mrfluid? I'm a science-fiction writer too just like you. I have written a book that consists of 43 chapters plus a prologue and an epilogue. However, I am still in the process of correcting any typographical errors in it that I may find. That is the biggest pain in the neck there is. My response to your post is that if there is an edit feature here on Steemit that allows for you to correct a typographical error after publication, then you're probably going to be okay in publishing your novel here on Steemit. As you can see, I am new to Steemit and I am trying to figure out all the ins and outs about publishing on this site before I post anything monumental on it. Until you mentioned about publishing your science-fiction novel here on Steemit, I did not give it any thought. There is this one good site where you can publish books for a small fee, and it has a good reputation. I can't remember the exact name of it right now; but if you want, I could look it up and give you the web address for it. Of course, then again, Steemit charges absolutely nothing for you to publish your book here. Therefore, you would be avoiding many of the costs associated with publishing it if you published your book here on Steemit. Perhaps the only big cost would be for you to hire a copyright attorney to review it over and copyright it before you actually publish it. These copyright attorneys specialize in finding whether anything out there similar or identical has been published so that you can avoid a legal nightmare in the event that there has been. From one science-fiction writer to another, I wish you all the best in your pursuit of having your work published.