Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 370 The Cost of Publishing a Book

Jiang Zitao listened to Liu Ya's repeated emphasis on this issue, and nodded seriously: "Girl, don't worry, I'm not a talkative person. My wife at home is also illiterate, and she can't understand what I write at all. So I will write whatever the girl asks me to write, and I will give it to the girl for you to read after it is finished, and I will never reveal a word to anyone else."

"That's the best." Liu Ya nodded, she was quite satisfied with Jiang Zitao, and then asked him: "Since you have agreed to my conditions, what conditions can you put forward. Let's be a villain first, then a gentleman , lay out all the things that should be paid attention to, and say all the ugly things in front, so as to avoid any disputes later, and it will be too late to set the conditions."

After Liu Ya finished speaking, the bookseller also said: "That is to say, everyone has something to say, but don't want the book to be sold in the end, and there will be ambiguous objections on your side. When the time comes, we will The booksellers are also in a hurry, and the money they get is going to be wasted."

Jiang Zitao thought for a while and said, "I want to ask the girl, if the book is really published, can I keep my name?"

Liu Ya originally wanted to say, what name should the ghostwriter leave?But after thinking about it for a while, I feel that scholars are either trying to gain fame, or they want to leave Qing history with a few books for future generations.

Although what she asked Jiang Zitao to write would not be "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", but if it becomes popular after the release, Jiang Zitao naturally hopes to have his signature.

Thinking of this, Liu Ya said: "I want you to write according to my ideas, and naturally I need your pen and ink to polish it. You can see if this works, when you sign your name, write 'Liu Ya', and add a ' Jiang Zitao wrote 'How about this?'

Jiang Zitao thought about it, but felt that this was also appropriate.After all, the development of the whole book is based on Liu Ya's intentions, and he is indeed the one who wrote the book.Then she nodded and said: "Okay, thank you for your flexibility. I will try my best to write. Even if I can only be a writer, it's better than no one will read what I write."

Liu Ya smiled and said: "That's the reason. But don't worry, I won't interfere with you too much. What you write can still be your own school. In fact, write according to the ideas I told you. After writing a few books, your head If you are active, you can also try to write it yourself. But when the time comes, you still have to leave it to me to run the book, and you can’t teach the apprentice and starve the master to death.”

Jiang Zitao said "yes" repeatedly, so the signing of the matter was considered finalized.

Then there is the question of the price of the ghostwriting.This Liu Ya didn't understand, so she had to let the bookseller and Jiang Zitao talk about it.In the end, we negotiated a price that was neither high nor low, which was probably a little more expensive than writing letters for others.And also agreed a delivery date.It is to finish the writing within the time specified by Liu Ya. If the delivery cannot be delivered by the time, part of the wages will naturally be deducted.

Jiang Zitao had no objection either, but he emphasized the speed of his writing.Because he was afraid that Liu Ya would set a relatively high number of manuscripts to be delivered, and he would have to deduct money if he couldn't finish it.

Liu Ya then said: "Don't worry, I know you have to write word by word, and you have to think carefully about the plot, so you won't set too harsh conditions. And you are ghostwriting for me, so I won't Treat you badly. In addition to paying according to the number of words, I will reward you if you write very well. It is also possible that I will reward you more than the money you wrote on behalf of me."

Jiang Zitao nodded after listening, and said: "Thank you so much, girl. Now that everything is settled, when will I start writing? Girl, do you have a ready-made plot to tell me?"

Liu Ya thought for a while and said, "Well, I'll take some time to write you a brief opening plot, and after you go back, think about it carefully, enrich these contents, and write me [-] words. "

After finishing speaking, Liu Ya asked the bookseller for a pen and paper, and sat on a small table beside her to write.

Liu Ya's handwriting is very beautiful, and the plot follows the general meaning of a web article she has read.The character setting and the development of the storyline were all explained one by one, and then this small outline was handed over to Jiang Zitao.

Jiang Zitao couldn't help but be amazed when he saw Liu Ya started to write. This little girl's handwriting is really good.Seeing her write a small outline of several hundred words in three or five strokes, I couldn't help but admire her even more.

It's just that Jiang Zitao took the brief outline and looked at it, then said: "Girl, why did your plot stop abruptly just after it developed? Is there no more content behind it?"

"Yes, I'm still thinking about it. You can write the opening chapter according to the plot first, and I'll read it carefully later. If it suits my wishes, I will continue to write it. If it doesn't meet my requirements, I will rewrite it." Liu Ya said After finishing, he said to the bookseller: "Shopkeeper, I want to ask, how is the cost of publishing this book calculated?"

"Well, there are two types." The bookseller seriously explained to Liu Ya: "One is that you have to pay for everything yourself, whether it's proofreading, printing, or binding of manuscripts, you are the girl. After finishing the work, you will spend as much money as you want. Then our booksellers will buy your books if they are optimistic about your books. In this way, if the books sell well, you will make more money; if the books don’t sell well, Girl, the books you print out of your own pocket will be turned into waste paper. The other way is that you can negotiate with the bookseller. You can be in charge of the manuscript, and the other party is in charge of printing and binding. In other cases, the profit will be based on the prior agreement between the two parties. A few percent of the dividends will be used for distribution. It’s safer, even if you lose money, you won’t lose everything, at least the booksellers will hurry up and sell the books.”

After hearing this, Liu Ya thought about it, and asked again: "Then if I write, print, bind and sell the book myself, how much will this set of books cost?"

"Miss, do you want to contract it by yourself?" The shopkeeper was obviously a little surprised, and said, "This book has changed from a piece of blank paper to a bound booklet. Needless to say, it takes a lot of time and workmanship. It will not be low. Based on the calculation of a booklet of about [-] pages, every [-] copies will be printed once. Not counting the money you pay for writing the book, the cost of paper and ink alone will be about one-third of the silver. Unless it is printed at one time If you sell a lot of originals, you can buy more paper and ink, and the price will be cheaper. But in that case, you will invest more, and if you really can’t sell it, you will lose everything.”

Liu Ya smiled and asked, "The shopkeeper, do you want to publish this book with me?"

The shopkeeper hesitated when he heard it.It's not that he doesn't trust Liu Ya, but that he is a book seller himself, and he knows that if these things are unsalable, they may really be a pile of waste paper.How could he be willing to turn a lot of money into waste paper.

　Ah, hurry up and write until it is past zero, I wish you all a happy new year.Box loves you guys.But I don't like the Spring Festival, all kinds of hardships.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)