Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

Cecil and Linden looked at Yang Rui curiously.

Yang Rui's youth was completely beyond their expectations.

As a member of the publishing house, they are responsible for dealing with authors. They have indeed seen too many young and promising authors, but that does not include the category of academic publishing.

An academic monograph takes too much time. Think about it, a textbook with a thickness of hundreds of pages, it takes students a semester or even a year to learn a general idea. How long does it take to write a textbook?

If it is a brand-new research-oriented academic book, the time it takes to write a comparative paper is very scary. In order to write about ten pages of papers, many scholars have to continue research for a year or two, even if they are busy for three to five months of brushing the papers, it is inevitable. How long it takes to collect the papers into a book, think about it. It's daunting.

Even if it is a non-research type academic monograph, it is very time-consuming to write rigorously and correctly. The work of editing history in ancient China often selects the best literary scholars in the country, and refers to the historical materials obtained from the whole country. It takes several years to complete the work, and it can be seen that it is full of difficulties.

After all, the timeliness of a monograph is weak, and people have put forward higher requirements for its correctness and functionality.

There is a problem with a paper. As long as it is not deliberately falsified, people laugh at the author at most.

An academic monograph makes a mistake, and the degree of shame is different.

If you are in a serious university, there are many people who lose their jobs.

In such an environment, any young person who writes an academic monograph will be subject to strict scrutiny.

Of course, the winners will get high rewards.

In an instant, Cecil thought of Professor Leo again, so he shuddered, came up sober, made a surprised expression, and laughed wildly: "Mr. Yang Rui, great, I finally saw you. I have admired you for a long time... …"

In terms of reviews of academic monographs, Professor Leo of the University of Chicago is the most rigorous and authoritative. Therefore, New York University Press saw Professor Leo’s article and immediately sent Cecil, who was in Japan, to it. north! Jinglai.

Compared with analysts from New York University Press or Norton Press [≮style_txt;, Professor Leo's evaluation is obviously more valuable.

Private institutions can't afford to hire scholars like Professor Leo. Even if they can afford to pay, the credibility of private scholars will be greatly reduced.

Although academics in the business world make a lot of money, they are not discriminated against by academics in a day or two.

The conservative New York University Press is the most obedient to the status quo, so that employees like Cecil do not have to read scholars' books in person, just express their opinions based on comments.

Cecil's current point of view is admiration. Many Chinese people are stunned by the very good acting skills and expressions.

It's a bit shocking after Huo Yuanjia killed the Russian Hercules.

"Mr. Cecil praised too much, not enough, not enough." Seeing that Yang Rui hadn't spoken, Dean Liu quickly stepped forward to help him be humble.

"Not too much, not too much." Cecil said quickly.

Yang Rui coughed and said with a smile: "I don't think it's too much."

Dean Liu rolled his eyes angrily, and whispered to Yang Rui in Chinese: "Be serious. This is a foreign publishing house, not better than a domestic one."

"Foreign publishing houses are better to talk, Mr. Cecil, don't you think so." Yang Rui said and sat down, motioning for others to also sit.

Several tables around were filled with professors in an instant, everyone gathered around, as if to engage in a super brainstorm.

Some curious students also gathered around, no matter what they understood or not, they watched for a while before talking. The sound of pulling tables and chairs was even more creaky and noisy.

"We are all good talkers." Linden also moved his position, facing Yang Rui, Dean Liu and others, smiling and taking the conversation.

"Mr. Yang Rui, I'm Linden from Norton Press." Linden introduced himself and said: "You submitted your contribution to the "Genomics" of our press. Manager Daniel likes it very much and has made a proper plan. Oh, here There is our plan..."

Seeing so many people, Linden knew he needed to compete.

Linden stood up, came to Yang Rui, like a speech, puffed up, and said: "Mr. Yang Rui, Norton Press is an unusual publishing house. We are not the largest publishing house in the industry, but ours The publishing capacity is extremely strong, and, unlike institutions like New York University Press, we can not only sell your books to the east, but also the east and the west. There is no problem in the United States."

"Mr. Linden, New York University Press also has national publishing capabilities, and we are one of the largest university presses." Seychelles also stood up and came to Yang Rui while retorting Linden's words.

"One of the largest university presses? You use too many attributives." Linden tweeted and said, "Everyone knows the level of university presses. If it's the University of Chicago Press, maybe you can talk about it. To publish in the United States, New York University Press, you can only put the book in the second-hand bookstore."

"Our goal is for universities across the United States and New York University Press to ensure that biology professors across the United States can see your book." Cecil is indeed weak, so he no longer meets directly with Linden. Instead, he explained to Yang Rui, and said: "We will put your book on our list of key recommendations. I guarantee that the sales of "Genomics" will definitely rank high among educational books..."

Two Americans rushed to speak in front of Yang Rui, as if two lawyers were standing in front of the judge, and Dean Liu and the others were dumbfounded.

Such an active foreign friend is really rare.

In the process, the amount of royalties given by both parties also rose steadily, and quickly increased to 16%.

Although academic monographs are not as big sales and low royalties like popular novels, 16% is really bad. Limit numbers such as 30% are for Nobel Prize winners, or like Hawking. High-end celebrities can only get extremely high numbers when they write academic monographs.

Yang Rui is still a pure newcomer in academic publishing. No matter how good the expectations of the two publishing houses are, they don’t think they can exceed 10,000. As for whether they can be republished, there is a chance. Cecil gave 16% instead of New York University Press. After the price, it has reached its limit.

Linden gave 15% and didn't dare to increase it. Instead, he started to increase the number of first prints, opening 2,000 copies, which immediately shocked Cecil.

The first printing of 2000 copies and the total sales volume of 2000 copies are two concepts, especially academic monographs, which often take a long time to ferment. The first printing of 2000 copies means that the sales volume is expected to exceed 10,000, which is a considerable amount. It’s a huge risk to publishing houses. Think about it. After this year’s students enter or graduate, next year’s students will see at least 2,000 copies of Genomics in the second-hand publishing market. It has had a great impact on second-hand bookstores, and academic publishing houses actually rely on the second-hand publishing industry to survive, and the latter will definitely put pressure on it.

"I promise that New York University Press will republish "Genomics"..." Cecil cleverly adopted a roundabout tactic. Republishing 100 copies is also republishing, and republishing 50 copies is also republishing. In fact, many academic monographs are republished. The amount is more than a hundred books. The new book is mixed with the old books, and the total number of students sharing a book, and the total number of photocopied books is the actual reading volume of a book. The latter is often ten times and a hundred times the former.

"Mr. Yang Rui!"

"Mr. Yang Rui!"

Cecil and Linden rushed to talk, and their voices overwhelmed the noise in the cafeteria~www.NovelMTL.com~ The two talked faster and faster, and the number of professors and students who could understand them was also decreasing. .

However, everyone who can understand is a strange expression.

Everyone is smart. Based on the current information, Norton Press is equivalent to 15% of royalties and a sales promise of 2,000 copies, which means that Yang Rui can get an income of $300 multiplied by the price of the book.

Even if it is calculated on the basis of the lowest book price of 30 dollars, this is all 9,000 dollars in remuneration.

As for the book price of US$300, the Chinese present did not dare to think about it.

$9,000 is an exaggeration!

"Don't agree yet!" More than one thought.

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