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Niko 📚 Sovereign Individual · 2d
The main reason people do amazon only is lack of demand, not authors’ unwillingness to provide sats option. I have had books available for lightning since 2019 and most of the volume has been throug...
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Thanks for the input, Nico. ⚡

It’s still early. We’re basically bootstrapping the Bitcoin bookstore business from scratch. The fiat competition is well-established and extremely convenient.

Still, we need to break the vicious circle:
No one offers books for sats →
because no one accepts sats for books →
because no one offers books for sats.

That’s why what you’re doing is essential — creating the option to buy books with sats.

The good news? It’s neither difficult nor expensive. Anyone can do it with little effort, while still using Amazon for the general no-coiner market.

Bitcoin authors should lead the way. That’s what I’m trying to say.
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Niko 📚 Sovereign Individual · 1d
I agree otherwise except the crucial point: it is anything but cheap. I am the longest serving bitcoin publisher by far and I find myself in a position where I must ramp down, not increase retail (it’s not even a fiat/btc issue, it’s physical vs digital) sales. Not because I want to but becaise ...