Chapter 656 Super God-level Showdown
Just like the previous book, "Interstellar" has received too much attention, especially not long after winning the Goncourt Literature Award, the mainstream literary circle has also focused on this book. They want to know if Lin Han can still write excellent works similar to "Herberian".
It has been invincible from the beginning. It continued Lin Han's path as the king, and has been invincible all the way to the domestic sales list, and even won the championship in 11 countries including the UK on the day of its listing.
But it met its own opponent in the United States, from the best-selling king James Patterson's new book "Angel of Scarlet", which is an ambitious plan by James Patterson. He wants to use this novel to conquer the minor's book industry!
James Patterson's works have always been based on suspense adult book sales list. This time he raided the minor's book industry, and the novel received strong support from publishers before it was published.
In the past few years, his best-selling books have been the total number of best-selling books for the four of Dan Brown, JK Rowling, Tom Clancy, and John Grisham.
However, in the past two years, with the overall sales momentum of American book market decline, James Patterson's novel sales have shown an upward trend!
This time, he crossed the field of adult books to minor books, and wanted to occupy the market for teenagers and continue to increase his book sales.
As the king of American thriller mystery novels, his new work can be listed on the New York Times bestseller rankings every time he appears, and is praised by Time magazine as a person who never fails!
In the past few years, his books have always been the highest lending rate for works in libraries in the United States and Britain.
Even in the United States, at least 100 million people have read one of his works!
That is to say, one out of every three American citizens has read his works.
Up to now, he is one of the few powerful writers who can make it to No.1 at the same time in five new hardcover works within a year, and the other is Lin Han!
It can be said that last year's New York Times bestseller list was dominated by these two people in turn, and the rest could only take the time to win a championship occasionally.
The last work of this best-selling king won the championship was "The Hidden Beast" two months ago, which brought "Jurassic Park" off the list.
When the movie "Jurassic Park" was released on a large scale around the world, the novel of the same name also rebounded strongly from the top 100 in the sales list to the championship position.
Unfortunately, they were kicked off by the newly launched "The Hidden Beast" before they stayed for a month. It can be said that the two have had several open and secret battles in their works!
This thriller novel tells the time when animals violently attacked humans from around the world, a young, anti-traditional scientist is determined to find out the truth behind these mysterious events.
Scientists must seize the time, otherwise humans and animals may suffer losses and even go to extinction together! Such an excellent reversal novel will become popular all over the world as soon as it was published, and it will even be directly attracted by the American BS TV station. They will directly purchase the copyright of the TV series and prepare to film it into an American drama!
It has won the Forbes Global Writer Income List for three consecutive years. Last year, James Patterson beat Lin Han's $720,000 with a total income of $9.50,000.
It's almost the end of the year this year. Can Lin Han, who has only published one book "The Matrix", overturn James Patterson, who has published four or five books, become a hot topic in the eyes of many people!
At present, the best-selling list between Interstellar and Angels has become the prelude to the total revenue war. The total revenue list has to be announced by Forbes at the end of the year, but the two works have already started a fierce confrontation in the American book market!
The most coincidental thing is that both of these books actually contain science fiction elements. There is no need to say much about "Interstellar" is an orthodox science fiction.
According to the comments exposed by book critics in advance, "Angel of Sickness" combines science fiction and fantasy elements, making high technology a tool to dominate the world and making many people ruthless.
The difference is that the male protagonist of "Interstellar" is an uncle with children, while the protagonist of "Angel of Sickness" is six children!
It has to be said that this week, with the showdown between two god-level kings, the popularity of the entire American book market suddenly became popular.
In the past year, the two of them not only joined forces to rule Forbes, but also dominate the book markets of the United States and Europe and other countries. Once a new book is released, they will surely win the championship!
In the past, their books were basically staggered, which was obviously the result of negotiations by publishers, and they were unwilling to discount their works in terms of sales.
But this time, their new book unexpectedly met, and no publishing house was willing to give in!
This concession is to show weakness. Neither of them is an ordinary writer, and face is very important.
So, a new book encounter officially began. Is it better to be the old king over 60 years old, or is the new best-selling king who is less than thirty years old, stepping on Lao Wang's body to take over?
