This issue of the New York Times bestseller list is full of dark horses, the list has changed a lot compared to last week, only three of the ten books last week are still in the top 10 this week, "I, Robot" has created a miracle that is not big or small. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Specific statistics show that the novel "I, Robot" sold more than 900,000 copies in the United States in a week, setting a new sales record for Chinese writers in the United States, and almost every step he took was a record!

900,000 copies a week, this number is obviously too shocking, this is only the sales of a single country, the Chinese version has not reached this level for four months, and the Chinese and American science fiction audiences are really very different.

In fact, some domestic martial arts masters and youth idol writers can also reach the level of one million in the first week, but no science fiction writer has ever reached such a level, especially in a foreign country.

Most Chinese writers' works are not adapted to the environment overseas, and it is very difficult to achieve good results.

Who can expect foreigners to read Chinese martial arts novels or fantasy novels, or even Mary Sue and Crossing Essays.

Even if China's national strength has been greatly improved in this world, the acceptance of Chinese culture by Europeans and Americans is still not high, and at most they are just curious, and they will not seriously study and like them.

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It's a dull Monday afternoon, and after seeing the paparazzi on Monday, it looks boring, and the vast majority of people are looking at their watches waiting to get off work, and they are invited on their mobile phones.

A small number of people are bored to refresh Weibo to pass the time, and at this time a message unexpectedly appeared.

Phoenix Reading: The English version of Lin Han's science fiction novel "I, Robot" sold more than 980,000 copies in the United States in the first week, and sold a total of 1.71 million copies overseas, ranking third in the fiction category on the New York Times bestseller list, creating the best overseas publication for Chinese writers!

After netizens saw the news, their first reaction was not to believe it at all, they had never heard of books that could sell such high sales overseas, some five-star best-selling authors could only get a total sales of hundreds of thousands of copies overseas, and there were many writers whose works had not been translated.

And so the vigorous questioning began.

April Fool's Day ended half a month ago, and the editor also made up a decent news, and the hype should not be too obvious. ”

"980,000 copies sold weekly, I thought I was reading the news of the Onion Society, which is a bit exaggerated, and I believe it when I say 98,000. ”

"Upstairs, I just glanced at the official website of the New York Times, and it seems like this is the ranking. Lin Han's book did rank third, but I couldn't see the specific sales, only the ranking. ”

"Damn, I bought all the lists in the United States? I can't trust any of the lists these days, and they all cost money to buy them. ”

"With this crooked kung fu, it's better to think about how to write. ”

"Phew! Shame on you in the United States. ”

"This number is so fake that it is foolish at first glance. ”

There is no shortage of such contradictory people at any time, maybe they are not keyboard warriors, but they can't believe it is the truth from the bottom of their hearts, so the rhetoric is more intense.

But then, several heavyweight media outlets were relaying the news, and some people sent screenshots to prove it.

Science Fiction World: Congratulations to Han Lin for becoming the first week overseas sales record holder!Raising the record from 450,000 copies to 980,000 copies, this is a huge success of science fiction, and I look forward to the novel's continued glory!

Penguin Publishing Group: We are honored to announce that the sales of i, robot are on track, congratulations to Mr. Lin Han, this is a huge step.

Xin-Lang Reading: Inventory of those Chinese writers who have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, Lin Han refreshes the highest ranking!

The New York Times also has its own managers on Weibo, and the information released by him is basically the most accurate. Due to the time difference, when the announcement was made in North America early on Monday morning, it was the end of work in China, so the editor was one step slower.

When the Internet was boiling and discussing, the editor of the official Weibo quickly sent out the edited Changwei-blog, "The new bestseller list is released, and the ranking of this issue has changed significantly from last week, seven new books are on the list, and the science fiction novel "I, Robot" from Chinese writers has become the biggest dark horse, ranking third, setting the best first-week sales of science fiction in the past year......"

The evidence is ironclad, and the original **** chattering netizens were silent all of a sudden, and their faces hurt so much.

The fans who were originally suppressed ran out happily and began to celebrate, and many people did not expect this record to be broken by a science fiction novel.

Science fiction has always been a niche book, but it is a mainstream book abroad, and it seems reasonable that it can sell well.

"I knew it was right, but unfortunately it didn't sell well in China as well as the United States, which seems a bit inappropriate. ”

"Awesome, it's the third this week, kill the first two next week, and take the first one to play. ”

"Don't poison the milk upstairs, you're about to be milked to death, low-key character saving"

"I thought that Lin Han's trip to the London Book Fair was just a gilded walk, but it turned out that people gorgeously took out a pair of king fried, is there a more expensive soy sauce than this?"

"After so many years, I finally let Lao Mei see our book, although I don't like science fiction, I still have to cheer for Lin Han. ”

"I ate this Amway, and I'll buy a Chinese version tomorrow." ”

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Similar to online reviews, the National People's Congress Publishing House was busy at this time.

Zhao Hanzheng, who signed the Chinese version of Lin Han's book, took the phone and began to call the printing house: "Xiao Liu, I don't care how many books are queuing up in front of me, I will get the second reprint of "I, Robot" this week. 500,000 copies is not a small number, and if you can't do it, I will consider asking the entire publishing house to change the printing house to cooperate. I have to see so many books before the weekend, and the quality has to be guaranteed. ”

"Who, hurry up and put out the advertising campaign, and with today's news to put out the "Martian" sign, we have to hurry up every minute. ”

"Now the discussion on the Internet is so hot, the printing side has been done, and dealers around the country must ask for supplies. Lao Tan, you must coordinate the logistics tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and strive to complete the distribution as soon as possible, we must seize this wave. ”

The whole publishing house was busy, it was already more than eight o'clock in the evening, but the office was still in full swing of overtime, and they wanted to take advantage of Lin Han's landing on the New York Times bestseller list to hurry up and continue to promote old books and new books.

A huge piece of good news will boost the sales of books, whether you really like the book or follow the trend to buy it, Zhao Han welcomes it very much, and he can't wait for the English version of Lin Han's novel to come every week.

Driven by this good news, the sales of the Chinese version of the novel, which had already stagnated, soared several times, stubbornly climbing back to eighth place from dozens of positions, still because many dealers were out of stock.

If there is enough supply, it is not impossible to return to the top five. This is also the reason why Zhao Han is desperately putting pressure on the printing house, wasting a day is a waste of countless money!

Even "The Martian" has received enough attention, and the number of online pre-sales has directly increased by tens of thousands, and the linkage effect is extremely terrifying!