Pearson (LON:PSON) Sees NFT, Blockchain Helping Making Money From E-Books Sales (original) (raw)

The chief executive officer of Pearson Plc, one of the world’s largest textbook publishers, said he hopes technology like non-fungible tokens and the blockchain could help the company take a cut from secondhand sales of its materials as more books go online.

The print editions of Pearson’s titles -- such as “Fundamentals of Nursing,” which sells new for £57.99 ($70.88) -- can be resold several times to other students without making the London-based education group any money. As more textbooks move to digital, CEO Andy Bird wants to change that.