'Brave New World' to be Released as Book NFTs

With the rise of NFTs, we're also starting to see literary NFTs grow in popularity. And now, The Algorand Foundation and Book.io are joining forces to get 10,000 Aldous Huxley eBooks transferred onto the blockchain. Aldous Huxley's most famous work, the sci-fi book 'Brave New World,' will be the first to be made into NFTs. The collection will launch on the Algorand Blockchain, but if you're wanting to get hold of one of the book NFTs, you might need to head to the secondary market.

Coin Desk handed out vouchers to attendees of their recent web3 event, Consensus. Significantly, these vouchers held redemption codes to be able to get hold of one of the 10,000 book NFTs for free. Moreover, each book NFT will feature one of 500 covers that have been recently designed by AI artists. These covers will come with different traits and rarities, allowing enthusiasts to collect their favorites. The co-founder of Book.io, Ben Illian, expressed his enthusiasm at the partnership with Algorand, stating that books "should be unchangeable, immutable, and live forever across borders." He added that the company wants everyone to be able to own books this way to combat book banning from central authorities.