Chapter 320: Chinese and English Simultaneous Serialization
The bustling Spring Festival has slowly passed. In these days, Lin Han devoted his time and energy to novels, so he would write much faster.
By the time he officially started working on the eighth day of the first lunar month, he was already finishing the "Handering Guide to the Galaxy", and after that, he could undergo a long process of deletion and modification, which means that the novel will soon be met by the general public.
With a backlog of Spring Festival events, Chen Jiaxuan's studio was overwhelmed with busyness. The studio's email address has been occupied by major game companies. Special staff opened one by one and then sorted it out.
Fortunately, this is a studio in the entertainment industry. Most of the work is prepared in advance and will not suddenly attack or anything else. The other stars receive less work messages than Lin Han, and he has become the pillar of the studio!
As the boss, Chen Jiaxuan was very casual, so she sat on the sofa with coffee and said to Lin Han: "So what are your plans for a new book? Should I publish it directly? This time I suggest that the novel be translated into English and be launched in Chinese and English together, so that no one will complain about you."
"In fact, I haven't decided whether to publish it directly or serialize it in a magazine. Didn't "Science Fiction World" ask me again some time ago? It's 8,000 to 10,000 yuan in a thousand words, and the price should be the top level."
"You definitely won't agree. It's clear that you're going to have a car crash with your "Fantasy Age". Even if you choose to serialize it in a magazine, it won't be there."
Chen Jiaxuan is confident. Even if the influence of "Fantasy Age" is far inferior to "Science Fiction World", Lin Han will choose to take care of her family without hesitation and would rather make less money.
The fact was just as she thought. Lin Han nodded and admitted, "So I'm still hesitating. This book is only 80,000 words. If you publish a book, it will be too thin. I'm embarrassed to ask readers for so much money to buy books. Besides, I only posted two books in a row to search their wallets during New Year's Day. I guess I'll have to hesitate at this moment."
"You are wrong about this. First of all, readers should not be short of that ten yuan. They like your new book very much. Besides, your wallet will become more or less bulging during the Spring Festival. If the number of words is too small, how about publishing that kind of portable pocket book?"
This time it was Lin Han's turn to shake his head. Pocket books are very popular in Europe and the United States. You can read them on the bus to and from get off work or in the subway. It is probably a hardcover book first. If it sells well, make paperback books, and finally the pocket books. The pocket books are in the last round of sales.
Of course, this is not an absolute approach. Now some publishers will publish different books based on the content of the book, positioning and the differences in target consumer groups.
Nowadays, many Chinese people like to buy large-open books, hardcover versions, which are thick and heavy, and look high-end, atmospheric and high-end. They think that large-open books are definitely more cost-effective than small-open books, but this is basically a wrong understanding.
Pocket books are typical small books, which are about 64 books, not the 32 books you usually see. Perhaps many people don’t know the difference between these different books, and think that the larger the number, the larger the paper may be.
This idea is just the opposite. In the domestic pages of books, laughing and laughing is made into a book. The book is based on the entire sheet of paper as the calculation unit. The number of small sheets cut and folded for each piece of paper is called the book.
The size of the whole piece of paper is folded in half, and then folded in half is 4, and then continue to fold in half to 8, 16, 32, and 64. Simply put, the printed books with 64 are only half the size of the books with 32.
Back to the topic, the pocket books of Xiaokaiben are actually not popular in China. This is determined by consumption concepts and Lin Han cannot reverse them in a short period of time.
"Then let's just serialize it in "Fantasy Age", which will give them a good start in the first quarter." Chen Jiaxuan said to herself. This magazine that has experienced Nirvana has stabilized its monthly sales volume to around 400,000 copies, and it has reached a bottleneck period when it has improved to the top.
Taking up 20% of the shares, Lin Han's new book "The Wandering Guide to the Galaxy" is almost certain that this bottleneck can be broken. It has received too much attention. Even the photos of Ma Wen, the robot drawn by Lin Han, have been processed and started to be spread online. Before the novel comes out, Ma Wen became popular!
But Lin Han's ambition is far more than that. He touched his chin and said, "Since you want to serialize it, you might as well send it to foreign science fiction magazines to meet the needs of most readers. I know that we can't contact there alone, so I'll ask the person in charge of Penguin Publishing Group to help introduce it and give a message to those magazines."
"Where is this trouble? You underestimate your status and popularity in the hearts of European and American readers. You were the most popular science fiction writer in the world last year, and no science fiction writer can compare with you! Since so many books can be sold for publications, it will not be bad at all in magazines. In fact, I can guarantee that as long as you post the news about finding European and American science fiction magazines on Facebook, those magazines will come directly, letting you make the conditions, believe it or not?"
"Why don't you believe it? I believe everything you say!" Lin Han forgot his identity in a trance. He is already a famous writer internationally. He has won the New York Times bestseller rankings in several books in a row. The reader group covers all over the world. There is no need to ask the magazine as an ordinary writer. It's time for the magazine to ask him.
This identity change came a bit late, but it also made Lin Han very excited. This was a real counterattack to Europe and the United States!
Science fiction originated in Europe and the United States and has grown there. China and even Asia have always been considered a desert of science fiction, but Lin Han, a science fiction writer from the desert, staged a jaw-dropping counterattack!
If the book "I, Robot" was born and became popular in half of Europe and the United States, those conservative European and American readers and writers could argue that this was just a flash in the pan.
But then the joint attack between "Martian Rescue" and "Jurassic Park" made the group of people unable to say such words. The repeated blows from the other side of the ocean made the European and American science fiction circles banned!
Some time ago, "The Three-Body Problem" once again amazed these stubborn readers. Lin Han's name completely suppressed them in less than a year. Whether it is a long-standing senior writer or a famous new author, he has to surrender under Lin Han.
Chapter completed!