Louis is a new editor-in-chief of Sunshine Press, in his thirties, to be able to mix in the position of editor-in-chief of such a large publishing house, I have to say that Louis's ability is good.
Normally, the editor-in-chief of a publishing house is mainly responsible for communicating with authors and contacting the publication of works.
However, any industry and profession is not simple, and in addition to their own work, the editor-in-chief has to do to discover new authors.
For publishers, they receive a lot of submissions every day, and these manuscripts will be initially reviewed by the editors below, and then some outstanding manuscripts will be handed over to the editor-in-chief, who will decide whether a book can be published.
The editor-in-chief's salary is not static, and a large part of it depends on whether the book that the editor-in-chief decides to publish can sell well.
If you can sell it well, the bonus will naturally be very large.
Moreover, although the output of writers is lower than that of singers or actors, especially for writers of physical books, it often takes years to figure out one.
However, there are very few writers who will only publish one book in their lifetime.
If there is such a writer, then there are only two possibilities, one is that he found that the book could not be sold, and he was not the material for eating this bowl of rice, so he changed careers.
Another possibility is that a book is enough for him to be chic in his life, and it is better not to write another book that may lose fame with poor grades.
Therefore, the number of best-selling authors that an editor-in-chief can contact determines the level of income and status of the editor-in-chief.
Louis was able to become the new editor-in-chief because when he was an editor before, he found a good work, and after recommending it, it really sold well, just in time for the previous editor-in-chief to retire, so he took a step up.
However, having only one writer under your command is not enough at all.
The author of the work that Louis recommended before naturally became his client, but the author's previous work had only been on the shelves for a year, and the new work that was now brewing would take at least a year to be published, and writing this thing was very likely to skip the ticket.
Although some of the relationships with writers left by the former editor-in-chief were also taken over by Louis, even if those writers published books through Louis, their works were also sold well, and they had little to do with Louis, and the publishing house gave him some consolation bonuses at most, which were much lower than those he discovered himself.
Therefore, in recent times, Louis has been looking for new authors, and even paid attention to the eye accounts of many book reviewers, some people may find it strange, if the book reviewer recommends a work, then it must have been published, and the author must also have a good contact with the publishing house, so what is the use of Louis knowing A novel must belong to culture in the eyes of writers and readers, but for publishers, it is a commodity, a commodity that allows them to make money.
Therefore, the publishing industry is actually a shopping mall, and it has little to do with culture.
And shopping malls are like battlefields, isn't it normal to poach writers from other publishing houses?
When Louis saw that two book reviewers recommended a book called The Lord of the Rings, the author didn't pay much attention to it when he was still a newcomer, after all, digging the foot of the wall can't be done overnight.
But when Louis saw the revelations of the famous poisonous snake Renault, saying that the book was published by the author at his own expense, he became excited.
Otherwise, Louis felt that it might not be so easy to find the personal contact details of a king, even if his country was very small.
After getting through the phone, before Louis could say all kinds of words to get closer, he was directly confused by Li Daniu, and then reported a figure of 45% that he said with gritted teeth.
"It's a little low."
Li Daniu doesn't care about this sharing ratio, whether it is Louis's highest authority, in his opinion, this work is destined to be a big hit, and he will lose a lot of money in this share.
Of course, if Li Daniu could meet Louis after the first meeting and get this share ratio, Li Daniu might have agreed, because at that time, he was not sure if this book could really be so popular in this world.
However, it now seems that the limited small number of people who bought the book gave it a high degree of praise.
It can be seen that even if this book changes to a different world, its charm is still undiminished, so Li Daniu is not satisfied.
"Your Majesty, this sharing ratio is already the highest score I can give now, if it is to be raised again, it will need to be approved by a higher level of leadership, you must know that although your book is very good in my opinion, but you are a rookie writer after all" Louis did not finish speaking, the subtext has already come out, you have not been tested by the market, how dare you think that this proportion is still low "I know all of that."
Of course, Li Daniu knows that newcomers are not qualified to ask for their works when they have not been tested by the market, but he knows very well what kind of miracle this book has created, so it is normal to be dissatisfied.
"Louis, right?"
Li Daniu really doesn't like the way of negotiation and intrigue between you and me, and said very decisively: "Harry from the Moon Publishing House has already approached me, he hopes to get the official publishing rights of this book, and the price I gave him is 165%, of course, I also know that this price is impossible, only because of some personal reasons, so I quoted such a high price."
You can think about it again, 45% I won't say yes, I'm not in a hurry. ” Of course you're not in a hurry, when more people discover this book, someone will definitely raise the price, but I'm in a hurry.
Louis didn't have time to think about how Harry had offended Li Da Niu at this time, and just wanted to be able to win the publishing rights of the Lord of the Rings as soon as possible, so he also made a decision.
"Your Majesty, I can use my temporary privilege to give you a fifty percent share of the royalties, and promise to use all the publicity money I have now to promote your work, what do you think?"
Each editor-in-chief has the right to control a certain amount of publicity expenses.
If the book sells well, then the spent publicity money will naturally be made up by the publishing house, or even more, if the book hits the streets, then Louis's editor-in-chief position is in jeopardy.
"Are you sure?"
Li Daniu had some knowledge of the publishing industry because he was going to publish the Lord of the Rings, and even other books in the future, and he knew what kind of risk Louis would take if he did this.
"Sure" Louis didn't talk nonsense, the limit of what he could do was so much, and how much nonsense he said was not as effective as the actual benefits.
"Okay, I agree."
Li Daniu made a decision, in the end, this book is too easy to come, and it is already very good to have a fifty percent royalty share, although it can be entangled for a while, you can get a few more points, but Tuvalu can't wait, and is in a hurry to use the money.
If a work is slowly fermented and only relies on word-of-mouth, it can't compare to those works with publicity.
"Thank you so much, when is it convenient for you to sign the contract, it is better to sign such a contract on the spot, if it is not convenient for you to come to the United States, I can go to Tuvalu."
Louis said to be happy, but in fact, he has lost interest, because this time, it can be said that he is betting on his future.
Although he himself is very optimistic about this book, and there are still zero negative reviews for this book so far, who can guarantee that such an investment will definitely get the expected return No business is guaranteed to make a profit, and Louis decided to take this opportunity in a desperate gamble, but when he did catch it, he began to suffer from gains and losses.
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"Don't be so troublesome, I just have something to go to the United States, so I can sign the contract by the way."
Li Daniu heard that Louis's mood became depressed, but he was not in the mood to comfort Luis, because if Louis did not make any mistakes in the future, then Li Daniu could make him the luckiest person in the publishing industry.
"It is very good, Your Majesty, that I am waiting for you in the United States."
"Wait."
When Li Daniu was about to hang up the phone, he suddenly thought of a question and asked, "I forgot to ask how much publicity money you can control now."
Eh, shouldn't this question be asked during the negotiation just now, how can you ask it after agreeing Louis suddenly felt at this time, this His Majesty the King, it seems that it is not very reliable.
"It's okay, I'm just asking, I've promised that I won't go back."
Li Daniu sensed Louis's hesitation and explained.
In fact, he didn't care about the amount of this publicity fee, the charm of the Lord of the Rings book itself, so that it could sell well all over the world without too much investment.
The amount of publicity money can only determine whether it will step into the bestseller list one day earlier or one day later. "$1,000,000."
"So much, if you only use publicity, isn't it a bit of a waste, it's better to give it to me directly, haha" Li Daniu was happy and made a joke.
Louis didn't think the joke was funny at all, could such an unreliable author really work t1706231537: