According to reports, the web culture magazine Flaming Hydra has launched a Kickstarter campaign titled "The Phoenix Project," aiming to advance true ownership and open access to digital content through print magazines, an eBook service tailored for libraries, and newsletter subscription and archival initiatives. The project will introduce the open-source "Library Box" system, Lenny for Libraries, enabling libraries to purchase and hold eBooks for digital lending to readers, with an initial collection of five eBooks by Flaming Hydra authors.

The initiative also plans to launch the Phoenix Foundry Archive, which will allow newsletter authors using Ghost to automatically convert selected articles into EPUB format for library subscription and borrowing. Maria Bustillos, editor-in-chief of Flaming Hydra, stated that the project seeks to safeguard information freedom and author revenue while addressing issues such as remote eBook modifications, removals, and mass imitation by generative AI. The crowdfunding campaign targets $30,000 and will conclude on November 27.