The hustle and bustle of the Spring Festival has slowly passed, and in the past few days, Lin Han has completely devoted his time and energy to novels, so that his writing will be much faster. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

By the time he officially started work on the eighth day of the first lunar month, he was already putting the finishing touches on "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and after that, he could go through a lengthy process of deletion and revision, which meant that the novel would soon be available to the general public.

There is a backlog of Spring Festival things, Chen Jiaxuan's studio is already overwhelmed, and the studio's mailbox has been occupied by major game companies, and the special staff opens them one by one and then sorts them out.

Fortunately, this is a studio in the entertainment industry, most of the work is prepared in advance, and there will be no sudden attack or anything, and the rest of the stars have received fewer job messages than Lin Han, and he has become the pillar of the studio!

As the boss, Chen Jiaxuan's time is very chic, so at this time, she sat on the sofa with coffee and said to Lin Han: "So what are your plans for your new book, or will it be published directly? This time, I suggest that after the novel is translated into English, Chinese and English will be listed together, so that no one will complain about you." ”

"In fact, I haven't decided whether to publish it directly or serialize it in a magazine. Didn't "Science Fiction World" ask me for a manuscript again some time ago? 8,000 to 10,000 words, this price should be the top level. ”

"You're definitely not going to say yes, it's clear that you're going to collide with your Fantasy Times, and even if you choose to serialize it in a magazine, it won't be there. ”

Chen Jiaxuan is confident, even if the scale of influence of "Fantasy Age" is far inferior to that of "Science Fiction World", Lin Han will not hesitate to choose to take care of his family, preferring to make a little less money.

The truth is just as she thought, Lin Han nodded and admitted: "So I'm still hesitating, this book is only 80,000 words, and if a book is published, it will be too thin, and I am embarrassed to ask readers for so much money to buy books." Besides, they only sent two books in a row to search their wallets on New Year's Day, so I guess they have to hesitate at this time. ”

"You are wrong, first of all, readers should not lack more than ten dollars, they like you to send new books. Besides, the wallet will be more or less bulging during the Spring Festival. If the word count is too small, how about distributing that kind of portable pocket book?"

This time it was Lin Han's turn to shake his head, pocket books are very popular in Europe and the United States, you can flip through them in the bus and subway to and from work, probably a book comes out of hardcover first, if it sells well, it will be made paperback, and finally it is pocket books, and pocket books are at the end of sales.

Of course, this is not an absolute approach, and some publishers will directly publish different editions according to the content of the book, the positioning and the differences in the target consumer group.

Nowadays, many Chinese people like to buy books in large volumes, hardcover editions, which are thick and heavy, and look high-end and high-end. They think that a large-format book is definitely a better deal than a small-format book, but this is basically a misconception.

Pocket books are typical small-format books, about 64 folios, not the usual 32-folio. Perhaps many people do not know the difference between different folios, and think that the larger the number, the larger the paper.

This idea is just the opposite, in the domestic book layout laughter is called the folio, the folio is the whole sheet of paper as the unit of calculation, each full sheet of paper cut and folded how many small sheets are called how many folios.

The size of the whole sheet of paper after folding in half is in half, and then folded in half is 4 open, and then continue to fold in half for 8 open, 16 open, 32 open, and 64 open. To put it simply, a 64-page printed book is only half the size of a 32-page book.

To get back to the point, small-format pocket books actually don't sell well in China, which is determined by the concept of consumption, and Lin Han can't reverse it in a short period of time.

"Then let's serialize it on "Fantasy Times", just to give them a good start to the first quarter. Chen Jiaxuan said to herself that this magazine, which has experienced nirvana, has now stabilized its monthly sales at around 400,000 copies, and it has reached a bottleneck period when it is promoted to the top.

Occupying 20% of the shares, Lin Han's new book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is almost certain to break this bottleneck, it has received too much attention, even the photo of the robot Marven drawn by Lin Han has a real big touch after reprocessing, and began to spread on the Internet, and the novel has not yet come out, Marven is popular!

It's just that Lin Han's ambition is far more than that, he touched his chin and said: "Since you want to serialize, then simply send it to foreign science fiction magazines to be serialized to meet the needs of the vast majority of readers." I know that we can't get in touch with that side yet, so I'll ask the head of Penguin Publishing Group to help introduce you and send a message to those magazines. ”

"Where is there such trouble, you underestimate your status and popularity in the hearts of European and American readers. You were the hottest science fiction writer in the world last year, and no science fiction writer can compare to you! Since you can sell so many copies of a published book, it will not be bad to publish it in a magazine. In fact, I can guarantee that as long as you post the news of looking for European and American science fiction magazines on Facebook, those magazines will come directly to your door and let you make conditions, believe it or not?"

"Why don't you believe it, I believe everything you say!" Lin Han forgot his identity in a trance, he is already a well-known writer in the world, several books have topped the New York Times bestseller list in a row, and the readership is all over the world, there is no need to ask the magazine as an ordinary writer, it is time for the magazine to beg him.

Such an identity change came a little late, but it also made Lin Han very excited, he was a real counterattack to Europe and the United States!

Science fiction originated in Europe and the United States, and developed there, China and even Asia have always been considered the deserts of science fiction, but Lin Han, a science fiction writer from the desert, staged a jaw-dropping counterattack!

If it is said that when the book "I, Robot" came out and became popular in half the sky in Europe and the United States, those conservative European and American readers and writers could still argue that it was just a flash in the pan.

But then the joint attack of "The Martian" and "Jurassic Park" made that group of people say no, and this blow after blow from across the ocean made the European and American science fiction circles silent!

Some time ago, "The Three-Body Problem" once again convinced these stubborn readers, and it took Lin Han's name less than a year to completely suppress them, whether it was a long-established senior writer or a well-known new author, they had to succumb to Lin Han.

Under the ironclad facts, the European and American science fiction circles have to admit that they are not only inferior to Lin Han's books in terms of sales, but also fail in terms of word of mouth! )