Unlike other people's soaring figures on the first day of sales, Lin Han's "I, Robot" is bland, with sales of about the same every day, tens of thousands of sales outside, and there is hardly a downward trend. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The first week of 2017 passed quickly, and various gossip magazines and video bloggers in the entertainment industry were nervously carrying out the inventory work of 2016, but the work of the new year in the literary and artistic world has quietly begun.

In the first week of the new year, "The Best of Us 2", which has many post-95 and post-00 fan groups, won the championship without suspense, with weekly sales of 690,000 copies, of which 240,000 copies on the first day.

And "I, Robot" is also very tenacious, with 250,000 copies of the weekly sales to occupy the 6th place in the new book sales list and the 35th place in the book sales list, which is the best new writer in recent times.

The sales volume in the first week can exceed 250,000 copies, and the daily sales volume has not changed much, such stable sales are very terrifying, and everyone is optimistic that it will hit 500,000 or even one million sales.

This is the only science fiction novel on the new book sales list, Lin Han is not very excited, this achievement is not even enough for him, a classic that can be passed down to the world deserves higher sales and higher status.

However, because his own identity cannot be compared with Asimov, there is a certain disadvantage in sales, which can only be carried out through the fermentation of word-of-mouth in the later stage.

If it was an ordinary author, if he could write such a book, he would be able to gnaw on it for a lifetime, but Lin Han was not satisfied. He is now thinking about his new book, which he has been temporarily idle since the publication of "I, Robot", but the new book has to be on the agenda.

There was so much content in his head that Lin Han couldn't think about it at all, he didn't understand whether he needed to write science fiction that was more popular or niche science fiction, so he was entangled.

At this time, everyone in the science fiction nebula group is actively discussing Lin Han's book, these science fiction authors have recognized the difference between geniuses and ordinary people, and the two works in a row are so impressive, so that those who originally held grudges couldn't find anything to say.

If the gap is not big, then you can still be jealous and dissatisfied; But the gap is too big, so you can only look up, at most say a few words in private, and no one questions whether Lin Han can write science fiction novels on the bright side.

"It's no exaggeration to say that Lin Han should be famous in a book now, right?"

"The pre-sale is so high, 250,000 copies are sold in a week, and millions of copies are sold. Now we have a few science fiction novels that can sell at such a level. ”

"Hurry up, those who want to publish and distribute books hurry up, while the science fiction boom is not over, those publishing houses will definitely be interested, maybe you are the next Lin Han."

"Seriously, there are really publishers who ask me for a manuscript, and this time they all pay royalties directly, not the kind of buyout remuneration. It's a pity that I'm not angry myself, and now I don't have any inspiration at all, so I'm in a hurry. ”

"I'm in a similar situation to you, originally my manuscript has been stuck, and the Shancheng Literature and Art Publishing House has not decided whether it will be published or not. But now after seeing that science fiction novels can also sell so many copies, they have approved it, with a first printing of 30,000 copies, and then reprinted later depending on the situation. ”

"This is a good thing, don't mess up and end this golden age of science fiction early, let's take advantage of this time to negotiate with the publisher."

This is not Lin Han's credit, he is just the fuse of the hot market, the power of science fiction is gradually developing with the improvement of education level, and now "Country Teacher" has aroused heated discussions, and "I, Robot" is selling hot at the same time, directly using the three laws of robots to conquer discerning science fiction readers.

Any golden age requires the unremitting efforts of all authors, and it is simply impossible for one person to do it.

Lin Han was also very happy to see this situation, everyone's hello is really good, only when there are more and more readers of science fiction novels, more people will read the books he wrote.

The small river has no water, the big river is dry, the big river has water, and the small river is full, this is the truth.

After seeing Li Wenyuan online, Lin Han sent his own emoji, "Are you there?" I have time to have tea together in the afternoon, and I want to talk to you about the new book. ”

"Write a new book so soon, you want to be a model worker! I thought you were going to promote your new book, and if it sells so well, won't the publisher let you attend any event? For example, book signings, interviews, etc. ”

"You don't need me to do publicity, I see that many netizens are recommending this book by themselves, and that is the best publicity. The model worker is not counted, but he doesn't want to be too idle. ”

Li Wenyuan typed enviously and said: "It's good to have an agent, my first two books were all cheated by the publishing house." See you at two o'clock in the afternoon, do you know Yanfei Tea House? ”

"I have map navigation, I won't be late, you can rest assured."

Lin Han replied with confidence, now that the book "I, Robot" is a big hit, he no longer has to worry about the problem of survival, he can do what he wants to do and write the book he wants to write.

Even if it is difficult to buy a house in Yanjing, Lin Han doesn't have much sense of belonging here, just rent a house, and when he becomes famous in the future, money will definitely come to his door.

After talking to Li Wenyuan for a while, he found that an email came, which was a message from Amazon's official staff.

"Dear Mr. Lin, congratulations on the successful review of your new book "i, Robot", no infringement was found, and you have complete online sales rights, so I am very happy to inform you that now the novel has officially landed on Amazon e-book store, readers around the world can pay to download it at a cost of 4.99 US dollars, and the rest of the market sales price will be automatically converted into RMB or US dollars."

Previously, the Chinese version of "I, Robot" has begun to sell physical and electronic versions in the Amazon online bookstore, and the sales momentum is still very good.

Subsequently, Lin Han and Chen Jiaxuan did not choose to contact foreign publishers directly, but directly contacted Amazon, handed over the English version of the book to them for review, and provided a series of copyright certificates, copyright certificates, etc.

Amazon is the world's largest chain of online bookstores, especially its kindle is the first brand of e-book readers, occupying most of the global e-book market.

It's a good thing for the English version of "i, Robot" to be sold on Amazon, at least Amazon has a corresponding website around the world that can be seen by more people.

The purpose is not to make money, but to gain greater visibility. On the surface, the book seems to be cheap, and you can buy an e-book for only five dollars, which will definitely hurt in the short term.

But in terms of long-term benefits, this is the better option. If a paper book costs $50 but only sells 100 copies, or a Kindle e-book sells 10,000 copies for $5, which one is better?

Whether it is in terms of manuscript fee or audience, the latter kind is obviously more cost-effective, as long as the price of e-books does not exceed one-third of that of paper books, then readers will basically accept this price.