On October 1st, the seven-day National Day holiday officially kicked off. Whether it is office workers or student parties, they can take a break from their busy schedule and enjoy the comfortable holiday life.

During these seven days, they can go out to travel and watch crowds, or they can be otakus with TV and computers at home. Of course, they are indispensable for going out shopping and entertainment. Some people also choose to read the novels they have long loved at home.

With the development of various publicity of "The Three-Body Problem", the sales volume that was originally slowly increasing gradually began to increase. The normal book sales trend gradually decreased from the first week of the first day and then remained stable.

Obviously, "Twilight" cannot escape such a fate. After the first week of sales, it inevitably fell into a downturn in the second week, with sales plummeting by about 40%, and reputation failed to attract new readers to join.

This is the final chapter of the novel series. Readers who have not read the previous few "Twilight" obviously won't buy it. Who will start reading it from the last novel?

Those who buy books are old readers, and not everyone will buy them, which will lead to some disadvantages.

Fortunately, some readers like to read the novel that they have finished reading, and the final chapter has just come out. They just happened to buy a full set, but such people are in a minority after all.

"The Three-Body Problem" is exactly the opposite of "Twilight: Dawn". It is the rising sun and the first part of the series of novels. It is easy to pull readers into this pit.

During the National Day holiday, I watched a traffic jam across the country, and it was more comfortable to fill the scenic spots. Major bookstores across the country also started promotions during the National Day holiday. The books and posters that Lin Han once signed played an indelible contribution.

A thousand signature books are mixed in one million first-time printed books. The probability of buying a signature book randomly is about 0.1%, which is a bit higher than winning the lottery.

Lin Han’s readers all know how lazy their authors are. They probably will be the largest signature this time, so they really want to buy signature books.

But this signature book looks exactly the same as an ordinary book on the outside, with a plastic cover tightly wrapped around it. Only after purchasing it can the plastic cover be torn apart. Only by turning on the inner page can you know if there is a signature.

Renmin University Press even gave out different posters in online sales. The painters they invited drew three different posters for "Three-Body Problem", including those who flew in the air for three days, those who were huge radars at the Red Bank Base, and those who were on earth looking up at the starry sky spacecraft.

These posters are given less in physical sales, and are also given randomly when sold in official stores of several major shopping websites. Many science fiction readers are not short of money. In order to get these three posters, some of them even bought ten copies, but they still didn't get them all. This is the full malicious intention of dealers and publishers, and deliberately printed the three-day posters in a very rare manner.

Such an action also happens in signature books. There is a 0.1% chance of buying a book. In theory, it is possible to have one book by buying a thousand books, but in fact it is not like that.

If a person who is lucky can buy one, it may be a signature version. If a person who is lucky can buy ten thousand copies, it may not be possible.

Therefore, there are a steady stream of people looking for the signature version of "Three-Body Problem" on Xianyu, with the purchase price increased from 100 to 1,000 yuan, but it still has a price but no market price.

"Mr. Zhao, I heard many people complaining on the Internet that the books I bought did not have plastic covers. They suspected that the books they bought had been opened. Can you come forward and ask the dealer to stop such methods? I will also make a statement online, which is totally cheating."

Lin Han dialed Zhao Han's phone indignation, and such actions made it difficult for him to accept.

Zhao Han’s direction of viewing the problem is different from Lin Han. His focus is not that the dealer tear the plastic film apart to find Lin Han’s signature, but that such actions will cause destruction of books!

Originally, many novels were not covered with plastic when they were sold. One was because of cost and the other was unnecessary.

On the one hand, this is for beauty, and on the other hand, it is for dust-proof and waterproofing, so as not to get dirty or damaged during transportation. If it is dirty, the bookstore will return the book to the publishing house.

Bookstores usually tear a book's plastic cover in front of the bookshelf for readers to view the contents inside.

Readers often pick up a book that has been torn apart with plastic film and opened it, then pick up an unopened book from the bookshelf and go to the counter to check out. Almost no one will pay the torn sample book to pay. Instantly, the book looks as new as an unopened book.

So Zhao Han replied: "I haven't received such a complaint yet, but I will say hello to the dealer. Such an action is completely wrong. If there is no plastic film packaging, our book destruction rate will be between 10% and 15%, which will increase our costs!"

Lin Han tapped his head with his finger, "Is the problem so serious?"

"Yes, as long as the books that have been opened are damaged, we will not return them. We must ensure the quality of our products. I will warn them, don't worry."

"Okay, that's all."

"By the way, we are conducting market research. Now there are almost no more than one million physical books left. We have decided to print another million copies and enter the ranks of five-star writers in one year. You are probably the number one person in history." Zhao Han added.

Lin Han himself does not value this star-rated writer because it is accumulated in his career. As long as he keeps writing books for a lifetime, it is only a matter of time before he slowly moves from one star to five star, and there is no substantial benefit.

When others introduce themselves, they never say that XX is a five-star writer, but they say that they are the Hugo Award winner Lin Han, etc., but they always make some money.

Lin Han hung up the phone. He was not surprised by the need for printing of "The Three-Body Problem", but he didn't expect that this time would come so quickly, because this is just the third week of the novel's release!

In other words, the sales of "Three-Body Problem" may be close to one million copies in one month, which is a huge number!

In fact, because of the promotion of shopping websites to buy books and give posters, more and more people choose to shop online. Anyway, they basically deliver the next day, and the speed is quite fast. Not only can they have an advantage in the price, they can also collect posters.

Therefore, people who buy books in physical stores and those who buy books online have almost opened it. The physical books of "Three-Body" in Amazon stores have been sold out for a long time, which has caused many readers to criticize Amazon below. Readers who cannot buy books have to switch to other shopping websites or buy kindle e-books directly.
Chapter completed!