"So what you are saying is that this book design is very good, very good, and a masterpiece. The only drawback is that the printing cost will increase.

That’s what it means.”

Editor Zhang is very good at refining the key points, pointing out the core in a few sentences, and continues to ask about the specific costs:

"Approximately how much additional cost will it cost?"

"Double it."

"What? Double it?"

Originally, Editor Zhang thought that if the cost increased, he would increase it. This book looked really good. He was so excited after reading it that he wanted to buy two copies to take home and put in his bookcase.

But doubling it felt a bit outrageous to him.

Can't accept it.

What is the concept of doubling the cost? It is equivalent to multiplying the investment by two. A book originally priced at 20 must be sold at 40 to maintain the original profit level.

But now everyone’s books sell for around 20 yuan.

If he doubles the price, will other readers buy it?

Will you buy it because the book looks beautiful?

If you don't buy it, you'll lose money.

Thinking of this, his little flutter was immediately extinguished by the basin of cold water that cost twice as much. It was completely extinguished, and the whole person instantly became extremely calm.

"Okay, you can go."

After sending away the employees in the design department, Editor Zhang thought calmly for a while, and then called Ding Yun. He first said that her design was indeed very good, praised her a lot, and then tactfully said that if she printed it according to this design,

The specific cost will be doubled. Their magazine is not very able to bear this risk.

It actually means to politely refuse.

"I know what you mean.

In this case, if the contract we signed is changed, I can agree that you don’t use my design plan and you can do whatever you want, but the publishing contract of my novel cannot be exclusively authorized to you, because I really like my own design.

, so I plan to wait until I become more famous or have some money.

I self-publish some of the novels I design.

You should be able to understand what I mean."

Ding Yun mainly didn't want to continue wrangling with the magazine and let them go, but she also didn't want her hard work to be wasted, let alone give up on producing a batch of more sophisticated physical novels.

That’s why I specifically made this request.

Editor-in-chief Zhang thought for a while, and soon had a detailed discussion with Ding Yun on this issue. The discussion this time was not about whether to use Ding Yun's design, but how to sign a non-exclusive publishing contract authorization?

How much will the royalties probably be reduced?

After all exclusive and non-exclusive.

You definitely can't give back a price.

After working like this for more than an hour, they finalized the final contract, which meant that Ding Yun's royalties were reduced to 7% and the contract was changed to a normal authorization.

However, there is a note after the general authorization.

That is, it cannot be licensed to other people within one year, which is actually equivalent to an exclusive license for one year.

Nothing else has changed.

Everything is according to industry regulations.

For example, 50% advance royalties or something.

This is the specific situation of the Wuxia Pentalogy on the martial arts magazine side, and the Si Wuxie romance magazine on the other side, which was at the end of Ding Yun's last semester.

Then I called her to tell her that the novel was going to be published.

Then Ding Yun still did the same operation, telling them that he had designed the illustration cover and so on, and sent it to them, asking them if they wanted to adopt it.

Because considering it is a pure romance novel.

Therefore, Ding Yun did not choose a minimalist style, but a small and fresh style. The overall tone is so refreshing that it completely breaks away from the flowery design model commonly chosen in current romance novels.

The Si Wuxie magazine is much more courageous than the martial arts magazine. Although not all the 300,000 copies to be printed this time are Ding Yun's designs, they still use Ding Yun's designs.

Thirty thousand copies were printed, specially designed by the author as a special collector's edition.

The price has doubled and turned around.

However, some large posters and so on were also given as gifts.

After Ding Yun took care of the Si Wuxie romance magazine, she continued to control her scores with peace of mind, got an above-average grade in the exam, and went back to spend the winter vacation.

At the same time, both magazines are rushing to complete all-round distribution one week before the Chinese New Year holiday.

And officially started selling.

…

Inside Wenhui Bookstore.

Because every Chinese New Year, there are many new books on the market, and with the holidays, many students who love learning have time to come and look at books that are not wrapped in plastic packaging.

So there are still many people in the bookstore at this time.

But most of them just don’t buy it.

Only a few of them stood in front of a pile of newly published books with plastic covers and could only read the introduction but not the content at all, wondering which one to buy.

However, many of them have clear goals.

Just came to buy a certain book.

Su Zi and Liu Xiaoyun counted the release date of "Deep in My Heart" on their fingers, and came over half an hour in advance to wait. As soon as the bookstore opened, they rushed in and each took a limited edition collection and held it tightly.

I'm afraid I won't be able to win over others.

"Wow, it's really beautiful. When I saw the advertisement in the magazine, I thought this limited edition was super good-looking. I didn't expect it to look even better than the photo."

"Me too, I was very excited when I saw the advertisement. Although the price is a little more expensive, it's worth it. The texture feels different to the touch. The same book is much heavier and thicker than the paperback version next to it.

I heard that there is also a limited edition by the author.

Let’s go check out now.”

"Hey, let's not jointly buy a paperback version. I also want to read this novel from beginning to end, but this limited edition is so beautiful that I feel like I can't even bear to open it.

look.

You can flip through the paperback version without any pain at all!”

"That's right. Let's buy a book together. It doesn't cost any more. Just buy a book together and read it together."

While talking, Liu Xiaoyun quickly took a paperback edition and checked out together. After paying the bill, the two of them excitedly went home with the newly bought book.

When I got home, I washed my hands and wiped them clean. I then carefully used a toothpick to open the plastic packaging of the book and flipped through the pages one by one.

Mainly look at the illustrations inside and the extra chapter at the end.

But where do you put the book after reading it?

But it made them confused again.

“This book is so beautiful that I feel like the other books in my bookcase don’t deserve to be placed with this book.

It would be nice if there were more books that were almost good, or if the whole bookcase was filled with almost good books, Xiaoyun, I feel like I have become more picky!"

"Hey, who isn't?

I really hope that Si Wuxie Magazine can produce more similar hardcover editions in the future, and once I have enough for a small bookcase, it should look much more pleasing to the eye."

"It feels like it's possible. We have to live frugally now. Don't spend the New Year's money randomly this year. Save it to buy the hardcover version that may be released. I'm happy just thinking about it."

"Too!"

"By the way, Ah Zi, what are you going to do with the posters in the book? Should you just keep them or stick them up? Do you still have the magnets you bought last time to stick the posters on? I don't want to damage the posters with tape.

So I wanted to use magnets to stick it on.”

"And more, just wait, I'll find it for you.

I’m also going to use that method to stick it up. Not only will it not damage the poster, it will also be easy to move to other places if you want.”
Chapter completed!