Chapter 31: National Novel Sales List

Dave was shocked by Kim Hyun-tae's high yield, but he had to put his mind away and read the manuscript of this fairy tale carefully to see if it could be published and bring in profits.

"A Song of Ice and Fire" written by Kim Hyun-tae, and the first volume of "The Lord of the Rings" just given to him are good, and they are works that can be published and sold, but these two novels are magical works, as if written by Kim Hyun-tae. Magical novels are still very solid.

But now he actually crossed over to create a book of fairy tales, which is simply crazy.

At least, that's how it seemed to Dave.

You said that you just write your fantasy novels well, why write fairy tales, this is a waste of your own brain cells and your own time.

But I still have to take a closer look, otherwise... Well, it seems that the writing is not bad, and they are all very novel short stories.

Dave, who was thinking about it in his heart, suddenly extinguished those small thoughts after flipping through the manuscript, and became concentrated.

Seeing Dave's expression, Jin Xiantai smiled knowingly. He clearly knew that Dave was attracted by the story.

At this time, Dave kept flashing images of his childhood and the stories his mother told him.

As a native of this time and space, Dave certainly knows the fairy tales of this world, and even he himself was affected by those strange stories throughout his childhood and left a great shadow.

He clearly remembers that he was very naughty when he was a child. Whenever he was naughty, his mother would scare him with the story of "a certain wild boar monster that ate children", and the mother also emphatically described how the disobedient child was eaten by the wild boar monster. the whole process.

Even thinking about it now makes Dave shiver.

But in all of Kim Hyun-tae's fairy tales, you can't see such content, let alone the description of blood.

And each story also has some metaphors and teachings in it, and it is also easy to understand.

This fairy tale is not only suitable for children, but also for adults.

Even when Dave was flipping through the manuscript, he found that each short story was accompanied by some hand-painted drawings, which clearly echoed the current story according to the description of the scene in the painting.

There are not only texts, but also pictures, Kim Hyun-tae is really a genius!

Dave was almost certain that if such a fairy tale didn't sell well, he could cut off his own head.

"Very good fairy tales, did you come up with these yourself?"

Dave sat up straight, gently placed the manuscript on the coffee table in front of him, and then asked a question as usual.

In fact, asking this way is just to confirm that the guarantee is created by Kim Hyun-tae himself, and Kim Hyun-tae himself needs to give a verbal guarantee.

In fact, what Dave did was superfluous, because in this time and space, the fairy tale "created" by Kim Hyun-tae never existed at all, so Dave didn't have to worry about problems.

But Dave didn't know about these things, so he asked this question.

Although his face was hot, Kim Hyun-tae nodded and responded: "Yes, I created all of them independently, and there will be absolutely no copyright issues. Then, Mr. Dave, this fairy tale..."

Kim Hyun-tae admits that he "created" it independently, but he is very shy in his heart, because he is very clear that this is a pirated fairy tale by himself, and it is not his independent creation at all.

But as long as he doesn't say anything, no one will know about it, besides, he brought works from another time and space to this time and space, and he is the only person in the world who can do this.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with him saying that he "created" independently.

"Can be published,

I don't think the sales will be too bad. Your fairy tale is not only suitable for children, but also adults can read it without any problem. It can be said that it is a work suitable for all ages. "

Dave told the truth and had nothing to hide.

Hearing what Dave said, Kim Hyun-tae knew about the fairy tale story, basically it was settled, and he didn't have to worry about anything.

Originally, Kim Hyun-tae was worried that in this parallel time and space, the fairy tale he pirated would be unacceptable, but now it seems that his worry is superfluous.

A good thing is a good thing wherever it goes.

"Then this fairy tale, and the first volume of "The Lord of the Rings", I will leave it all to the publishing house for publication and sales. This time publishing two books will really trouble you."

Kim Hyun-tae was very polite.

Dave waved his hand: "Don't say such polite words, it's just publishing two books at the same time, it's not a big deal. For our publishing house, it's not even a big deal at all."

Indeed, for a large bookseller like California Culture Publishing House, it is not difficult at all to publish two novels at the same time.

It is not impossible to publish even dozens of novels at the same time.

Now that Kim Hyun-tae can hand over both "The Lord of the Rings" and "William's Fairy Tales" to the publishing house, and Dave is also willing to act as an agent for publishing, the next thing will be much simpler.

