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Chapter 39 Unexpected 【Please recommend and collect】

"I don't think so."

Qin Chuan decided to deceive the editor.

He believes that not only two publishing companies are playing their own ideas, but most of the other companies are looking for their own contact information.

It just so happened that it was Friday night again, and the editor who was not in a hurry probably planned to go to work on Monday and then deal with it.

Not everyone treats "Man Grows and Hates Water Changdong" as a life-saving straw!
Lai Feiyu's heart sank, and he typed back: "Royalties can be discussed, but that's beyond my authority. But we really want to publish your novel, it's very attractive. I'll submit this proposal later. Hand it over to the boss, and she will give you a suitable price."

"If you really want to talk, then at least you have to give a suitable number and plan. What you do is like a white wolf with empty hands."

Qin Chuan is very busy at the moment, several chat windows are open and switch continuously.

"Mao Da, what price is this New Century Publishing Company willing to give? A publishing company contacted me earlier and offered me a 7% royalty quotation, but I am still hesitant to agree."

Taking advantage of the situation to fight, Qin Chuan was not very skillful in using it.

He hopes that the two sides can compete hard, so that his treatment and conditions will get better and better.

It has now changed from a buyer's market to a seller's market.

Qin Chuan wants to fully understand the quotations of various publishing companies, and at the same time wants to procrastinate.

Best to wait until it hits the shelves!
If the subscriptions on the shelves can continue to be popular during the free period, then if you go to publishing, you will have the confidence to negotiate the price.

The big-faced cat did not reply immediately.

Qin Chuan himself searched the Internet for the specific information of the two publishing companies, as well as the corresponding achievements and reputation.

Choosing a publishing company is like getting married, you have to find out the background of the other party.

You can't just marry or get married in a muddle.

New Century Publishing Company is a book company specializing in the publishing of online literature. The boss once invested in a website for reading novels, and even now he still has a small share.

With such a background, its relationship with Longteng is naturally much closer than other companies.

Its scale is small, its business is relatively concentrated, and its professionalism is very strong. It has a deep understanding of the quality of novels, novel types, serialization status, and author popularity of the cooperative websites.

The company has experienced responsible editors, marketing editors, and art editors, who have created best-selling books and long-selling books many times!
It's just that Qin Chuan also has concerns.

No matter how high the price offered by New Century Publishing Company is, half of the copyright fee for the physical book that I got will be given to Longteng.com!
Because this contract was facilitated by Long Teng.

"This percentage is too high, and it hurts a bit."

Qin Chuan was really reluctant to score so high.

If the same 7% royalty was quoted, then he actually got only 3.5%, or even lower.

Unless New Century Publishing sells twice as much as Open Book Publishing, the actual revenue will be much lower.

That's why top masters don't contact publishing and other copyright business through the website, and no one wants to get half of the words that have been typed out so hard.

As for the open book publishing company, it will be worse. Social science, literature and history books are losing money every year, all relying on the blood transfusion of novel books.

Among the fiction books, it is female readers who support the bulk of the performance, and there are relatively few male readers.

Most romance novels have fewer words, and many books only have one volume, and the price is between 30 and [-] yuan.Even if the number of words is a bit more, it is only divided into two volumes.

However, because of the huge structure, complex characters, and ups and downs of the stories, the works for male readers are generally longer in content than romance novels.

One million words can only be regarded as a short story in an online article, three to five million words is normal, and seven to eight million words is not uncommon.

If such a long novel is to be published as a physical book, the scale of each novel must be at least ten, the price is high, and it is not easy to carry, it will discourage readers and the sales volume is not optimistic.

The Open Book Publishing Company has sincerity, and the price can be negotiated, but the ability is a bit unreliable.

It has not produced a best-selling book for many years, either due to a problem with ability or bad luck.

Qin Chuan was not sure that his book "Man Grows, Hates Water, Changdong" would be able to break free from the quagmire.

Both companies have their own advantages and disadvantages. Those publishing groups that have been listed have not considered newcomers and new books at all. The best-selling authors have to coordinate internally to publish their books, and often have to face a situation of competition with each other.

Everything is difficult not only at the beginning, but also in the middle and the end!

Writing a book has never been as simple as putting a novel on the web.

"It's still that this book didn't become famous. If it could become famous, how could it be like this now."

Qin Chuan was a little distressed. He chose this book to ask for directions, wondering if he could get into the circle smoothly.

Speaking of which, "Life and Hate" is indeed very suitable for publication. Maybe it was because the book in the previous life was co-authored by three female authors and the TV series was not published, so many readers lamented it.

There are many, many people who want to collect.

But I can’t find the physical book at all!

It doesn't have many words, so it can be divided into three or four parts.

The readers of physical books do not overlap with the readers of serialized online novels. Even if the serialization goes to the later stage, those who read physical books are still willing to continue reading.

Unless you really love this novel deeply.

After the mood of the code word was disturbed, Qin Chuan couldn't calm himself down no matter what.

There is always a fantasy in my mind.

He is just an ordinary person, not extraordinary.

When he browsed the details of these publishing companies on the Internet, the editor of Big Face Cat, that is, Xu Qiang, was a little distressed.

The book that he valued very much was capable of competing for the book of the rookie king, but the New Century Publishing Company actually only offered the price of cabbage, which made him not want to reply to Qin Chuan, it was too low to open his mouth.

"Old Zhou, you also know that this book has great potential, so you definitely won't agree to buy it out."

Zhou Ansheng is an employee of the copyright transaction department of Longteng.com, and he is actually the person in charge of connecting with New Century Publishing Company.

"For a newcomer, if you give him a high buyout price, he will definitely agree."

"The minimum guarantee contract he signed is 50 thousand words, and the physical book is only paid 150 thousand words. I think it is possible to take the royalties route. He told me that another publishing company gave 7% royalties."

Xu Qiang is a good editor, he tries his best to think about the authors he signed, and wants to win more benefits.

Who knows that Zhou Ansheng doesn't care at all, "The buyout price has tripled, which is equivalent to getting such a high income. What else is he not satisfied with? 7% royalties, that also has to sell the novel That’s fine, who knows if this weird novel can persist in the market.”

Hearing the tone, it seems that he is not very optimistic about the prospect of the physical book of "Life Grows, Hates Water, and Changdong", but he still wants to sell it, nothing more than to lower the price.

Xu Qiang held back his anger and said, "Old Zhou, don't forget who is paying you now."

The ass is too crooked!

If they didn't know, they would have thought that Zhou Ansheng was an employee of New Century Publishing Company.

"Qiangzi, just do your own thing and don't worry too much."

The people in the copyright department are basically uncles, and they don't care about a little money at all. What they want to do is to do big business.

Xu Qiang had no choice but to pass on the news he got to Qin Chuan, but some content that was not suitable for publicity was omitted.

"I just talked to my colleagues in the copyright department. The price New Century will give you is 150 yuan per thousand words to buy out the entire novel. The first print is expected to be 5 copies."

(End of this chapter)