It can be said that in the entire market, no one is qualified to be their opponents except for each other.
The winner is against the mai Mang, this competition is unpredictable!
Good betting companies will never miss such a great opportunity to attract attention. They actually opened a plate for the champion of the New York Times bestseller ranking this time!
Among them, the odds of "Angel of Sickness" are 1.21, and the odds of "Interstellar" are 1.59, which seems to be almost the same. Only a few other books have the odds of more than 5o. It is not ruled out that they are both upset by other books.
When the entertainment industry is calm, the battle of such a king-level battle in the book field is of course particularly eye-catching, so many radios even invited commentators and forecasters to analyze the prospects of winning the two books, and the listening rate is not low!
Speaking of which, these two books have their own advantages and disadvantages. First of all, for James Patterson, he is an American. In this sales war in the United States, his nationality will definitely become a major advantage.
After all, Lin Han is a Chinese. Even if his novels are sold well, he is still a Chinese. To the American people, he is an outsider, especially he has always been promoted by the Washington authorities!
Another thing is the basics of readers. James Patterson has been operating his name since the last century and has published dozens of best-selling novels. I have said before that one out of every three Americans has read his novels.
Lin Han is just a rising star. He opened up the American market more than two years ago with "I, Robot" and "Martian Rescue". The 66 works include "Inception", "Jurassic Park", "Hipberry", "Bouquets for Algeron", "The Wandering Guide to the Galaxy" and other works.
Another very important point is that Lin Han is not good at marketing himself. He rarely comes to the United States. Americans rarely see news about Lin Han. If it weren’t for the Gonguer Literature Award a few days ago, the name Lin Han would have been forgotten by many people!
But James Patterson is different. He was born in an advertising company before writing novels. After becoming famous, he was even more good at creating a self-image and was active on the front line for a long time.
Not only does he sell his books to teenagers and adults on TV, he often dresses up according to the content of the book, and goes on TV for interviews when he has nothing to do, such as "The Allen Show" and "The Chicken Feather Show".
It is even more common to be interviewed by websites, magazines, and newspapers. He even invested his money in the operation of independent bookstores in the United States, and even joined the dispute over Amazon e-book pricing, making appeals as a public figure!
Even James Patterson is keen on guest appearances in TV series, such as in the popular American drama "The Detective of the Spiritual Book", the male lead Richard Cassol is the best-selling crime novel. He often gathers with several writers, chatting and discussing while playing poker.
Among the best-selling writers in the TV series are James Patterson!
This time, James Patterson added science fiction elements to his works. He naturally shook the flag and shouted for the new book "Angel of Sickness" on social media, and even sent the book to major book reviewers in advance. Before the novel was launched, you can see a series of dazzling book reviews applauding.
As the goal is to be a teenager, they have a very good career. They not only provide free trial books in various schools, but also send physical books to teachers. As long as the teachers recommend it, students will basically be easily accepted.
The new book of American writers is like a new record for singers, and all kinds of promotional channels are used to the extreme!
Before the film "Angel of Sickness" was published, it was already popular with Hollywood film companies and bought the film adaptation rights. There are even rumors that this is no less than the best-selling work of teenagers in "The Hunger Games".
Such large-scale publicity made Interstellar very ashamed. The author did not bubbling all day long, and the publishing company didn't seem to want to win this war. Their publicity strategy was to use social media. This method was simple and conservative, and it looked a bit shabby!
In this way, Lin Han's "Interstellar" seems to have no chance of winning, and he has been crushed by "Angel of Swift" in all aspects.
But it also has advantages, and that's the subject matter!
Lin Han has always been famous for writing science fiction novels, so the reader group of "Interstellar" is basically very fixed and has the support of many old readers.
"Angel of Disease" is a little worse. After all, James Patterson used to write suspense and now he has crossed the border to write science fiction. Is there really a guaranteed quality?
Judging from the odds given by the bookmaker, they are just a little optimistic about James Patterson. It is not that Lin Han has no chance of winning. The probability of the two winning the championship is equal, and it is unknown who will win!
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