This is just a short rant about missing progress in the area I'm passionate about and a big consumer of. It's also an area where I don’t see much movement since 2022. PUBLISHING is a lifelong passion of mine.

I mean publishing of anything -> books, magazines, art, but also audio publishing, video, and movies. Soon also short AI-generated stories.

I am not seeing any progress I don't see somebody making Kindle-like publishing easier and more accessible onchain. Even though it seems to me that this area is the one where it makes the most sense and people are willing to spend money right now.

I don’t honestly believe that people want to "mint" everything instead of just "liking" it. Let's face it, that way you are just collecting a lot of "something" that has no meaning to you, and overtime it has no real or emotional value.

But that's very different from when you buy a book or a movie. I believe most of us do want to really own the book when we buy it. I mean, I've always wanted it and it was like that when it was on paper. It wasn't perfect because you could never borrow a book friend on the other side of the ocean, and you could never recall the book if the friend stopped being a friend.

Same with movies and music. I buy a movie on my Apple device, but the problem is I can never leave iTunes. I buy books on Kindle but they're not mine. Same for books on iBooks. When I pay for these items, I wanna own them. And I'm missing this problem being solved.

I know we're now in reverse - like don’t pay for anything, or don’t pay too much, and own it. But I believe that's not what most people want or need in the long run. I want to own what I pay for. This is existing market; I still pay for the books and movies, or magazines while I own nothing. That bothers me.

Can someone please make this use-case happen!

PS: If you know about anyone or any project building this and I missed it, please let me know!

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