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    <p>While Chris Dixon and a16z may have skewed the sales numbers of his recent book, <em>Read Write Own</em>, what hasn’t been given as much time in the spotlight is the book’s NFT offering.</p>
    <p>Paired with the newly minted web3-worshipping tome is a bookmark that contains a code allowing readers to redeem an NFT on OpenSea (one of the largest NFT marketplaces). The problem is no one seems to care.</p>
    <p>Of the 5,000 NFTs that are up for redemption only 5% — or 264 — have been redeemed by readers. It’s difficult to match this with the fact that <em>Read Write Own </em>landed at number nine on the New York Times Best Seller list. To achieve such a prestigious status there’s no doubt that Dixon and a16z moved thousands and thousands of copies, physically, through ebook readers, and via audiobook applications.</p>
    <p>So, why isn’t anyone interested in the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="NFT" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/nft.html">NFT</a>?</p>
    <p>It’s hard to say since exact numbers on who purchased the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Book" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/book.html">Book</a>s are unattainable, but there are at least two likely reasons. Firstly, bulk sales were likely almost entirely to <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="a16z" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/a16z.html">a16z</a> itself, which will slowly be gifting the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Book" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/book.html">Book</a>s to partners and companies it invested in. Alternatively, many sales were organic, and simply no one cares about <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="NFT" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/nft.html">NFT</a>s. Either way, <strong>it’s negative for Dixon and his thesis presented in <em>Read Write Own</em></strong>.</p>
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    <p><em>Read more: Chris Dixon says a16z doesn’t sell its crypto tokens — portfolio disagrees</em></p>
    <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-major-crypto-companies-partnered-to-work-on-nft">Major crypto companies partnered to work on NFT</h2>
    <p>The <em>Read Write Own</em> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="NFT" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/nft.html">NFT</a> project was a collaboration between <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="a16z" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/a16z.html">a16z</a>, IYK, Manifold, Dynamic, and Optimism — large and important companies in cryptocurrency. In that sense, one might expect that the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="NFT" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/nft.html">NFT</a> would be interesting and perhaps have some degree of usefulness. That expectation would be wrong.</p>
    <p>Instead, <strong>the NFT is a copy of the cover of the book and when it’s redeemed it changes colors</strong> and the pixelated sun moves around. That’s it, no more, no less.</p>
    <p>Regardless, while the future of blockchains, tokenization, and <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="NFT" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/nft.html">NFT</a>s remains to be seen, it’s clear that Dixon’s attempt to predict it and get credited for it has fallen on deaf ears.</p>
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