We're piloting the Curator Monetization Program with 50+ curators who are comprised of digital creators, independent writers/journalists, podcast hosts, authors, musicians, professors, non-profits, and more. If you would like to become a curator and start earning tips sign-up and apply to monetize today! Here are some curators you can support today: Joan Melendez-Misner - NASA Aerospace Integration Engineer & Science Communicator; Patent Holder & Public Speaker Rachel Nuwer - Freelance journalist published in the New York Times and National Geographic (among others); Author of POACHED: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking Eva Keiffenheim - 9x Medium top writer; education, learning and entrepreneurship Isis Davis-Marks - Painter & Illustrator; Writer for Smithsonian magazine, Artsy, Elephant magazine, Widewalls, and the Columbia Journal (among others) Sam Brinson - Writer exploring the relationship between mind and brain; occasional music composer 501CTHREE - nonprofit deploying solutions for energy, food, water & shelter; Created by Jaden Smith & Drew FitzGerald Jonatha Giddens, PhD - National Geographic Explorer and Fellow; Ocean Ecologist studying deep-sea biodiversity, integrating science, technology, art, and storytelling to advance ocean literacy and draw human connections to the sea Marissa Meshulam, MS, RD, CDN - Registered dietitian nutritionist specializing in mindful eating practices Camille Calibeo, The Galactic Gal - Aerospace business strategist at Lockheed Martin and STEAM communicator. Former aerospace engineer on the Artemis program Michael Hernandez - Award-winning teacher, author, podcast producer, and consultant; Apple Distinguished Educator and member of the National Geographic Teacher Advisory Council Shoshi Parks - Freelance writer and anthropologist exploring history and culture around the world; Published in NPR, Smithsonian, Atlas Obscura, Afar, and Fodor’s (among others) Kate Gunderson - NASA Aerospace Engineer. Future moon walker Julia Horvath - Medium writer and publisher of the Self-Letter: 1 weekly email with powerful ideas to help you get to know yourself better and cultivate self-awareness Hayley Caddes - Chemical Engineer, Data Scientist, Director of The Knowledge Society Sydney Chamberlin - Former astrophysicist, now combining science and policy to help drive climate action in California Manuela Putz, MA - Medium Top writer in Feminism; yoga teacher and educator Abby Thiel, PhD. Food scientist sharing interesting things about how we grow, formulate, and produce enough food to feed the world Chloe Gharios - Civil Engineer in the Power Industry breaking stereotypes of women in STEM #steminst Jessica Petereit - PhD in sustainable aquaculture and research focused on improving the welfare status of farmed animals Swati Suman - Engineer, Poet and Medium Top Writer focused on philosophy, science, and humanities Tim Rees - Registered nutritionist (BSc mBANT rCNHC) curating articles about nutrition, health & healing that challenge the failed status quo Grant Piper - Professional freelance writer and Top writer on Medium in History; Editor for Exploring History Andrei Tapalaga - Top Medium & Quora writer in history; Publisher of the history publication History of Yesterday Ilaria Brunetti - Biological anthropologist focused on primate and human evolution, culture and science communication Marcello Rossi - Freelance journalist and writer covering science, climate change and the environment; published in National Geographic, The Economist, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Smithsonian and Nature (among others) Sara Wassberg Johnson - Food historian, writer, museum professional; addicted to vintage cookbooks; specializing in American food history and the first half of the 20th century. Jennifer Billock - Writer, author, editor of the Kitchen Witch newsletter, and co-host of the Macabre Traveler podcast Sinem Günel - Writer with 300k+ monthly readers; Founder of Personal Growth Base, Medium Writing Academy & Write Your Future Dr. Lynn Chiu - Science writer at the intersection of philosophy, cognition, and evolutionary biology; Philosopher of biology, visiting scholar at University of St Andrews Nabil Alouani - Writer in Business, Technology, & Psychology Dr. Arjun - Professor in Prehistoric archaeology; Focused on landscapes, settlement system, art and cultural heritage Josie Klakstrom - British freelance journalist writing about true crime, culture and marketing Christoph Sauer - 5th year medical student focused on interdisciplinary exchange in medicine and mental health Adam Erace - Award-winning Food & Travel Writer, cookbook author and amateur Innkeeper; published in Travel + Leisure, Traveler, Saveur, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Vice, GQ, Eater, Taste