Book.io is using blockchain technology to bring books into the Web3 future. At first I didn’t understand why “blockchain books” would be any better or different than any other digital book, but after a great conversation with @JasonManske at the Books.io booth at @RareEvo, I am convinced!

Using the Books.io Platform, both authors and publishers can release digital and audio books for purchase, and readers can buy them. In this way, it is like any other media marketplace. However, when you look behind the curtain, everything is different, for everyone.

For Readers

For readers of digital books, Book.io makes ownership akin to owning a printed book: it cannot be stolen, retracted, or changed. The digital item that you buy is in fact an NFT - a unique file on the blockchain that defines ownership of digital goods. In this case the digital good is a book. The book itself isn’t stored on the blockchain - blockchains are generally not meant to store large files. Instead, Book.io leverages IPFS, the most popular solution for decentralized storage of files related to blockchain transactions[https://www.lidonation.com/en/posts/beyond-blocks]. Book.io books are sharded and encrypted on IPFS. By using “pinning” services on IPFS, Book.io guarantees your book…