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# 📝 Page 4: Product 3 — Book Publishing System

## 📚 4. Product 3: The Book Publishing System

An automated blockchain-native publishing terminal that honors intellectual property rights, protects digital IP assets, and democratizes global author compensation.

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### 🔍 4.1 AI-Driven On-Chain Verification

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* dApp Submission: Authors upload manuscripts directly via the decentralized app.
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* AI Agent Scanning: An AI instantly checks for copyright validity, licensing, and malicious content.
* Smart Contract Minting: Once cleared, the book is automatically published to the blockchain without human delays.
* Secure Governance: The entire process and intellectual property (IP) minting are secured by a verified Book Library Publishing Contract.

[`0xce37f3309daa485ca52a742a6915103b966db035`](https://bscscan.com/address/0xce37f3309daa485ca52a742a6915103b966db035).
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### 💰 4.2 Direct Revenue Distribution Rules

Every book purchase triggers a smart contract that splits revenue and updates governance:

* 50% to Authors: Instant payout to their decentralized wallets.
* 30% to Community: Swept into the global Royalty Pool to reward users.
* 20% to Treasury: Reserved for platform scaling and maintenance.
* Governance: Readers use $RICO tokens to vote and rank books on the global leaderboard.

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### 🪙 4.3 The Role of the $RICO Token on This Page

**Inside the publishing system, $RICO drives the ecosystem as listing fuel and curation currency:**

* **Listing Fees: Authors pay 100 $RICO (plus 3 USDT) to initiate AI verification and smart contract minting.**
* **Leaderboard Curation: Readers use $RICO to vote for and rank books.**
* **Deflationary Burn: Tokens spent on voting are permanently burned, permanently reducing the active market supply.**


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