I completely understand what you're saying here but single-author works, i.e. collections of short stories or poems, don't have as stringent first publishing rights, as I understand it. If a publisher decides to print a collection, they are less concerned about if it has been previously published online, whereas every journal/anthology I've looked at recently specifies FPR. This idea is very much trying to bring publicity to steemit as well as bringing second-life to stories/poems people may have published here.

I like the way you're thinking about this, actually. It's certainly a problem looking for a solution. I'd definitely agree with that. I'm wracking my brains trying to figure out what it would look like, practically.