After reading the draft contract, Kim Hyun-tae had no opinion, and then both parties hired lawyers, and successfully signed a formal publishing sharing agreement.

When everything is settled, what Kim Hyun-tae has to do is to go home or continue his piracy business, and then get the money when the time comes.

Look how simple it is.

The publishing agreement was drawn up according to the contract of "A Song of Ice and Fire". The California Press only took away the English versions of "The Lord of the Rings" and "William's Fairy Tales", and published the American sales agency rights for paper books.

The remaining series of rights and interests, such as film and television adaptation, animation and manga adaptation, foreign language publishing, etc., are still reserved in the hands of Kim Hyun-tae himself. It can be said that the agreement is very generous.

Even, the share given to Kim Hyun-tae was increased to 20%.

Kim Hyun Tae is very satisfied with all this, and it is impossible to find anything else if he is not satisfied.

The sharing agreement contract he signed is much better than 99% of the authors, and the treatment he enjoys is even more special.

So, what else could he be picky about.

"I will print the manuscript into a book as soon as possible, and put it on sale in a short period of time. All of this will be completed within a week, so that you can get the first manuscript fee before Christmas Eve."

After the contract was signed, Dave patted his chest to Kim Hyun-tae and promised that he would use the fastest speed to get the sale of "The Lord of the Rings" and "William's Fairy Tale" on the shelves, so that Kim Hyun-tae could get the money as soon as possible.

For Dave's guarantee, Kim Hyun-tae can still trust it.

After all, under the publishing house, there is its own printing factory. Dave can start printing with a phone call.

"By the way, there is one more thing I almost forgot to tell you. You have now entered the list of best-selling authors of novels in the United States in 2015. Although the ranking is very low, it also shows that your sales of "A Song of Ice and Fire" The prospects are promising."

Best-selling author of novels in the United States?

When Jin Xiantai was about to say goodbye and leave, Dave suddenly raised his hand and patted his forehead, and told Jin Xiantai this thing that he almost forgot.

To be honest, if Dave hadn't told him, Kim Hyun-tae really wouldn't have known that he had entered this list.

Although it is not clear what this list is for, it seems very powerful to hear Dave's meaning.

"Oh, really?"

Because he didn't understand this list, Kim Hyun-tae's reaction was a little weak.

"Oh! You bastard, why did you react like this?" Seeing Jin Xiantai's faint reaction, Dave looked dumbfounded, and raised his hand and nodded at him.

"I guess you don't know what this list is?" Dave finally asked.

Kim Hyun-tae nodded, saying that he really didn't know the list.

In the end, Dave had to explain a little bit to Kim Hyun-tae, which made Kim Hyun-tae clearly understand how influential this list is.

The best-selling novel sales list in the United States, as the name suggests, the novels on the list are all novels that sold very well that year.

But it doesn't mean that if the sales reach a certain amount, then it can be on the list, but it needs to be carefully selected by the novel reviewers, and some novels with the most storytelling and the best content must be selected with the most demanding and critical eyes. to be on the list.

Therefore, this has led to some novels that are sold well, but have flawed stories and poor content, which simply do not make it to this list.

But one of the consequences of this is that every novel on the list will sell very hot later because of this guarantee.

Basically, whether the novel is good or not, whether it has great sales potential in the future, or whether it can be on the sales list can clearly explain the problem.

So Kim Hyun-tae's "A Song of Ice and Fire" is on the list, even if it is not ranked high, it is enough to make Dave very happy.

At least this shows that the future sales potential of "A Song of Ice and Fire" is not bad, and it can continue to sell well.

Besides, it was already September when Kim Hyun-tae's "A Song of Ice and Fire" went on sale, and it has only been on sale for less than two months.

Being able to be selected into the 2015 best-selling novels in the United States in less than two months is also a very honorable thing.

If "A Song of Ice and Fire" continues to sell well, it will not be difficult to reach a higher position on the best-selling list next year.

But no matter what, in the United States in this time and space, no one who writes novels does not want their novels to be on this bestseller list.

In addition to bringing yourself a reputation, at the same time, you can also have a predictable guarantee for your income.

Since none of the novels on the best-seller list had unsatisfactory sales, many people took this list as a touchstone.

After listening to Dave's explanation, Kim Hyun-tae finally understood, what is there to care about on this list of best-selling novels in the United States.

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