Naturally, there is no player like He Mingxuan who deliberately nests in the bookstore to stare at people, and the only thing that can slightly reflect some market results after the supernova publishing works are distributed in various bookstores in Qinzhou is reader feedback.

It started out just sporadically.

After all, it takes time to read a book.

For the publishing house, sporadic comments do not have much reference value, but as the first batch of readers read the novel one after another, the feedback of the five works of Supernova has gradually increased on the official website message board of Silver Blue Library.

What worries publishers is ......

The first supernova "Demon King of the Other World", which is highly expected by the company, does not seem to have a good reputation, and the vast majority of readers have a score of less than five points for the novel with a full score of ten points, and it seems that everyone is not interested in the mode of this novel.

"The routine of changing the soup without changing the medicine. ”

"The protagonist has crossed into the demon king.,It feels like it's still a waste of wood.,Since it's created from the perspective of the demon king.,Can you not write the protagonist so waste.,Is it that the protagonist doesn't waste firewood.,The author won't write a book if he doesn't waste firewood?"

"After reading it, I regret buying this book. ”

"Hurry up and cut it down, I'm not interested. ”

Qinzhou novels are published in separate volumes, so the sales of the first volume are very important, those novels that do not sell well are easy to be cut in half, and the publishing house will notify the author to finish writing quickly, and once the work that was originally planned to be more than ten volumes is cut in half, it will probably be compressed by the author to three or five volumes in the end, after all, the publishing company also has to free up resources for some works with more potential.

A lot of readers are spraying.

Of course, not all of them are bad reviews, and some readers feel that the perspective of "Demon King of the Otherworld" is very novel: "Although it is old wine in a new bottle, at least the identity of the protagonist is different from the traditional mode of otherworldly adventure, and it will not be cut in half." ”

Maybe it'll blow up later?

This situation is not without precedent.

There is a very popular novel on the market at the moment, the reputation was very average when it was first released, and the sales were also a little unsatisfactory, at that time, the publishing house notified the author that the author had been cut in half, who knew that after two volumes, the story of that book ushered in a big climax, and the sales exploded, so that the halving plan was canceled directly, and the book is still serialized, and it has come out to the twenty-second volume.

However, such examples are rare.

Because if the beginning of the first volume of the novel can't attract readers, it will be difficult for readers to survive until that time, and only when the beginning attracts readers, can the novel continue to be serialized steadily.

Not only is the first place word-of-mouth not good.

The works from the second to the fourth place of Supernova also have a very average reputation, and the score of the second place has reached five points, but five points can only be regarded as passing in the novel market, and it is not very good at all.

"It's been a difficult year. ”

At the departmental meeting a week later, an editor sighed at the comments of several novels: "I thought that the sales of "Demon King of the Otherworld" could explode, but as readers read more and more adventure novels from the other world, everyone's requirements are getting higher and higher. ”

That's right. ”

"It's not that this year's supernova is not as good as before, but that readers' reading tastes are getting higher and higher, no wonder the editor-in-chief has always wanted to support new themes, readers of old themes are tired of reading, and novels must provide new stimulation. ”

“......”

In the early years of TV dramas, the audience didn't watch brain-dead plots such as car accidents, cancer, abortions, etc., with relish, but now that this kind of plot appears, the audience will directly point at the director's nose and scold the street.

It's the same in the field of fiction.

A few years ago, the adventure novels of the other world could be popular with any gimmick, for example, there is a novel "In the Other World with a Mobile Phone" is a story about the protagonist with a magical mobile phone that can be used in the other world, and the story of pretending to be slapped in the face all the way, from the current point of view, the story may be miserable, but readers still like that novel at the time.

"Nor was it all annihilated. ”

Yang Feng tried to comfort everyone: "Although the novel "King of the Net" is the last supernova, the reputation is still very good, and now the score is as high as 8.5 points, which is very remarkable. ”

What Yang Feng said was not wrong.

Although the reputation of the first four books of Supernova is not satisfactory, the current rating of "Net King" is very high, and the readers' responses in the comment area are basically appreciative.

"This one is the best!"

"I didn't expect that a competitive novel like tennis could be written so wonderfully, I picked it up in the bookstore and read it casually, but I didn't expect that I couldn't put it down as soon as I picked it up, and directly announced that I would enter the pit "King of the Net". ”

"A breath of fresh air from the supernova!"

