Chapter 1208
Chapter 1208: How can such a person exist?
Translator: Legge Editor: Legge
Later that afternoon .
At Eastern Publishing Firm .
The phone lines were constantly ringing, but the staff were no longer trying to answer every call!
"The stores are pressing us for more books again!"
"The Bookstore wants to order another 4,000 copies of Fortress Besieged!"
"There isn't any leftover stock that we can ship out from the first print . Increase the print run!"
"We've already contacted the production line to do so!"
"Aiyo, this release has gotten way too explosive, my God!"
"200,000 copies of the first print and we're already sold out?"
"How can that be possible?"
"Why would it not be possible? The various major bookstores have relayed the statistics back to us . The sales for Fortress Besieged have emptied their inventories by 70% . Going by this rate, we'll be out of stock by tonight! 200,000 copies sold in a day? In the publishing world, there has never been anyone who managed this before!"
200,000 copies for the first print run, this was really not a low figure!
For most new authors, a first print run of 10,000 to 20,000 copies was very common . Publishers would tend to only raise that figure to 100,000 copies for best-selling authors and would use that figure for a year's worth of projected sales . The publishing industry was experiencing a slump as the impact from various online publishers were having a great effect . If a novel could sell 100,000 copies a year, it would be considered a very popular title . However, no one at Eastern Publishing Firm could have expected that even with 200,000 copies of Fortress Besieged printed for its first run, it was still not enough to last them a day of sales!
This was crazy!
This was totally crazy!
Over there, a female editor was fast walking over .
Everyone looked at her with smiles on their faces .
"Little Li!"
"Well done!"
"You've made a great contribution again!"
"Editor Li, you're looking great!"
Someone even led a round of applause for her!
Li Mei was a little embarrassed . "It's all to the credit of Teacher Zhang for trusting us with his book . I didn't really do much at all . "
Li Mei was the newbie from the publishing firm who had struck the deal with Zhang Ye back then . At that time, Zhang Ye had just fallen out with his previous publisher and many of the other publishers were trying to sign him . Eastern Publishing Firm stood no chance of getting him as they were not well-known and were considered a small-time publishing firm in the industry . So they just sent an inexperienced employee to handle the negotiation to try to convince Zhang Ye to sign with them . To the expectations of no one, Li Mei managed to convince Zhang Ye and even got along very well with his mother . Afterwards, all of his works related to publishing were given to Li Mei to handle . In these past two years, the relationship worked fine without any hiccups . Many of the other publishers kept trying to headhunt Zhang Ye in the hopes that they could get a slice of the pie . But they could not understand why Zhang Ye kept choosing to work with Eastern Publishing Firm only and never once gave the rights of his books to any of the other publishing firms . It was also the same for Fortress Besieged!
Li Mei had now become a very reputable person in the publishing industry!
Ever since then, Eastern Publishing Firm had gained a firm foothold in the industry!
At the editor-in-chief's office .
Li Mei cautiously knocked on the door and went in . "Editor-in-Chief, you're looking for me?"
The editor-in-chief looked at her and clasped his hands with a smile . "Little Li, you're here? Quick, take a seat . What would you like to drink? I have some rather good tea here . "
Li Mei anxiously waved her hands at that . "That's not necessary, that's really not necessary . "
The editor-in-chief laughed heartily . "Have you seen the sales figures for Fortress Besieged yet?"
"Yes . " Li Mei was quite happy with the results too .
"You're really great!" The editor-in-chief said in a pleased tone, "I didn't think we could get it again, but who could've guessed that Teacher Zhang would still let us have the publication rights to his new book!"
Li Mei said, "Teacher Zhang is actually very easy to talk to . He's not as ill-tempered as rumored . As long as we do well in our work with him, he won't switch publishers so easily . He's not extremely particular about the royalty fees either . A little more or a little less doesn't matter to him . That's just how he is . "
"It was you who handled his account well . " The editor-in-chief said with a smile, "How long have you been working at the firm?"
Li Mei counted . "Over three years . "
The editor-in-chief nodded . "Upper management has decided to give you a promotion . "
Li Mei was taken aback . "Ah?"
The editor-in-chief smiled . "Starting from tomorrow, you will be in charge of the Distribution Department . "
Distribution Department?
In charge of it?
Li Mei was stunned!
…
The sales for Fortress Besieged blew up!
During the day, many people opened the book to read it as soon as they got their hands on it .
Sometimes, a book wasn't a good read even though it sold well, because a myriad of factors affected the sales figure of a book, like the promotional material or the fame of the author . Fortress Besieged had sold so crazily well because of Zhang Ye's popularity . Just like if Zhang Yuanqi or one of those seven Heavenly Kings and Queens released a book, their sales would definitely not be bad . But as for how good the book really was, that depended on the content inside .
At Peking University .
Yao Jiancai's daughter, Yao Mi, came running back to her dormitory .
"I've got 'em!"
"How many do you have?"
"My mom sent three books!"
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