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No point in stopping white paper: A publisher-centred blockchain model for the book publishing industry
Queensland University of Technology
2020
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Abstract
There is a small but growing volume of academic research and innovative technological experiments in relation to blockchain and book publishing; however, the majority of this work focuses on blockchain’s benefits for authors and writers. The No Point in Stopping project is a response to a lack of research into how publishers, rather than just authors, may benefit from blockchain. This project explores a publisher-centred model of blockchain publishing that creates value for micro-publishers in terms of monetising existing intellectual property. The No Point in Stopping project involved creating and selling new digital products using the drafts, edits, and unpublished illustrations of a novella. Using the open source blockchain technology Hyperledger, the project developed a custom digital ledger to manage the intellectual property agreements and royalty payments for these digital products, and track both physical in-store and online purchases. In so doing, the research explores the potential of blockchain technology for models of book publishing that are mutually beneficial for both publishers and authors. The project is the outcome of a two-year collaboration between researchers from the Creative Industries, Law, and Science and Engineering Faculties at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), in Brisbane, Australia, and the Brisbane-based micro-publisher Tiny Owl Workshop (see Appendix 1). The No Point in Stopping project was funded by QUT’s Institute of Future Environments and a 2018 Catapult grant, a funding scheme designed to seed innovative transdisciplinary research that responds to the needs of industry, and in this case, the Australian book publishing industry.
Details
- Title
- No point in stopping white paper: A publisher-centred blockchain model for the book publishing industry
- Authors
- Mark David Ryan (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyPhoebe Macrossan (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyMichael Adams (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyCameron Cliff (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- 46 pages
- Publisher
- Queensland University of Technology
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.5204/rep.eprints.135712
- ISBN
- 9781925553185
- Copyright note
- This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. You are free to share and adapt this work, as long as you provide attribution through full citation. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4/0/
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99605208102621
- Output Type
- Report
- Local Fields
- NT2
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