The American Publisher pearson will be part of l . to publishuniversity textbooks in NFT format. The publisher gives students the opportunity to freely resell their digital textbooks. When an NFT of its books is sold, the publisher takes a small percentage of the sale price.
In this way, the publisher also hopes to be able to earn money from the second-hand university book market, something that is not possible for him with traditional books in physical format.
“In the analog world, a Pearson textbook is resold on average up to seven times,” the publisher explains. “Our publishing house participates exclusively in the first sale. By moving to the digital market, we can reduce the losses of the secondary market, technology blockchain she NFT they will allow us to participate in any sale of our books”.
university books they cost a lot everywhere, and even the Italian university students know it very well. But often in the US, textbooks can cost up to several hundred dollars. Hence the popularity of the used book market: on the one hand, students can re-enter their initial expenses, on the other hand, many students do not have the interest or the ability to pay the full price of each book and are therefore more than happy to buy second-hand , and in some cases save more than 50% on the cover price.
Source: Lega Nerd