"I'm tired of watching otherworldly adventures, and it's surprisingly good to change my taste occasionally, I've recommended "King of the Net" to many friends, but many people are not interested, they are the same as me before, and they don't understand the charm of competitive novels at all. ”

“......”

The editors naturally know that "The King of the Net" has a high rating, which can be said to be rave reviews, but for Yinlan Library, the reputation of this novel can only be regarded as a consolation prize, because the subject matter of this novel is too unpopular, and it is almost impossible for sales to explode.

"It's useless. ”

"The subject matter is too cold. ”

"Isn't it a good audience? ”

The editors didn't seem too excited, every publishing house will have some novels that are not popular, and the major publishing houses basically take support for this kind of novels, even if the sales are not good, they will try to give publishing resources as much as possible, just like the film company also needs some literary films to put gold on the face, but the company really makes money depends on the sales of novels.

"Don't be discouraged. ”

The editor-in-chief is very dissatisfied with the state of the editors: "Just like you, the sales haven't come out yet, and word of mouth is not everything, although some novels have low ratings, they still sell very well." ”

"Yes. ”

"There's a chance!"

"It's just word of mouth. ”

The editors' eyes are full of hope, word-of-mouth does not mean everything, there are some books on the market that are not popular, and there are also some books that have a very bad reputation, but the sales are rising, many readers are arrogant and honest in these years, "The King of the Net" belongs to the former in everyone's eyes, and the other books of the supernova may not be the latter!

This group of people is so easy to fool.

The deputy editor-in-chief pouted quietly.

There are very few works that are not popular, but there are not many works that have a bad reputation but good sales, and in the general law of the book market, most of the time word-of-mouth and sales can still be directly proportional......

"Break the meeting. ”

The editor-in-chief waved his hand.

After the crowd dispersed, the editor-in-chief was immediately worried, this picture was not as good as the editors just now: "It seems that this supernova has indeed messed up, unless a miracle happens." ”

"Miracle?"

The deputy editor-in-chief, who also did not leave, said with a wry smile: "Let's go to the statistics department for a turn, the first week sales of supernova over there should have been counted, let's see where the miracle is." ”

Editor-in-Chief: "......"

The two came to the relevant department side by side, and the editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief looked at the female director of the statistics department at the same time: "The first week sales of supernova should be counted now, right?"

"Coming?"

The female supervisor's expression was a little cold, as if she was particularly unhappy with these two guys, and after saying a word, she turned around and went straight to work: "Look at the statistical table on the table yourself, and ask me if you don't understand anything." ”

"Where did we offend her?"

The editor-in-chief and the deputy editor-in-chief looked at each other, then picked up the statistical table and glanced at it, which directly killed their last hope, because the highest-selling "Demon King of the Otherworld" only had 180,000 copies.

It's a supernova!

In previous years, the works that could be published at the Supernova Awards were embarrassed to go out and say hello if the sales did not exceed 300,000 in the first week, but the highest sales of the five supernova books this year were less than 200,000 copies.

But at least one thing is true.

That's the top five supernovas, and the sales are also perfectly in line with their respective names, and the editor-in-chief is bitter: "At least we didn't make a mistake in the ranking prediction of sales, anyway, it's the reader's fault what I think." ”

"Yes, yes!"

The deputy editor-in-chief nodded

The female supervisor who left turned back, and when she heard the conversation between the two, she immediately became angry, and directly began to be rude: "The judgment of the two of you is not wrong? The old lady's phone has been blown up, do you know? The whole Qinzhou is urging me to buy goods, and now as soon as I answer the phone, the other side will be "The King of the Net"! My head is going to explode! Do you know what I've been busy with in the past few days for shipping and supply? Do you know that I haven't slept well for a few days!?"

"Huh?"

The two were stunned, looked at the statistical table and confirmed: "The sales supernova of "Net King" is the first-to-last, why is it out of stock, auntie, why do you look like you have eaten Martian seeds, there must be something wrong, right?"

"Mistaken?"

The female supervisor looked at the two people in front of her with idiotic eyes: "There are a total of 100,000 copies of "The King of the Net", and it was sold out on the third day after the supernova was published.

The editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief froze.

The female supervisor showed a dangerous smile, and her tone was a little weirdly gentle: "Then please answer me who made the decision to publish 100,000 copies of "The King of the Net" in advance?"

"Him!"

The editor-in-chief and associate editor-in-chief point to each other at the same time.