Publish a Book on STEEM: I did it, here's how!

in #dbooks7 years ago

Hello there,

If you're on top of what happens in the blockchain you may have noticed we have a new "app" working on the STEEM Blockchain.

I'm talking about DBooks.org (@dbooks.org).

Now you can publish books on the blockchain, but how does it work, how WILL it work, and what's the drill?

This post is going to be about this lovely new project, and I'll also tell you why I think it has everything to succeed.

Read on below...

How Does DBooks Work? Here's a Rundown of Present and Future Features:

For now, DBooks allows you to create a book based on your past STEEM posts or even from scratch if you feel inclined to do so.

You just login through SteemConnect, you create a book, add a cover image and then add chapters.

Each chapter gives you a window like if you were publishing a new post, you just copy paste the title and body of a past post of yours to make the chapter... but won't it publish it again on STEEMit?

Not at all, you can tick an option not to publish the chapter on your blog so you can make your book without worrying about reposts.

In the future, you'll be able to earn rewards based on renting out the book for others to read.

People will also be able to leave your book with reviews on what they thought of it, so you better produce quality.

The project is still at its bare minimum and it doesn't offer much in terms of features right now, but I think it will be big, and I'm going to tell you why below...

Why is DBooks a Promising Project?

It all comes down to it being a platform for High Effort content rather than low effort one... it also comes down to the fact it offers a way for bloggers to monetize their past content.

These are two important variables.

Starting by the monetization option, every blogger here wants a chance at monetizing past posts, posts that already passed their payout window.

This means the supply of books will keep on increasing.

On the demand side, if I like an author I'll definitely catch his books since they are posts curated by the author himself that present value on a specific topic, thus it is easier for me to read his best pieces without having to use chainbb or browse through his blog in a quest to find the best posts he has on said subject.

On the other hand, talking about high effort, the books will offer value based on their authors, and with the review system to be implemented not only will it favor long content form but it also will favor high quality content form as well.

Long + High Quality = Ideal for the STEEM blockchain.

Low effort platforms, in my opinion, have no room in the blockchain, and that's why I think Zappl is severely underused - people are afraid to show the wrong image.

If they were to install this feature of not posting to STEEM blog when publishing, I think this would change.

Here Are My Books So Far: How To Grow Your STEEMIT Account Vol. I and II

As you can see, I published two books already.

They have 13-14 chapters so you know they have a lot of juicy info.

I made them from my many guides and I hope those newbies who will start to flow into @dbooks.org will read them and jumpstart their STEEM blogging careers.

My plan is to write even more books and to really populate the platform with my content, as this is right on my alley.

I have high hopes for this "app", so don't let me down @feekayo or I'll chase you around and haunt you for life.


In Conclusion:

I think this platform has a really high potential and nothing would leave me happier than seeing it succeed.

I'm not sure if @feekayo and @timoshey know me already, but if they don't, then "Hi, I'm @SpiritualMax".

I hereby volunteer to put my Marketing Skills and Influence to your service @feekayo, so if you need any help whatsoever, catch me on Discord and let's talk about it.

For now, enjoy the content I'll pour on your platform.

Cheers!

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This is a great feature to add to the STEEM blockchain! Thank you for the breakdown! Resteem

Thanks for the resteem Brett :D

I think you've got a really good point, @spiritualmax, about DBooks likely encouraging high quality content that's meant to be around for the long-term.
Imma check it out.

Everyone should :)
Nice to see a fresh face around my blog. Welcome man!

We are not, technically, a man... but rather a Collective.
Of bananas.
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But we've got so much on our minds, and so much we want to say, that the option of publishing a book on this new site sounds very good to us!
Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

The collective should definitely look to expand their reach :P

I have high hopes for this "app", so don't let me down @feekayo or I'll chase you around and haunt you for life.

Hahaha, I will definitely show him this. We won't let the community down. We will provide the best service we can.
I really love your enthusiasm and I'm glad people are excited about this project like we are. Our aim is to keep developing every passing day an be the best we can be.

I hereby volunteer to put my Marketing Skills and Influence to your service @feekayo, so if you need any help whatsoever, catch me on Discord and let's talk about it.

We would love to have you. Will be in contact very soon.
Once again, Thank you.