and Fodor's (among others) Maria Milojkovic - Medium writer focused on life, parenting & writing; content creator, kid's author Ailsa Ross - Author & writer published in the Guardian, Outside and BBC (among others); Everything related to nature, adventure, and the outdoors Georgia Freedman - Freelance journalist and editor with a focus on food and travel; published in Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, Martha Stewart Living and Afar (among others). Author of Cooking South of the Clouds—Recipes and Stories from China’s Yunnan Province Ben Kageyama - Medium and freelance history writer Ted Hayduk, Phd - NYU Assistant Professor, Economics of Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Tech, Analytics, & Sports Sofia - Innovation & Design Engineer; majoring in Engineering and Environmental Management Kevin McFadin - Illustrator; Label boss at Sunrise Ocean Bender Records; Cap’n of SOB radio on all volunteer, nonprofit WRIR 97.3 FM Lauren Kafadarian - Aerospace Engineer at NASA JPL; Space enthusiast Christopher Olliney - M.S. Finance, Editor in Chief of Market Madness newsletter; Writing about all things finance and economics Alex Olshonsky - Substack publisher, writer, coach, and recovering tech exec exploring consciousness Ines Part, MSc - Enthusiastic about psychology, life-long learning, creativity and writing Maria Tarmoun - CPA, former PwC, master of Accounting & Taxation; Working AT wellness Startup; working ON another Startup Cara Giaimo - Freelance writer focusing on animals, plants and our relationship to them; published in the New York Times, Atlas Obscura and Anthropocene Magazine (among others) Marina Wang - Freelance writer of science and everything else weird and wonderful; published in Science, Atlas Obsura, VICE, Canadian Geographic, Matador Network and Calgary Herald (among others) Zachary Bishop - Historian, museum curator, author, and photographer Luis Duque - Bridge Engineer, Engineering our Future Podcast and STEM advocate Dr. André Marques Smith - Oxford PhD in Brain Development, combining Neuroscience, AI and ML to develop neurotechnology to solve real-world problems Ra - Award winning blogger and author; Formerly incarcerated, Chicana Desi USian Jade Wu, PhD - Host of the Savvy Psychologist Podcast; Board-certified behavioral sleep medicine specialist and health researcher at Duke University School of Medicine. Rachel Hammermueller - Writer for EARMILK Filip Pušnik - Welsh writer sharing content mostly related to Asia, Japan, the world and the rest

Hello Product Hunt, a special thanks to @nickabouzeid for relaunching us to the Product Hunt community! This is our second time around and today we're excited to announce Curator Monetization (tipping) on Bookshlf. Bookshlf Curators create incredible value for our users, and we've been thinking of ways we can drive value back to this new form of digital creator. Today, we're launching Curator Monetization, allowing the Bookshlf community to support Curators via tips (direct payments). Think about tipping the same way you would support a musician in the park -- someone is creating unique value, and you contribute to show support for their cause or to vote with your wallet. As a special offer for the Product Hunt community, we're offering up to $10 in referral credits to tip Curators on the platform and support independent creators. Just sign up and refer users via the Account Settings > Referral page. If you're a digital creator, writer, or anyone with a unique perspective and great taste in content, we'd encourage you to join Bookshlf and begin earning money for your unique curation. If you'd instead like to create awareness about a certain cause, Curators can elect to have their tips donated to a charitable organization. ABOUT BOOKSHLF There is a problem in the media ecosystem. We have access to more information, content and creativity than at any point in history, but the most popular platforms are only surfacing content that fits their algorithms -- headlines, divisiveness, negativity and personal promotion. We founded Bookshlf on the core belief that when it came to taste and expertise in content, human curation > algorithms. After building the Bookshlf platform, we witnessed the emergence of a new type of digital creator -- the Curator. Our curators were scouring the internet and creating extraordinary Shelves of content across a wide variety of subjects, from the general to the niche, expressing themselves in a new and unique way. Curators were both professionals and passionate lifelong learners (or both), and Bookshlf gave them a tool to easily share content that was uniquely quality or important, with context and perspective.

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