Chapter 44 Publisher Discussion [Seeking Recommended Collections]
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The victory in the February monthly ticket battle is not only the honor of victory for the Mortal League, but also the self-confidence, the self-confidence that a super alliance must have.
In the face of a top god like Blood Red, it is not easy to snatch the first monthly pass from him at the time when his popularity is booming, and the timidity of facing the great god is gone, and the fans of the Mortal League are full of confidence at this time, and they always feel that even next month's monthly pass is hopeful to compete for the first place.
Xuehong also sent a congratulatory message to Chen Ping on March 1st, although he himself wanted to announce his strong return through the monthly ticket battle in February, but he really tried his best, as a top god, he couldn't be cheeky to ask for money from book friends, and he also knew that if it was just about the fan group, the blood was much stronger than the Mortal League, but there was a demonic existence in the Mortal League.
After learning that he had really achieved the first place in February, Chen Ping slept until the evening of the next day, which was the first time he felt so tired since he was reborn, but fortunately, his efforts were rewarded.
I chatted with Xuehong on the Internet for a while, and I had to prepare code words again, and it was not okay to break it, even if it was a little less updated today, explain the problem to the book friends, and slowly make up for it in the future.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, after the update was released on time, Chen Ping received the news of the grapes.
"Do you remember what you said about publishing last time? The editor-in-chief of the traditional Chinese publishing house has helped to get in touch, in order to thank you for your proposal last time, the editor-in-chief decided to talk about the traditional publishing yourself, and all the benefits of the negotiation belong to you, and the simplified publishing is discussed by the company, after all, the simplified publishing of online novels is very complex and requires the coordination of the legal department, and the starting point of simplified publishing is only a symbolic handling fee of one dollar, which is also a return to you. ”
Seeing the news from the grapes, Chen Ping couldn't help laughing, I don't know if it was the reason for rebirth or what, anyway, in this life, the management of the starting point is more humane, and he will not rigidly apply the rules to do things.
"Haode, you give me the contact information of the Traditional Chinese Publishing House, and I'll talk to them."
It was already half past eleven when the grape sent the news, and Chen Ping went to bed after washing.
Since he had slept all day yesterday, early the next morning, Chen Ping got up early, worked all morning, made up for the updates owed yesterday, and contacted the editor of Baodao Publishing House after lunch.
added the other party's buckle, sent a verification message over, and replied to a message after a while.
"Hello, I'm Zhang Zhangmin, the fantasy editor of Baodao Publishing House."
"Hello, I am the author of "Xian Rebellion" on the starting point Chinese network, I heard from my editor that your society is interested in the traditional publication of "Xian Rebellion"?"
"Yes. Traditional publishing of fantasy novels is our publishing house's strength, and our editors have been paying attention to fantasy novels that are more popular on the Internet. I've been following the book "Immortal Rebellion" for a long time, and I'm also your VIP reader. The idea is novel, the content is good, and the writing is top-notch, so it can be published. ”
"Do I need to revise the manuscript to publish a physical book?"
Zhang Zhangmin carefully recalled the plot of "Immortal Rebellion", and at the same time reopened the page of "Immortal Rebellion" on the Internet, and after several confirmations, he typed seriously.
"To be honest, the content of the first two hundred or so chapters of "Immortal Rebellion" is a little bland, which is not conducive to attracting attention in the early stage. You know, there is still a difference between physical publishing and online publishing. Readers of novels published on the Internet can wait slowly anyway, it doesn't cost much money, but the entity is different, if you want to read the novel, you need to buy a physical book, you must know that the content of more than 200 chapters can be published in three books, if the first three books are so bland, it is easy to lose readers. My suggestion is to cut or make a large-scale revision of the previous bland plot, and the later plot is very good and can be published directly. ”
Sure enough, there are still problems in the previous chapters of "Immortal Rebellion", Chen Ping knew this shortcoming of "Immortal Rebellion" from the time he opened the book, and he was pointed out again at this time, and he still felt a little awkward in his heart. The content of more than 200 chapters, if it is deleted, "Immortal Rebellion" will not be a complete "Immortal Rebellion", if it is modified, Chen Ping is even more unwilling, and now it is nearly five million words, if the front is modified, the middle must also need to be changed in terms of characters, in this case, the amount of work is too large.
"Is it okay not to modify it?"
"If you don't revise it, it's really easy to lose readers, unless the price of a single book is set a little lower, so that readers can overrun the previous bland chapters, and then the price of a single book in the back can be raised, but this is a big risk."
The price of a single book is set a little lower, and the price will increase later?
Are you kidding? If you were a reader, you wouldn't accept it.
"What do I need to do if this book is published?"
"You should know that the conditions for traditional Chinese publishing are very relaxed, and the author basically does not have to do anything except to deliver the manuscript on a monthly basis, just wait for the money to be paid. "Immortal Rebellion" is now nearly five million words, right? This is still the largest piece of fantasy novel we have ever encountered, and if we follow the previous publishing process, one book is released every month, and these five million words are enough for a year. But we also need to look at the market reaction, if the market response is good, we will also ask the author to speed up, if the response is very poor, there is also a possibility that the publication is not completely abandoned. This will be written in the contract at that time, I hope you can understand. ”
Since this is the case, then Chen Ping decided to take a gamble.
"I insist on not revising the previous content, and I agree with what you said about looking at the market reaction, so be it. At that time, this clause can be added to the contract, if the traditional distribution of "Xian Rebellion" does not reach the average circulation of the current fantasy novels, I don't want a penny of royalties, but if "Xian Rebellion" can achieve good results, at least three to five copies will be published every month, and "Xian Rebellion" must be published in its entirety within a year. May I? ”
Zhang Zhangmin saw Chen Ping's news, the corners of his mouth hooked, this author is really confident, the popularity of "Immortal Rebellion" on the Internet is indeed very high, but it does not mean that it can achieve such amazing results on the treasure island, but since the author said so, he should report the author's requirements to the editor-in-chief and let the editor-in-chief have ideas.
waited for Zhang Zhangmin to get a reply from the editor-in-chief, and then told Chen Ping that it was okay, the contract would be redrafted, and an electronic document would be sent to Chen Ping at that time, and when Chen Ping was sure and agreed, the two could meet and sign the contract.
After the electronic document was sent, Chen Ping probably read it, but he didn't understand many of the professional terms in it, so he had to find grapes and ask him to find a colleague from the legal department to help him take a look at it to see if there were any inappropriate or loopholes in the contract.
After talking to Zhang Zhangmin, Chen Ping began to code words again.
In the evening, when I was having dinner at Huang Qian's house, I heard Li Li say a word.
"I heard that we are going to renovate the shantytown here, and our family seems to be within the scope of demolition."