I'll be waiting ;)

Really interesting, will check it out soon for sure. One question though: Can I correct mistakes/re-edit sections of the chapters while posting my "book"?

Yes you can. The edit feature has been implemented.

Thank god! Because some of my earlier posts, though good, were rough to say the least!

I bet that feature was one of the most requested :D

You can bet on it. I´m writing much better than when I started, and I guess 2 years from now I will look back at what I´m writing now and see only a flaming pile of shit.

Thanks for sharing this Rukka. I think you should give it a try @eaglespirit!

LMAOOO you two are a Messsss ahahahahah (more Maxy bc of the AS)!!

^^ :) Aja! I know it's be a hit!

what would be a hit?

It is an interesting information. Do you think the project has a future for books in other languages?

We will be rolling out the 'language filter' feature soon. In the meantime, you can still post your books regardless of the language it is writen in.

Well, Tim already answered, so I'm glad the answer was a yes.

Good luck to you waiting for all new from you
You are a really successful person
A really wonderful book I will study

I will look into this

You do well, it's great.

Thanks for sharing this! I've been looking at the logistics, pros and cons to publishing fiction on Steemit. I'd probably still publish on Amazon, but offering a Steem-based publishing avenue is great! Then people who want to pay Steem for a digital copy of my book would have a chance to do that without dealing with fiat... Hmmmm... Interested to see how this evolves.

Yeap, sounds very promising, eager to see it grow!

Thanks for bringing this to my radar, Max. I LOVE IT!!!
What a great idea. I'm gonna check it out for sure.
cheers

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Let's push the guys to improve it... I wanna be able to profit from the books :D

Deffo. It's a brilliant idea. I'm sure you'll profit... you've got loads of content to fill those pages.

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This sounds really interesting. I am looking forward to learning more about it.

I suppose I will be turning my series of articles about "The Event" into a book.

Yeah, I've seen them, already asked you if they were done on the other post :D

Perhaps time is shifting non-linear, and the acceleration is accelerating.

I didn’t know about this one. What a great idea.
Since I’ve been going through your ‘older’ tutorials this last week, that’s what instantly came to mind: what a great way to make a collection of tutorials, or any posts on the same topic, for all that matters.

Also, there was a need to monetize older posts. This new app makes that possible.

Thanks for the heads up!

No problem, looks great so far... hoping more features are implemented soon!

Cheers!

I did not know about DBooks before. Very interesting addition to the steemit. Another thing about which I did not know is that you have 2 books there. Great job. You need to distribute your books for beginners.
I should definitely get acquainted with DBooks.
Thank you

Yes, you should think about setting up a presence there while there aren't many books yet.

Oh man...just...I'm at a loss for words. Look out Amazon, here comes Dbooks! Thank you @feekayo and @timoshey!

And thank you Max for bringing this to my attention.

No problem!
Time to start assembling those puppies, and who knows maybe make an adult swim medleyfor the adults category xD

woah! I will have to look into this! that's a really cool idea!

Mr. Writer, you have to get on top of this one, your books will surely be huge compendiums :D

Oh yeah Max this is a great place to put together guides, a compilation of poetry and fiction pieces and other serialized content.

I might throw some of my guides there as well.

Nice pitch as well hahahahha

Glad they took a bite :D

I already started writing my first book!
first chapter I published yesterday. in PT :)

Good job... now let's keep on publishing and let's wait the app keeps on improving and adding monetization options.

Exactly.

I'm already writing the second chapter;)

Wow, thanks for this info. Just when i was thinking about making a detailed book about golf swings and posting it in steem. this just saves me a lot of thinking on how to do it. nice share!

That's cool! That's the kind of project that suits @dbooks.org like a glove!

Hey there!

I've check it too and I have to say that it was a promising prospect for me to work with (although that I never seen myself as an author but then it seems that it worth trying).

-@kuminga

Yeap, definitely worth a shot, and let's see where it takes us.

This is extremely interesting. Thanks for the update and info!

I have been thinking of making past (and future) content visible and more organized and kind of felt like I had to create a website for it myself, which I didn't feel like at all.

This might be the solution :>)

Ideas flow through multiple minds at once :D

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