.
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The Bottom Line
Without Web3 readers, there wont be any Web3
authors. Simple as that. We need to create or
support more unique literary Web3 projects to
attract a dedicated reader base, that will in
turn attract more writers. As the main actors
driving the Web3 literary economy, the more
readers there are, the faster writers will pick
up the pace. Lets hope that 2024 will be the
year when literary NFTs will finally join their
artistic brethren as important players in the
decentralized economy.
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