Maybe it was just after the Spring Festival, or maybe the Renmin University Publishing House wanted to have a good relationship with Lin Han and include the latter book in its own publishing house, so the settlement of the manuscript fee went very smoothly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the tea house, Zhao Ming, vice president of the People's Congress Publishing House, sat next to the rattan chair, he handed a piece of paper to Lin Han and Chen Jiaxuan, and said with a smile: "Xiaolin, our sales statistics for January have come out, although there are still some funds that have not been returned, but we have decided to subvert the manuscript fee to you in advance." It's too late before the Spring Festival, so it should be too late, right?"

"Mr. Zhao, it's too polite for you to say this, I am very comfortable cooperating with your publishing house. ”

Generally speaking, the settlement of the manuscript fee will not be too fast, because the situation of so many sales points up and down the country is different, and the specific figures have not been counted so far.

Chen Jiaxuan took a serious look at the sales figures above, she actually knew about these figures, and now she just checked them.

In January, "I, Robot" went on sale, and the physical bookstore and the three major online sellers worked together, with a total sales of more than 480,000 copies, and 210,000 copies of the electronic version.

The novel's explosiveness is not strong enough, but it is stable enough, and it is still stubbornly at the bottom of the sales list in February, but the rest of the books that have been on the shelves with it have basically completed the task of the bookstore's January tour.

Stamina is a key issue, Lin Han tosses out a little news from time to time, and the reputation of "I, Robot" is also slowly fermenting, and now the total sales have reached 620,000 copies, and it is very determined to move towards one million sales.

Lin Han and Chen Jiaxuan were just thinking about when that moment would come, May or June, because after the English and Spanish versions of the novel were published, it would definitely drive the sales of the domestic Chinese version.

Readers sometimes don't know what books to read, and the appearance of some news will help them choose, and in the eyes of many people, if you can publish a book in English, it must be a good book, so whether it is to follow the trend or whatever, it is a huge advantage.

480,000 physical books enjoy 10% royalties according to the tiered royalties they set, and the price of a book is 30 yuan, which means that Lin Han can get 1.44 million yuan of pre-tax income from the sale of physical books.

This income is very high for ordinary people, and on the surface, it took two months to get 1.44 million yuan.

But for a writer, this income is not even in the top 50 of the writer's rich list, and other people's books sell well, as well as copyright sales, so they are naturally ahead.

As for the 210,000 electronic sales over there, according to the 3:7 split between the website and the publishing house, Lin Han, who costs 5 yuan, can only get about 75,000, which is better than nothing compared to the physical version.

This is mainly because the price is cheap, and the share ratio is too low, first with the website, then with the publishing house, and finally in the hands of Lin Han, it is only about 7% of the selling price.

That's why he chose to publish the English version of the novel directly on Amazon, just like "i, robot" can get a 70% share of sales.

What is the difference between 7% and 70%? As long as anyone who is not blind can see that reducing the bloodsucking of the publishing house can increase the revenue by so much.

Getting back to the point, after Lin Han saw his pre-tax income of 1.515 million yuan, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and he said with a smile: "It seems that with this book alone, I can buy a house in Yanjing City." ”

The first month of sales is the most, and the next few months will show a decreasing situation, but there will still be hundreds of thousands, and the monthly income of hundreds of thousands of yuan is impossible for Lin Han to imagine before.

"As a published debut novel, it is still a few that can be sold as good as you Kobayashi. Among the writers we work with at our publishing house, your income is already average. If the next book is handed over to us to continue to operate, I believe that it will break through this income. ”

Zhao Ming is a poor dagger, if it is just the publication fee, he will not be guilty of inviting Lin Han and Chen Jiaxuan to the tea house, explaining in person that the manuscript fee is fake, and it is true that he wants to act as an agent for "The Martian"!

Lin Han replied quietly: "The latter part must be better than the front, and you can't go backwards, step by step." ”

"Mr. Zhao, I have some opinions on this royalty sharing. The royalty agreements we sign are based on the total sales volume, not the sales volume of the month. In other words, the total sales are now 620,000 copies, and our royalties are not 10%, but 12%. ”

Chen Jiaxuan put forward his own opinion, what is the income of more than 1 million, and the endorsement of 10 million has to be taken into account.

Zhao Ming snorted, and he opened his mouth to explain: "Xiao Chen, we are all the practice of publishing houses. In February, we will count the previous 2% royalties and directly multiply 480,000 copies by 2% royalties, which are all part of the guaranteed agreement. When we reach a million copies, we add the 3% royalty and add it up little by little. ”

In fact, this is also a trick of the publishing house, wanting to control the author's money, so that they have to continue to cooperate with themselves, otherwise the settlement of the novel publication may take a long, long time.

It's just that the National People's Congress Publishing House still disdains to use this method to attract people.

"I see, since it's an industry practice, we have to abide by it. Lin Han opened his mouth as he spoke, and he began to calculate slowly, as if he had to pay 160,000 yuan in taxes, and the real one he got was only about 1.34 million yuan.

At the same time, he also has to pay Chen Jiaxuan's literary agent's share, counting the previous 80,000 pounds, he has to pay Chen Jiaxuan 10% of the commission, that is, about 200,000.

Chen Jiaxuan has been busy for so long, and the commission of 200,000 yuan does not seem to be much, but this is only a part, and there are still many that have not been received.

"Mr. Zhao, let's not talk darkly, you know how popular Lin Han's new book "The Martian" is on the Internet, and at the same time, we decided to sell the English publishing rights to Penguin Publishing Group, and you can take a look at the quality of the novel when the time comes. This time, we don't ask for tiered royalties, but we want to be on par with Penguin Publishing Group, which is 15%. ”

When Zhao Ming heard this, he first shook his head, "Impossible, 15% royalty is too high, Lin Han is now at best a two-star writer, and five-star writers can basically enjoy this treatment." ”

However, after Zhao Ming looked at Lin Han and Chen Jiaxuan's relaxed demeanor, he couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart, so he asked in a low voice, "Did Penguin Publishing Group really give you such a high royalty?"

"Of course, if you don't believe me, I can give you a sneak peek at the contract, it's not a trade secret. If overseas publishers give high prices, and as a result, domestic publishers give low royalties, we can't agree. ”

Lin Han is now fearless, as long as he says above Weibo that he wants to cooperate with a publishing house, the publishing house's phone will definitely drown him out.

Zhao Ming was a little hesitant now, he gritted his teeth and said: "Can you show me the first 60,000 words of "The Martian", I will go back to the publishing house to discuss, the 15% royalty is not something I can decide directly." ”

"Okay, I'll send it to your email later. ”

If he can cooperate with a familiar and large publishing house, it will also be a good thing for Lin Han.