For the entire novel market, sports competition is a very unpopular subject.
Especially when novels about adventures in otherworldly realms are extremely popular, this genre lacks a readership base.
So even though "The Prince of Tennis" received great reviews, the editors did not have high expectations for the sales of this novel, but now it seems that many people seem to have made a mistake.
"Why didn't you tell us?"
The editor-in-chief's mood was full of ups and downs at this moment.
The female supervisor was stunned for a moment, then she looked at the two of them sympathetically and said, "Don't you know? I notified the editor-in-chief the day when Prince of Tennis was out of stock. It seems that our editor-in-chief didn't tell you."
The editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief felt a chill in their hearts.
They knew the editor-in-chief's personality. There was only one reason why they didn't inform their editorial department of such a big thing:
The editor-in-chief was unhappy.
The company has four editorial departments, each responsible for different categories of works. Each editorial department is also equipped with an editor-in-chief and a deputy editor-in-chief, who are responsible for youth fantasy novels.
The common boss of the four editorial departments is the company's editor-in-chief.
Seeing how miserable these two people were, the female supervisor was not angry at all. She just smiled and said, "Do you know that it's the same for your editorial department? Shipping is my responsibility. Can your editorial department still conjure up a batch of goods for me?"
This is the truth.
The editorial department is only responsible for selecting and controlling the quality of novels; sales are not within their scope of responsibility.
However, in general, such matters will be notified to the editorial department.
This time it should be the editor-in-chief who issued a warning, so the editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief only learned about the situation today.
“So how many orders are there now?”
The editor-in-chief forced himself to suppress his complicated emotions.
A voice came from behind: "The orders from major bookstores in Qinzhou currently total 400,000 copies, which will be delivered to major bookstores tomorrow. However, considering the subsequent market demand, I asked the publishing department to print another 500,000 copies directly."
"Hello, editor-in-chief!"
The three of them turned around at the same time and looked at the man behind them. This man was the editor-in-chief of Silver Blue Books and one of the most powerful people in the company.
"Um."
The editor-in-chief nodded, his dignified eyes filled with dissatisfaction: "The decision to publish 100,000 copies of Prince of Tennis in advance is very stupid, but since your editorial department finally didn't reject this novel, I will forgive you this time."
"yes!"
The editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief were pardoned.
Fortunately, in order to enrich the themes of the novel market, they included "The Prince of Tennis" in the first edition of Supernova. If the company missed such a treasure trove, the loss would be too great.
"besides."
The editor-in-chief frowned and said, "I looked at the plan. The original word count for Prince of Tennis was only one million. Let the editor in charge of Chu Kuang have a good discussion with Chu Kuang. The company hopes that he can expand the outline and strive to write more than three million words."
If the book does not perform well, it will be cut short.
On the other hand, if the book performs well enough, the publisher will ask the author to write as many words as possible, because the more words the author can make, the more money he or she can make.
"OK!"
The editor-in-chief nodded repeatedly.
Most novelists would not refuse this proposal. Novelists have to make a living, and who wouldn’t want to make more money
Besides, how many novelists can guarantee that their next book will also be a hit
"in addition."
The editor-in-chief thought for a moment and said, "Be sure to serve Chu Kuang well and don't have any conflicts with him. If Chu Kuang is poached by another publishing house, you two can move your butts around."
“Okay, okay!”
The editor-in-chief nodded repeatedly.
Even if the editor-in-chief didn't remind them, the editorial department would still treat Chu Kuang like a big brother.
Because the impact brought by the popularity of competitive novels such as "The Prince of Tennis" is definitely chain-like, the success of this novel proves that sports and competitive novels can also be a big hit.
It's a start!
In the future, there will inevitably be a large number of sports and competitive novels on the market, and Chu Kuang may become the face of Qinzhou competitive novels!
…
Supernova is a large-scale essay contest, and Silver Blue Bookstore is an established publishing house that ranks among the top in Qinzhou, so many colleagues in the industry are keeping an eye on the results of their essay contest.
“This generation of supernovas seems to have gone far away.”
"Of Supernova's five books, four have a score of less than five points. The only novel with a high reputation is called The Prince of Tennis, but the subject matter is too niche, so the sales are definitely not going to be that good."
"The Silver and Blue Library has finally come to this day."
"The failure of Supernova is a big blow to the reputation of Supernova. This wave of failure is too bad. The number of submissions to Supernova should decrease next year."
"… "
The publishing industry is discussing that colleagues in any field are enemies, so the competitors of Silver Blue Book Library are somewhat gloating.
Dingsheng Publishing House.
This is a publishing company of comparable size to Silver Blue Books.
Dingsheng's editor-in-chief was very pleased to see that the Supernova of Silver Blue Library did not perform well. He even called the head of a chain bookstore and asked, "Is the Supernova not selling well this time?"
“I’ve been worrying about this lately.”
The person in charge of the bookstore chain across the street seemed a little worried.
Dingsheng's editor-in-chief was even happier, but he certainly couldn't show it, so he pretended to be sympathetic: "The market environment is not good now, so don't worry too much."
"You misunderstood."
The man on the other side explained, "The sales of Prince of Tennis are very good. What worries me recently is that the book is seriously out of stock. Many customers come to the bookstore and specifically ask to buy the book, but I have sold out all the stock."
Dingsheng's editor-in-chief was stunned for a moment: "What?"
The man on the other side smiled and said, "I don't understand your little trick. You just want to make fun of Silver Blue Bookstore. The top four of their supernovas did not perform well, but the fifth place "Prince of Tennis" is still very popular. For this reason, I ordered 150,000 copies from Silver Blue in one go today, and they will be delivered tomorrow!"
Dingsheng's editor-in-chief: "… "
The other person was still saying, "There is a blank market for sports novels. I suggest that your publishers pay more attention to this subject. Isn't your market the most fond of following trends? When the market for adventure novels is good, a lot of people will write adventure novels. Now there is also a market for sports novels. Let everyone follow the trend!"
Bookstores only care about whether books sell well.
They don't care much about the rest.
Dingsheng's editor-in-chief said blankly: "Okay..."
After hanging up the phone, he was silent for a long time, then suddenly opened the editorial department’s group chat and sent a message: “All editors in the youth fantasy department must finish reading The Prince of Tennis tonight.”
"ah?"
"What?"
"Watch Prince of Tennis?"
The large group suddenly became lively.
Seeing that his editors were still at a loss, the editor-in-chief typed harder than ever before: "Silver and Blue were able to dig out a hit like Prince of Tennis, why can't you? Recommend more sports novels to me next!"
The crowd suddenly fell silent.
Sports and competitive novels, a hit
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