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phil
@phil
Welcome @amelie! Alexandria Labs (alexandriabooks.com) builds infrastructure for authors and publishers to release ownable, un-bannable, un-censorable e-books with web3. She has agreed to do an AMA for the /books channel. Reply with your questions (please make sure to tag her so she can easily find them)
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bloke
@cloaked-bloke
cool, @amelie what inspired you to found AlexandriaLabs? do you have a favorite genre?
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amelielasker.eth
@amelie
I love these questions 😁 I was inspired to found Alexandria back in late 2021/early 2022 when I started learning about NFTs. My background is as a writer and I saw so many tools being made for visual and music NFTs, as well as shorter form writing/blogging, I wanted something for e-books. I started imagining a futuristic Library of Alexandria on the next internet powered by web3. For our team we came up with identities as the Muses of Alexandria, returned to Earth in the modern day to usher us into the digital era. 🏛️ That's why I call myself Muse of Tragedy in my bios sometimes! I think my favorite genre changes over time, but right now I'm enjoying what I call "literary sci fi" (stuff like Helen Phillips's Hum more recently, and classics like Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. Le Guin!). Do you have a favorite genre?
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bloke
@cloaked-bloke
having more thoughts as I think about platforms, but don’t want to take more time. here ye: - farcaster/mastadon/arena/etc integration - reading ‘Inevitable’ and have questions; would want to post in a book specific place. - tips - as you interact with authors or ask questions, I can tip the authors for their interaction… Or pay for interaction. maybe therapy platform with that model lol.. t2 does this?? - other forms of media consumption - always wondering how user or multiple people can be more involved in stories like DnD style books created by multiple actors in a community. hmm unfeasible stuff is springing as well. crypto is the only way. i feel like we’re so far off from ideal atm but am very excited for the future
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amelielasker.eth
@amelie
Love these ideas yes!! And YES the T2 shoutout. We have had some authors offer in-depth interaction with them as part of buying one of their books, I find this works especially well for nonfiction, where an author's expertise lends itself well to ongoing interaction. Enjoy Inevitable!! Author @epicdylan is here on Farcaster if you want to ask him questions!
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T. Dylan Daniel | PageDAO
@epicdylan
Thanks for the tag! I’m literally hacking on this rn :)
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amelielasker.eth
@amelie
COOL!!
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