Literary Experiments in Tech

About Cryptoversal

Modern publishing is reeling from censorship, piracy, stagnant innovation, and corporate consolidations. Stories have been commoditized, devalued, and served up as ephemera on a lease-to-read basis. Authors struggle to survive while readers retain nothing of inherent value from traditional ebook formats.

Since 2021, I’ve been tinkering with books that can be used as keys to reader spaces or tickets to author events.

Books that won’t vanish with a lost device, an unrenewed domain, a corporate bankruptcy, or a censor’s edict.

Books that can be resold in markets that pay authors a royalty on used copies.

Books that can be upgraded with alternate endings, multiple story paths, mini-games, multimedia elements, and other new features over time.

I founded Cryptoversal Books as a place where books can be more than static text. By harnessing emerging technologies, we can create a future where authors can achieve their full creative potential, where readers can enjoy dynamic, interactive, immersive, and personalized literary journeys, and where fan communities can thrive.

Cryptoversal Books is a Web3 publishing imprint and technology showcase. Our partners include the PageDAO author guild and Aura marketplace.