Daily American Drama

Random House.

Editor's Office.

The ratio is 4%?

Adam frowned: Mr. Cerf, as far as I know, the sharing ratio for general novels is 6% to 14%. Even if I am a newcomer, it shouldn't be lower than 6%, right?

What's more, you have also read my book, Lord of the Mysteries. The quality is far superior to that of ordinary newcomers, otherwise you would not be interested. What do you mean by giving 4%?

Newcomers get 6%?

Jack Cerf cursed secretly in his heart, he hated this kind of newcomers who had investigated and prepared in advance, it was not easy to cheat, but he was an old fox after all, and his face remained calm.

Who said that? Impossible! How can a newcomer get 6% of the share? The newcomer is not famous, and the distribution depends on the channel of the publishing house.

In this case, the risk is entirely on the publishing house, and do you know how high the cost of building and maintaining channels for the publishing house is?

Of course, if you are very confident in your book and feel that you can achieve great success without relying on the resources of the publishing house, then publish it at your own expense, and you can indeed get a high share.

...

The corner of Adam's mouth twitched, speechless, what a familiar powerful logic.

The author writes the book and the publishing house distributes it. Who plays a greater role?

The public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right.

The authors naturally think that the quality of the book plays the most important role. After all, readers come for the book. Without the hard work of the authors to write the book, can your publishing house survive?

Now that your publishing house is up, you can comfortably make money from commissions, but you are still not satisfied? Still want more?

It simply does not give the authors a way out.

Publishing houses think that now is the era when channel traffic is king. With channel traffic in hand, no matter how trashy a book is, it can be artificially popular. control and save costs.

You can't tell the difference between the mouth and the gun, and it depends on the strength in the end.

The result is naturally that the logic of the publishing house won!

Even if Adam knew that the other party was sophistry, he was speechless.

Fortunately, in the United States in this era, no publishing house can dominate and control all channel resources.

Even if all publishing houses have the same attitude towards newcomers, squeezing as much as possible is the money rule of the publishing industry, but it is naturally impossible for so many publishing houses to be of one mind.

Adam believes that with the quality of the Lord of Mysteries, it will definitely impress some publishing houses and make them dare to take a chance.

Risk and benefit are directly proportional.

Give it a go and turn your bike into a motorcycle.

In the United States, a country where money is king, there is absolutely no shortage of people who dare to take such risks.

This is how Adam dared to say no to Jack Cerf, the editor-in-chief of one of the largest publishing houses in New York!

If this is not the case, unless he refuses to publish it stubbornly, he still has to obediently sign the prostitution agreement, and reluctantly sell the penny of his 'son' that he worked day and night to others.

Mr. Duncan, this is the rule, it's the same everywhere.

Seeing that Adam was speechless, Jack Cerf smiled secretly in his heart. This is the benefit of proving the Tao with strength. Anything that is unreasonable can be justified with a punch.

Of course, if Mr. Duncan is willing to sign the full copyright of the Lord of the Mysteries to the publishing house, the sharing ratio can be given according to the general old author. How about 10%?

At that time, the publishing house will invest more publicity resources in the Lord of the Mysteries, and the possibility of success will be greater. As an author, you will get more income.

This is definitely the best choice for newcomers.

Don't focus on this pure yin work. After you become famous, you won't have such a predicament when you write a book again. This is a necessary sacrifice before you become famous.

It's not just the publishing industry, it's the same in any industry!

Mr. Duncan, you are a top student at Columbia University and can write first-hand novels. You are naturally a smart person. You should know that this is the operating rule of society.

Since you can't fight against social rules, you should enjoy it.

Enjoy a ghost.

Adam complained in his heart, but smiled perfunctorily on his face: Mr. Cerf is right...

Mr. Duncan agrees?

Jack Cerf was overjoyed, but the smile on his face became more professional, with an expression of 'you made a wise choice'.

Let me think about it again.

Adam laughed.

Just kidding, he has a detailed plan for his life goals. Writing novels is just a wild flower that can be picked by the roadside. Reading novels is very refreshing and writing novels is a headache. The first novel in my life, and the last novel.

The first book became famous, and later made a lot of money. No matter how reasonable Jack Cerf said, what did it have to do with him?

Besides, writing novels does not mean that the more you write, the better.

For many writers, their debut is the pinnacle!

Because the first novel is really their inspiration and dream work, and it is very spiritual. Once it is sold at a low price, they may never write such a spiritual and high-quality novel in their entire life.

At that time, most of my life will be wasted, and I will only be able to reach the pinnacle of life by relying on the books that have seriously declined in quality later, and it will only be in my dreams.

This kind of trap, even if you know it, you can’t explain it clearly, because the publishing house also has “irrefutable words” to say: Don’t you have confidence in yourself?

Writers are people in the literary and artistic circles, and they are very face-saving.

And you don't even have confidence in yourself, so what do you want others to think of you?

But all of this has little to do with Adam. If you don’t want to be strong, you can choose to withdraw at any time. The big deal is that you don’t rely on your talent to make a living. It’s not a big deal, so it’s extra calm.

The corner of Jack Cerf's mouth twitched again.

Damn it, are newbies so difficult to deal with now?

Ordinarily, under his set of 'irrefutable truth', shouldn't he sign the agreement hastily.

He knew the eagerness of new authors to release their books, especially the first pure yin work, it was the light of dreams calling them.

But what the hell is Adam Duncan in front of him?

There is no awareness and impulse to suffocate dreams at all, and he looks like a newcomer, not an old fritter.

However, being on the pole is not a business. As the editor-in-chief of a major publishing house, even if he is optimistic about the potential of the Lord of Mysteries, he will not let go of the proportion of profit that is related to it so easily.

After all, potential is potential, and risks still exist.

Over the years, there have been not one or two works that he thought had potential but ended up hitting the street.

sure.

Jack Cerf figured it out, decided to press down on Adam, shook hands with Adam, and opened the door for Adam with grace: You are welcome to come anytime.

Just when Adam turned to leave, a woman walked over from the corridor, followed by a smiling and flattering editor, who vaguely heard the words '3.8 million copies, that's amazing'.

Blonde hair, big waves, tight little suit.

Mesmerizing and seductive, I am not as old as this mistress.

In the past, Adam only knew the beauty of delicate flowers, but now that he meets each other, he suddenly understands what it means to be charming!