I think you have a good point. I joined steemit to try and make money from stories and books I write without investing too much time in editing and promoting. I used steemit as a beta-reader group with some money on the side. It's important to remember that there's a good reason publishers charge authors to edit, publish and promote their book. All of that work is time consuming and requires skills most authors simply do not have.
There are two major issues with steemit becoming the blockchain for authors:
- Not enough comments. Since I didn't get enough feedback from readers, I didn't feel as driven to continue.
- Game of Whales: You either get a whale's attention or invest money in promoting content. Which makes this less rewarding for authors who are simply good at writing, and not promoting and doing the work "around" to attract whales.
- The monetary issue. Many of the participants on steemit produce inferior content, but profit from investing through bots. This shifts the "power" from the authors to bots, power-users and whoever has the most SP to begin with or the ability to buy some.
- Time. Some books continue to make money for their authors for YEARS. On steem, this time is limited.
So I am not as optimistic as you. I am realistic. Which is why I am back (after a year of absence), experimenting with SP delegation to bots and different types of content to publish. Because why not?
Thank you for your informative comments, and I agree s Game of Whales it seems to be.
I am going to see how it evolves, something will EVOLVE from this still early days, Cheers Dave
Agreed. The most important part right now, I believe, is writer guilds that upvote content and help authors improve with constructive criticism. That would be good. An author whale to lead such a movement.