Towards Designing a Blockchain-Based Model for E-Book Publishing

Makhtar M.A.M. Admodisastro N. Askarbekkyzy S.L.
October 2025 Science and Information Organization

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications
2025 #16 Issue 10 449 - 460 pp.

This paper examines the application of blockchain technology in e-book publishing by analyzing previous research and identifying current limitations. The study investigates how smart contracts and cryptographic algorithms can facilitate agreements between publishers and authors. While blockchain has been widely adopted in digital publishing domains, such as image, video, music, and scientific journals, research on its application to e-books remains limited. Existing solutions typically address individual challenges such as transaction transparency, authenticity, or copyright protection, but rarely integrate them into a single framework. To provide a systematic synthesis of prior works, this paper develops a taxonomy of blockchain-based ebook publishing models across six dimensions: platform, storage, smart contract usage, cryptographic algorithm, tokenization, and actors. This paper reviews seven (7) blockchain-based models in ebook publishing and identifies their limitations. Based on these insights, a conceptual blockchain-based smart contract model for e-book publishing was proposed using Ethereum platform, incorporating InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) storage and cryptographic algorithms. The proposed model has the potential to significantly enhance the security and rights protection for authors and publishers, thereby fostering a more secure and equitable e-book publishing landscape.

blockchain technology , e-book publishing , Ethereum , smart contract

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Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University, Shymkent, Kazakhstan

Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University

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