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This is why digital media NFTs can have non-speculative utility. You're absolutely right, if people are just collecting it for entertainment, they can then resell it immediately. This creates a great opportunity for a secondhand ebook economy. There's already a healthy secondhand *physical* book economy, but now authors and publishers can participate in the digital one via creator fees.
Still, by reselling, people won't still own the NFT. So these ebook NFTs have collector value separate from reading. It's up to the consumer, how they'd like to treat their book. If they want to read it and then resell at a loss, and treat that loss as a worthy price they paid for the entertainment, they sure can. If they want to keep it in their collection, they can do that too.
Some Alexandria collections naturally lend themselves to one of these types of interaction. The Konrath Signature Edition, for example, is really intended for dedicated fans, because the handmade unique covers have inherent collector value. 3 replies
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