A writer can become a phenomenal writer if he has many works, sells for a long time, sells a lot of books, has super bestsellers or is a "born big book". With these factors, he can become a phenomenal writer.
Whenever the sales of his books begin to decline, the news of a new book will stimulate a resurgence, and then the new book will take over from another book, without any interruption at all.
According to incomplete statistics, under the leadership of Lin Han, more and more new authors have joined the army of science fiction writing, and there are also many authors who have crossed over from other fields. This gradually growing cake has been occupied by more and more people. The more people see it.
However, Lin Han believes that publishing and reading in the entire society are becoming more and more diversified. Readers can freely choose the literary works they are interested in reading based on their own needs, accumulation and cultural level. There is no need to distinguish between which ones are Yangchunbaixue. , which kind of lower Liba people.
Even if the novels published by other authors are very popular, it is not easy to stay in the top ten on the highly competitive sales list. The top ten on the weekly list are basically novels that have sold more than 300,000 copies!
For another example, if Haruki Murakami wants to publish a book in Japan, even if there is only one word or even no words in the book, if his name is printed on the cover, 100,000 copies may be sold in Japan.
The great masters who have dominated the list for a long time are finally under pressure, especially the writers who are about to publish books this year. They are not willing to see Lin Han, a newcomer, rise to the top so quickly.
Zhou Pingping, the author of Xinhua Daily Telegraph, wrote a report specifically for Lin Han with the title "Phenomenal Writer".
Zhou Pingping wrote in the article: "In the minds of many people, there seems to be a wall between popular literature and serious literature. Popular literature has no value, and serious literature has no readers. Those who write popular literature are therefore despised as writers. Most of them are sensationalists. Although they make a lot of money, they rarely have real talent and learning. Those who write serious literature are respected as writers. Although they occupy the mainstream and can be condescending, they are inevitably high-minded and shy.
It took Lin Han two years to achieve cumulative sales of tens of millions, and Lin Han shortened it to one year. This did not include his overseas sales. Everyone knows that Lin Han's works are extremely popular around the world.
Other writers are not so diligent in publishing books. One book a year is considered a model worker in the eyes of readers. There are not many writers who work as hard as Lin Han.
What is a "born big book"
Probably Lin Han has also set a record that no one can surpass for the time being. Since the release of "I, Robot" on New Year's Day last year, he has had books in the top ten of the bestseller list for a whole year!
Such a book is called a "born big book", which means it is born with this volume!
As a daily newspaper published by Xinhua News Agency, the "Xinhua Daily Telegraph" mainly focuses on comprehensive news written only by Xinhua News Agency. It is known for its large number of fresh facts and sharp public opinion supervision reports. It is a new and mainstream major newspaper at the central level with extraordinary influence. Generally speaking, this marks Lin Han's entry into mainstream society and is no longer a niche literature.
It's not that they don't want to attract science fiction writers to join the association, it's just that those writers can't stand up to the wall. Adhering to the principle of "better than excess", they can't let these people ruin the reputation of the association.
Since then, Lin Han has become a living advertisement, allowing more and more people with real talents and knowledge to devote themselves to science fiction or science popularization!
And this eloquent young man has become a phenomenal writer in the past year! "
After this sales ranking chart was screenshotted by Lin Han's fans, it quickly spread on the Internet. Even some news reports quoted this picture. Science fiction is on the rise!
Maybe it's useless for anyone to come. Lin Han's desperate attempts to launch two movies failed to reduce his sales. The only one who can defeat him is Lin Han himself!
There was still someone on last year's sales list who could beat him. Who will do it this year
For example, Lin Han, after he became popular, he would post a random Weibo post, even if it was just a period or a picture, there might be thousands of people commenting on it.
This report really made Lin Han popular in the literary circle. Not every writer is qualified to have a special article written in the "Xinhua Daily Telegraph", and as far as Lin Han is concerned, he has no worries about sales and awards. Que, with high popularity, is a truly phenomenal writer.
In people's understanding, whenever they see certain types of literary books selling well, they discard them like worn-out shoes and regard literature as a niche self-entertainment. It also makes best-selling literature and best-selling authors gradually become derogatory terms.
If we follow this logic, the wall between popular literature and serious literature seems to be the market.
Nowadays, there is a strong literary atmosphere in China. Whether it is serious literature or popular literature, new works are released almost every day, and various works are hot-selling. Maintaining the top ten for a month is difficult enough for best-selling writers. , it is simply unimaginable to maintain it for a year.
God will kill God if he blocks it, and Buddha will kill Buddha if he blocks Buddha. On New Year's Day, Lin Han undoubtedly occupied the top two positions on the sales list, and the complete set of "The Three-Body Problem" also proudly stood at the fifth place. In addition, he is still He alone occupied four positions in "Jurassic Park" on the list!
But no one can deny that "The Three-Body Problem" will be the seed player for the annual sales championship in 2018. The pre-sales are outstanding and the sales on the first day are hot. As long as the reputation can be equal to that of "The Three-Body Problem", maintaining long-term sales will not be a problem. !
"The secret of Lin Han becoming a phenomenal writer is not only in his best-selling books, the secret is actually in every book!"
The total pre-sales of the "Three-Body" series are as high as 760,000 copies. If it were concentrated on one book, it would break the pre-sales record. However, this result has to be divided between two books and a complete collection, so we can only despair.
"Dark Forest" sold 110,000 copies on its first day, not including pre-sales and e-book sales of up to 110,000 copies. This result is better than "Death Eternal" because everyone has to read books in order. , will not suddenly come to watch the finale and then watch the middle, although there are indeed such people.
What's more, the Chinese Popular Science Writers Association also intends to shape Lin Han into a benchmark. The average age of their association members has reached more than 50 years old. If there is no fresh force to join, I am afraid that in ten or twenty years, this association will be To reach the end.
"Literature can only be good or bad, pure or not, serious or not."
So when Lin Han's record was reported by the media, people really saw the shock brought by Lin Han. In the past year, Lin Han's cumulative sales exceeded 10 million copies, which was the fastest in history to exceed 1 million copies. A writer with tens of thousands of sales!
However, such a person does not appear every year. Usually, one appears only every few years, and the market and readers need to prepare.