Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

Cecil and Linden looked at Yang Rui curiously.

Yang Rui's youth was completely beyond their expectations.

As members of the publishing house, who are responsible for dealing with authors full-time, 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, students have to spend a semester or even a year to learn the general idea, how long will it take to write a textbook?

If it is a brand-new research-oriented academic book, compared with the writing of the thesis, the time it takes is very scary. Many scholars need a year or two of continuous research in order to write a thesis of about ten pages. daunting.

Even if it is a non-research-oriented unified academic monograph, it is very time-consuming to write rigorously and honestly. In the work of compiling history in ancient China, the best literary scholars in the country were often selected, referring to the historical materials obtained from all over the country, and it would take several years to complete this work, which shows the difficulties.

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

If there is a problem with a paper, as long as it is not deliberately falsified, people will laugh at the author for two sentences at most.

There are different degrees of humiliation when an academic monograph goes wrong.

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

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

Of course, those who succeed will get high rewards.

In an instant, Cecil thought of Professor Leo again, so he shivered, woke up, made a surprise expression, and laughed wildly: "Mr. Yang Rui, it's great, I finally met you, I have admired you for a long time... ..."

In terms of academic monograph reviews, Professor Leo of the University of Chicago is the strictest and most authoritative. Therefore, the New York University Press saw Professor Leo's article and immediately sent Cecil in Japan to north! Beijing is here.

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

Private institutions cannot afford to hire scholars like Professor Leo, even if they can afford the money, the credibility of scholars who serve private institutions will be greatly reduced.

Scholars in the business world make a lot of money, but it is not a day or two that they are discriminated against by scholars in the academic world.

The conservative New York University Press is so obedient to the status quo that employees like Cecil don't have to read scholars' books in person at all, as long as they express their views in accordance with the reviews.

Cecil's point of view now is admiration. Many Chinese people are dumbfounded by his very good acting skills and facial expressions.

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

"Mr. Cecil praised too much, not enough, not enough." Seeing that Yang Rui was silent, Dean Liu hurriedly stepped forward to help him to be humble.

"It's not too much, it's not too much." Cecil also said quickly.

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

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

"Foreign publishers are better at talking, Mr. Cecil, you say so." Yang Rui said and sat down, motioning for others to sit too.

The surrounding tables were instantly filled with professors, and everyone gathered together, as if they were going to have a super brainstorming session.

Curious students also came up behind, whether they understood or not, they had to watch first before talking. The sound of pulling tables and chairs was even more noisy.

"We are all good talkers." Lin Deng also moved his position, facing Yang Rui, Dean Liu and others, and took the words with a smile.

"Mr. Yang Rui, I'm Linden from Norton Publishing House." Linden introduced himself, and said, "You have submitted a manuscript to our publisher's "Genomics", Manager Daniel likes it very much, and has made a proper plan, oh, here With our plan..."

Seeing so many people, Linden knew he needed competition.

Lin Deng stood up and came to Yang Rui, puffed up as if giving a speech, and said, "Mr. Yang Rui, Norton Publishing House is an unusual publishing house. We are not the largest publishing house in the industry, but our 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 to the east and west, and the whole of the United States is fine."

"Mr. Linden, New York University Press also has the ability to distribute in the United States, and we are one of the largest university presses." Seychelles also stood up and came to Yang Rui, refuting Linden's words at the same time.

"One of the largest university presses? You use too many attributives." Linden clicked his tongue twice and said, "Everyone knows the level of university presses. If it's the University of Chicago Press, maybe we can still talk about it." It will be distributed in the United States, New York University Press, you can only put the book in second-hand bookstores."

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

Two Americans rushed to speak in front of Yang Rui, like two lawyers standing in front of a judge, and Dean Liu and others were stunned.

Such an active foreign friend is really rare.

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

Although academic monographs are not as popular as popular novels with high sales and low royalties, 16% is really not good, and extreme figures such as 30% are given to Nobel Prize winners, or people like Hawking High-end celebrities can only get extremely high numbers when they write academic monographs.

Yang Rui is still a newcomer in academic publishing. No matter how good the forecasts of the two publishers are, he doesn’t think it will exceed 10,000 copies. As for whether it can be republished, there is a chance. Cecil will give 16% instead of New York University Press After the price, it has reached the limit.

Linden then gave 15%, and did not dare to add more. Instead, he began to increase the number of first prints, and he said that he would make 2,000 copies, which immediately frightened Cecil.

The first printing of 2,000 copies and the total sales volume of 2,000 copies are two concepts, especially for academic monographs, which often take a long time to ferment. The first printing of 2,000 copies means that the expected sales volume will exceed 10,000 copies, which is quite a big deal. The number is very large, and the risk to the publishing house is very high. Think about it, when the students of this year go to school or graduate, the students of next year will see at least 2,000 copies of "Genomics" in the second-hand publishing market. It has caused 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 them.

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

"Mr. Yang Rui!"

"Mr. Yang Rui!"

Cecil and Linden fought over each other, their voices drowning out the noise of the cafeteria.

The two of them were talking faster and faster, and the number of professors and students who could understand them was getting smaller and smaller.

However, those who could understand all had weird expressions.

We are all smart people. Based on the current information, Norton Publishing is equivalent to giving 15% royalties and a sales volume commitment of 2,000 copies, which means that Yang Rui can get an income of 300 US dollars multiplied by the book price.

Even based on the lowest book price of $30, this is $9,000 in remuneration.

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

$9,000 is exaggerated enough!

"Not yet!" More than one person thought this way.

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