"We are willing to offer two royalty options. The first is royalty sharing, we are willing to provide a 12% royalty share to obtain the exclusive right to publish your work in all languages. The second option is that we are willing to bid $500,000 to buy out all copyrights in your work except for the right of authorship. ”

That's what this email reply looks like when it's translated.

The e-mail is signed by the name of the publisher who submitted the manuscript 'Burt Press'

And the name of Mr. A is mainly the signature of Ji Zhuo when he submitted the manuscript - ABC.

Having learned the lesson of the previous sour hand when signing and signing, Ji Zhuo deliberately gave you an extremely simple pen name this time.

Looking at the content of this email, Ji Zhuo paused,

The polite content in the first half of the email is of little value, and the key is the conditions given by Bert Press.

This condition has to be said to be very favorable, especially compared with several other publishing houses before.

The royalty is divided into 12 percent, which is quite good compared to a work with a serious subject written by a completely new author overseas.

The price of the buyout plan is also higher than that offered by other publishers.

And the reason why it seems that the buyout plan is more harsh is to be fully copyrighted...... In fact, the main thing is that Ji Zhuo's book is serious.

There is a high probability that the sales volume will not sell well, so even if it is a 12% share, it may not be much money at that time.

If Ji Zhuo is an ordinary author, he should choose the buyout price, and if he has confidence, he can talk about the buyout period to keep a hope.

It's a pity that Ji Zhuo has a systematic backdrop.,I'm not afraid of pounce at all.,It's best to pounce.,Isn't opening this book just to get the system wool.,By the way, try a serious work.。

So he paused,

Ji Zhuo began to poke the screen with his hand, and began to reply to the message of this publishing house,

For this sharing ratio, Ji Zhuo has no problem in principle, if there is no accident, he should choose this publishing house,

But Ji Zhuo is also very curious, why this publishing house will give a higher share than his peers,

Looking at the reply email, it seems that the editor-in-chief of the publishing house likes it more.

To Bert Press:

Thank you for your love for my work, I may be more confident in my work, and I prefer the royalty sharing plan. ”

Ji Zhuo can actually accept this sharing ratio, but he must talk about it more.

It is not a direct fight for a share, but the issue of exclusive publishing rights in all languages.

Overseas copyrights can be handed over to this publishing house except for the publication of other regions in China, but the publishing rights of China are clumsy and still want to strive to keep them first.

Of course, if the publisher is willing to increase the share ratio again, just for the sake of all-language copyright, then he has no opinion.

After considering the following sentences, Ji Zhuo expressed this euphemistically in the email.

Emailed back.

Then Ji Zhuo opened the mailbox again and looked at another email he received.

The content of the other email was slightly unexpected.

"To Mr. Bugong:

Hello Mr. Bugong, congratulations on winning the Europa Science Fiction Award for Best Feature-length Science Fiction Production...... Thank you again for bringing such a great work to the world of science fiction......"

This is also an email in English, and the translated content is probably like this.

This is an email notification of the award, signed to the Europa Science Fiction Awards jury.

"Caged Bird" won an award?

Ji Zhuo took Baidu this award, and by the way, compared the email address provided above,

The email address is real, and this award is a prestigious award.

It is not as good as the status of the two science fiction awards, the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award, but it can be regarded as the second tier of awards under it.

Dedicated to the selection of science fiction works published in Europa that year, the awards will be held in the near future.

If it was before, Ji Zhuo's "Caged Bird" would definitely not be in the selection range,

But isn't this the overseas edition of "Caged Bird" published, and it is Europa Publishing House that publishes the overseas edition of "Caged Bird".

It just happened to meet the selection criteria...... And then it was awarded.

And just when Ji Zhuo looked at the award-winning email,

Bert Press replied to the reply email that Ji Zhuo had just given.

Ji Zhuo naturally opened his eyes again,

The content of the email is roughly translated,

"Thank you, Mr. A, for choosing our publishing house, and I think we have reached a consensus on most issues. In response to Mr. A's question about the right to publish in Chinese, the publisher is willing to increase the copyright share ratio by 1% to obtain the exclusive publishing right of Mr. A's work in all languages. ”

Although the domestic publishing industry is sluggish, the market for publishing books is still not small, after all, the readership base is here.

Naturally, Bert Publishing was reluctant to give up the Chinese publishing rights so easily.

Also, at the end of the email, the person who replied to the email from Bert Press also mentioned something,

“…… Mr. A still remembers the previous submission to Brian Press, when I was also the editor of the review, and I strongly suggested that my supervisor pay a higher share or buy out the publishing rights of your work?

But sir, you know, bosses like to be opinionated and believe in their own ideas. ”

Brian Publishing House is the publishing house where Ji Zhuo first submitted.

But it's only been a few days, and the review editor at that time has jumped ship?

This action is too fast, isn't it because of his book?

Ji Zhuo looked at the content of this email and couldn't help but think.

Then he poked his phone and replied to the email.

……

On the other side, in Europa or in the afternoon,

Carroll, the editor-in-chief who was at the publishing house, was staring at the computer, somewhat anxiously waiting for the author's reply.

He really likes the work of this author,

When I was in another publishing house before, I appreciated the first chapter of this work.

This time, I saw the remaining chapters, and I felt that this work was even better.

When he was still in another publishing house, he proposed to increase the royalty share.

However, he rejected it to his boss at the time, believing that he should not give too high conditions to a serious work of a new author.

For this reason, he had a dispute with his boss, which directly contributed to his original idea of changing jobs.

Just while Carol was waiting, another reply from this author was received,

The author's reply is still about the issue of Chinese publishing rights.

This author is supposed to be Chinese.

Carroll thought.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have paid so much attention to the issue of Chinese publishing rights.

After thinking about it, Carol replied to another email.

……

“…… Believe me, friend, I love this book no less than yours. This is the best I can get. ”

After a few more emails, the title of the editor of this publishing house has changed.

Through back and forth negotiations, bargaining.

Finally, a slightly more complex contract condition was determined.

It's Bert Press, which is divided into royalties of 12.5 percent.

Obtained the exclusive overseas publishing rights of "Seven Sins" except Chinese, as well as the Chinese publishing rights.

However, the Chinese publishing rights are not exclusive to Bert Press, allowing Ji Zhuo to sublicense the Chinese publishing rights of "Seven Sins" to a publishing house.

It can be regarded as a compromise between the author and the publisher on the key point.

"Pleasant cooperation, please take the trouble to draw up a contract, I will print it out and mail it to you."

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation in advance, and I wish your work a big sell, I believe that such a work will definitely have the results he deserves. After the contract is finalized, it will be sent to Mr. A by email. ”

It's okay to work together happily, but it's not necessary for the work to sell well.