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> If I write a book with visionary ideas that promises to change your life (great returns) and continue to work on revisions as I come up with new ideas - should I register it as a security before I can sell my book

Is there an expectation of profit in those buying your book? No? Then it’s not a security.

It’s a multi-prong test. Investor protection laws are substantial; everything is constantly being challenged in courts as a security.




Everyone buying a book expects to profit at least as much as the cost of the book from it


But not in actual money. "Profit" in utility, not in cash.




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