For centuries, publishing has been one of the world’s most traditional industries, and that legacy comes with heavy baggage. Even with the rise of digital platforms, publishers around the globe continue to wrestle with the same four problems:
In today’s market, distributor commissions can swallow 60–70% of a book’s price, leaving publishers with razor-thin profit margins. The shift to digital platforms was meant to fix that, yet online distributors still claim 30–40% in fees.
And even after all that? Publishers typically wait 270–360 days to receive payments, and only for books already sold off shelves. Meanwhile, they shoulder all the upfront costs of printing, distribution, and author royalties.
Data, too, is a black box. Reader information, if collected at all, sits locked within retailer databases. Publishers are left in the dark, unable to see how their books perform beyond the first sale. Secondary and tertiary sales vanish into obscurity, and with no transparent system for royalty distribution, unseen forces still decide what gets published and what doesn’t.
On top of all this, rising paper and printing costs continue to squeeze already thin margins. Traditional publishing is, quite literally, papering over its own cracks.
NFB reimagines publishing from the ground up, leveraging blockchain to solve all four of these legacy problems through true decentralization.
No more commissions:
By eliminating traditional distributors, NFB allows publishers and authors to keep nearly 100% of their revenue.
Instant payments:
What once took 140+ days now happens in minutes, directly and transparently on-chain.
Total transparency:
Every transaction, sale, and royalty distribution is permanently recorded on the blockchain. Rights holders can finally track the full lifecycle of a book, from its first edition to every resale.
Smart contracts for smarter rights:
Each NFB (Non-Fungible Book) is governed by a smart contract, protecting intellectual property, automating royalties, and ensuring authors and publishers are always paid fairly.
By bringing publishing into the Web3 era, NFB isn’t just streamlining processes, it’s empowering creators. No more middlemen, no more data silos, no more waiting months for what’s rightfully yours.
In an industry overdue for reinvention, NFB offers something revolutionary: a transparent, fair, and financially sustainable ecosystem where creativity thrives and control returns to the hands of those who actually make the books.
The future of publishing isn’t centralized.
It’s decentralized, and it’s already here with NFB.
