Random House, who was high on the rise, took a fancy to a science fiction novel from China, which was equivalent to adding a scoop of water to this science fiction desert. In their opinion, this should be a natural thing, and the other party could not even say no to refuse.

What else can a Chinese science fiction writer ask for? The ability to publish an English version of a novel is the greatest reward for the writer. If you want more royalties, you have to come up with more valuable works.

Although Qin Jun himself was also a Chinese, he felt that nothing was wrong. How could a Chinese science fiction novel be published in English without making any sacrifices?

Random Bookstore always refuses others to submit their voluntary submissions, and there are few things that they send olive branches and are rejected by others. This was originally just a business matter, but it touched the sensitive area in Qin Jun's heart.

As a publisher staff member, many famous writers from the outside world have to treat themselves with a kind look. English versions of novels are not so easy to be published.

Lin Han was also confused. Did Random House really seek cooperation with sincerity? She wanted to buy so many copyrights together for $50,000. Although she could participate in the share of the share in the later stage, the proportion was too low, and she was simply giving away charity.

I, the novel Robot has saved the publisher time to translate, and other types of books have to be translated. The novels directly translated by the original author are both accurate and have a gimmick of publicity. No matter how you look at it, it is more than $50,000.

In fact, the electronic sales of this novel, B, received from Amazon, is much more than $50,000, and the price is $499 per piece, and has now sold 180,000 copies.

According to Lin Han 70's share, he can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in income, and there is no need to sell the copyright of the novel at a low price for tens of thousands of dollars.

Releasing novels at Amazon Online Bookstore is almost cost-free, and Lin Han had put aside the publishing house before and signed an agency agreement with Amazon in his personal name. The sales of these 180,000 copies are real, and no organization can help inject water.

One of the marketing strategies and secrets of foreign books is to be good at "charting" new books, which is a bit similar to music rankings, and to reach the rankings to gain greater popularity.

There are marketing companies in the United States that specialize in book "chart" business. They plan with publishing industry insiders and try every means to squeeze new books into the best-selling list.

If a new book can be guaranteed to obtain enough pre-order orders before it is released, for example, 10,000 copies can be on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list, and 50,000 copies can be guaranteed to be on the biggest bestseller list of the New York Times bestseller list.

Of course, this is just to ensure that they enter the top 100 and cannot directly land in the top 10 or even higher. The book advertising benefits created by rankings make more books the bestsellers, and bestsellers have great market influence.

Publishers can turn profits from bestsellers, and the authors also gain credibility and reputation from them. The business of the "list" marketing company is very prosperous. Such exciting bestsellers have become a huge driving force for book sales.

Lin Han was once cheated under such large-scale publicity. A novel called S Sheep's Fantasy Journey was named "The New York Times Bestseller Ranking 240 Weeks Championship", but after reading it, I found that it was a bit exaggerated. Although it was a classic, I always felt that it seemed like something was almost there.

The New York Times bestseller rankings have a magical magic that can crown a good or bad book, and make readers flock to it.

Even for authors, such rankings are very interesting. From publishing companies to the general public, they are all staring at these rankings. If they are an author of a fictional work, they will receive a steady stream of invitations to make an appointment after they are on the list, and even the books are printed constantly, which can also drive the sales of previous old books.

If you are a realistic novel author, you will be invited to participate in various speeches, trainings, and consultations after you are on the list. This ranking can increase the exposure and reputation.

Back to the topic, since B does not have a physical English version, it is not allowed to be ranked by the bestseller list of Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. This is not only a potential business opportunity for publishers, but also a propaganda position that Lin Han missed.

"Does the people in Random House want to get a bargain?"

Chen Jiaxuan thought for a long time before she came to this conclusion, but have they really checked Amazon sales carefully? It is obvious that after the double test of reputation and sales, robots have become a hot commodity.

Lin Han waved his hand, took the tablet, opened the official website of Amazon's American version, and said: "I don't know what I think there. My revenue from the English version of e-books sold through Amazon is almost exceeding that of China. If it is really promoted, sales will definitely increase."

"I have calculated that with current sales, you can earn $500,000 after tax! That's too high. We worked hard in China to get hundreds of thousands of yuan in royalties."

The calculation result became more and more firm in Chen Jiaxuan's idea. She muttered: "Since the electronic version is sold so well, the English publishing rights cannot be sold casually. We have to plan it carefully to let more publishers find us."

Random House and Penguin Group are the biggest alliance, but there are also many competitors. No matter which country's books are, these publishers will not miss the opportunity as long as they make money.

"I hope other publishers don't cheat like this. It's too unprofitable. Is it necessary to fight for a false reputation? It's the most affordable thing to get the money."

Lin Han carefully searched on Amazon's rankings and found that his book had actually been placed in the novel recommendation directory by Amazon. Because the more novels are sold, the more money Amazon can receive, so sales can quickly rise to 180,000 copies.

At present, the total sales of Amazon novels have entered the million-dollar era. Only books with cumulative sales of a single e-book exceeding one million can truly become best-sellers. For example, the girl with dragon tattoos by Swedish writer Stiglasen, the girl who plays with fire and the girl who rushes into the honeycomb have entered the million-dollar era. There are also the Spider of the American Thriller Mystery Novel King James Patterson, and the Kiss of Death and other novels, all have amazing sales.

Now, there are many books on the new book sales list where I am on the robot. Amazon is basically ranked according to sales volume, and no matter how many books a person buys, it will be counted, which is convenient for many opportunists to operate.

With a monthly sales of 180,000 copies, ranking 8th in the new book sales list, not much difference from the sales ahead. The number one is Guangming NNS, which we cannot see. This book was widely favored by commentaries as soon as it came out, and is even expected to win this year's Pulitzer Prize.

On the novel sales list, I, robots, are inferior, and other types of books have high sales, even sold hundreds of thousands of yuan. But in the science fiction category, it has to be outstanding, and it has directly reached the 10th place in the science fiction sales list, second only to those science fiction masters.

Logically speaking, such good results should prove your potential, but no one except Random House is concerned, and the conditions of Random House are so harsh.

"We need a higher sales ranking so that more publishers can see the novel." Chen Jiaxuan tapped the screen with her finger, and she said, "Or what if we go to find a special ranking company?"

However, Lin Han shook his head, and he smiled and said, "I don't think it's necessary to contact Amazon directly and say we are willing to join the promotion ranks. If we enter the discount promotion, sales will definitely increase."

"It was only $499, how much money can you get after the discount."

"Even if the 60% discount is still $299, just think it's a small profit but a quick turnover. The number of purchases should increase, it depends on which position we can reach."

Many book friends expressed their discomfort in the previous chapter of Random Bookstore, but that was basically reality. The publisher is the boss, and you authors are all Xiaoxiami who rely on us for dinner. The author Jun once contacted the Taiwan Traditional Chinese Publishing House, and the other party's tone was worse than this.

Some friends even passed the traditional Chinese publishing review and the price given was not as high as one-tenth of his monthly manuscript fee. They were just for the purpose of publishing, not for making money.

The publishing house and the author should have a mutually beneficial relationship, and the authors are really a disadvantaged group. To put it into the world, Random House occupies 25 publishing markets. Will they particularly like a science fiction novel? At most, they will ask routinely, cast a wide net and catch a fish.

This attitude should be normal. When facing ordinary authors, they will change to another attitude when facing best-selling authors.
Chapter completed!