What’s an NFC? NFC stands for “near field communication” and businesses are using them for everything from commerce, identification, and everything in between.

Here’s a simple example of an NFC use that’s related to indie author publishing. Buy a pack of 30 NTAG215 NFC Tags that are tiny stickers that you could put on the back of a bookmark. When a reader puts their phone against the bookmark, the phone reads the data on the sticker and opens up a browser to bring that person to a special webpage on your website where they can get a free book.