"I don't think so. ”

Qin Chuan decided to deceive the editor.

He believes that there are not only two publishing companies working on their own ideas, but most of the other companies are looking for their own contact information.

It just so happened that it was Friday night again, and the editors who were not in a hurry were probably going to work on Monday.

Not everyone treats "People Grow and Hate Water Changdong" as a life-saving straw!

Lai Feiyu's heart was cold, and he responded by typing: "Royalties can be discussed, but that's beyond my authority." But we really want to publish this novel of yours, and it's fascinating. I'll give it to my boss and she'll give me the right price. ”

"If you really want to talk, then at least you have to give a suitable number and plan, you do this very much like a white wolf with empty gloves. ”

Qin Chuan was very busy at this moment, and several chat windows were open and switching together.

"Maoda, what price is this New Century Publishing Company willing to give? Some publishing companies have contacted me and offered me a 7% royalty offer, but I am still hesitant to agree. ”

Taking advantage of the situation to fight, Qin Chuan is not proficient in using it.

He hopes that the two sides can compete well, so that his treatment and conditions will get better and better.

It has now changed from a buyer's market to a seller's market.

Qin Chuan wanted to fully understand the offers of various publishing companies, and at the same time, he wanted to delay it a little longer.

It's best to wait for the shelves!

If the subscription on the shelves can continue the popularity of the free period, then you will have the confidence to talk about the price if you go to publish.

The big-faced cat didn't reply immediately.

Qin Chuan himself searched for the specific information of the two publishing companies, as well as the corresponding achievements and reputation on the Internet.

Choosing a publishing company is like getting married, you have to figure out the background of the other party.

You can't just marry or marry someone in a daze.

New Century Publishing Company is a book company specializing in online literary publishing, and the owner used to invest in a website for reading novels, and even now has a small stake.

With such a background, it naturally has a much closer relationship with Huayue than other companies.

It is small in scale, relatively concentrated in business, very professional, and has a deep understanding of the quality of novels, novel types, serialization and author popularity of cooperative websites.

The company has experienced editors, marketing editors, and art editors, and has created bestsellers and long-selling books many times!

It's just that Qin Chuan also has concerns.

No matter how high the price given by New Century Publishing Company is, the copyright fee of the physical book you get will be half of Huayue.com!

Because this contract was facilitated by Huayue.

"It's so high that it's heart-wrenching. ”

Qin Chuan was really reluctant to be so high.

If the same is a 7% royalty, then he actually gets only 3.5%, or even lower.

Unless New Century Publishing sells twice as much as Open-Book Publishing, the actual revenue will be much lower.

This is also why the top gods do not contact the publishing and other copyright businesses through the website, and no one wants to have the text that they worked so hard to type out be divided in half.

As for the open-book publishing company, it is even more miserable, and the social science and literature and history books are losing money every year, and they all rely on the planning and blood transfusion of novels.

In the fiction category, the majority of the performance is supported by female readers, and there are fewer male readers.

Most romance novels have a small number of words, and many books only have one volume, and the price is in the middle of twenty or thirty yuan. Even if the number of words is a little more, it is only divided into two volumes.

However, because of their huge structure, complex characters, and ups and downs in the story, the content of male readers' works far exceeds that of romance novels, and they are generally longer.

One million words can only be regarded as a short story in an online article, three or five million words are normal, and seven or eight million words are not uncommon.

If a large novel like this is to be published in a physical book, the scale of each novel must be at least ten, the price is very high, and it is not easy to carry, which will discourage readers and sell poorly.

The sincerity of the open-book publishing company is there, and the price can be negotiated, but the ability is somewhat unreliable.

I haven't been running a bestseller for many years, either because of my ability or because of my luck.

Qin Chuan is not sure that his book "People Grow and Hate Water Changdong" will definitely be able to break free from the quagmire.

Both companies have their own advantages and disadvantages, and those publishing groups that have gone public do not even consider the newcomers and new books, and their best-selling authors have to coordinate internally to publish their books, and often have to face competition with each other.

Not only is the beginning difficult, but the middle and the end are always difficult!

Writing a book is never as simple as posting a novel online.

"It's still that the book hasn't made a name for itself, and if it did, how could it be like this. ”

Qin Chuan was a little distressed, and chose this book to throw stones to ask for directions, not knowing if he could squeeze into the circle smoothly.

Speaking of which, "People Grow and Hate Water Changdong" is indeed very suitable for the publishing route, it may be that the book in the previous life was co-authored by three female authors and the TV series fandom was not published, and many readers sighed for it.

There are many, many people who want to collect.

But I couldn't find a physical book!

It doesn't have a lot of words, so you can make it into three or four.

The overlap between physical book readers and online novel serialized readers is not high, and even if the serialization is in the later stage, those who read physical books are still willing to continue reading books.

Unless it's really a deep love for this novel.

After the mood of the code word was disrupted, Qin Chuan couldn't calm himself down.

I've been fantasizing in my head all the time.

He was nothing more than a layman, not otherworldly.

When he browsed the details of these publishing companies on the Internet, the editor of the big-faced cat, that is, Xu Qiangzheng, was a little distressed.

The book that he values very much has the ability to compete for the book of the newcomer Wang, but the New Century Publishing Company only gave the price of cabbage, which made him not want to reply to Qin Chuan, and it was so low that he couldn't speak.

"Lao Zhou, you also know that this book has great potential, and you will definitely not agree to buy it out. ”

Zhou Ansheng is an employee of the copyright trading department of Huayue.com, and he is actually the person who is really responsible for connecting with New Century Publishing Company.

"Newcomer, if you give him a high buyout price, he will definitely agree. ”

"The guaranteed contract he signed is 50 thousand words, and the physical book buyout only gives 150 thousand words, I think it is completely possible to take the royalty route. He told me that another publishing company gave me a 7% royalty. ”

Xu Qiang is a good editor, trying to think about the authors he signed up with, and wants to fight for more benefits.

Who knew that Zhou Ansheng didn't care at all, "The buyout price has become three times the original, which is equivalent to getting such a high income, what is he not satisfied with." 7% royalty, then the novel must be able to sell, who knows if this wonderful novel can hold on to the market. ”

Listening to the tone, it seems that he is not very optimistic about the prospect of the physical book "People Grow and Hate the Water Changdong", but he still wants to sell it, just to reduce the price.

Xu Qiang endured his anger and said, "Old Zhou, don't forget who paid you your salary now." ”

The ass is crooked too hard!

If you don't know, you still think that Zhou Ansheng is an employee of New Century Publishing Company.

"Hadron, just do your own thing, don't be too wide. ”

The people in the copyright department are basically uncles, and they can't look down on a little money at all, and what they want to do is to make a big deal.

Xu Qiang had no choice but to pass on the news he got to Qin Chuan, but some content that was not suitable for publicity was omitted.

"I just talked to a colleague in the copyright department, and the price that New Century will give you is 150 yuan for 1,000 words to buy out the entire novel, and it is expected that 50,000 copies will be printed for the first time. ”