Chapter 149 Tell me something
The process of a new book issue is generally like this. Generally, the recommendation starts with about 100,000 words, and the PK starts with about 200,000 words. After two rounds of PK, the number of collections increases by 70,000 or 80,000. In this way, the collection of about 100,000 words can be put on the shelves, and finally it will be released. First order results.
The book "Wu Zu" has 300,000 words and 10,000 collections. It was only recommended by a few small recommendations in the channel. I waited and waited but couldn't wait for the PK, so I was a little impatient.
Because I feel that the writing of this book is okay, and the readers are also very active. All the data in the reward, recommendation vote, and book review area seem to be okay. Not to mention excellent, it is still on the passing line.
So, I went to ask the editor why there has been no PK for a long time.
Editor's answer: It's very difficult. The results are too poor. I suggest you open a new book.
I was confused immediately. Really, I was confused by the editor's sentence when I felt good about myself. It turned out that all this was just what I thought, and I was ridiculous.
I thought about it again and asked: If we continue to update stably, can we wait for a PK opportunity? Don't PK twice, just do it once. Don't do bilateral pk, just unilateral. I just want a chance, just a chance to try.
The editor said: My grades are really bad, but if my grades are slightly better, he will give me a chance, so... there is nothing I can do.
I know that editors can look at whether a book is good, whether it has potential, and whether it is worth recommending. The backend can provide more detailed data for reference, such as follow-up, retention, daily activity, V-receipt, etc.
With this kind of almost transparent data reference, it is difficult for professionals like editors to make wrong judgments about the quality of a book. Basically, it is what it says. This is a very objective thing.
So, I decided to accept the editor's statement.
However, for a while, I couldn't accept it.
It turns out that everything was just what I thought and how I felt about myself. My grades in this book were really bad, so bad that I couldn’t even pass the PK. This is ridiculous, isn’t it?
If a book cannot be listed on PK, it can basically be declared useless. If you don’t have the massive traffic exposure and reader accumulation of two rounds of PK, what will you do to put it on the shelves?
Although the performance of the original Dou Po fanfic is very poor, it has been completed for several months, and the average number of orders is still only a few hundred, not even 1,000.
But even so, when the new issue of the book was released, it was published in two rounds of PK. When it was released, it had 470,000 words and 140,000 collections. Of course, the first order data was very poor, and everyone knew it.
Now Wuzu's book has 300,000 words, but only has 10,000 collections. It doesn't even have a PK or a one-sided opportunity. Do you feel the gap?
I don't know what to say, really.
I'm thinking, there's always a reason why a new book does poorly, right?
However, I couldn't figure it out for a while.
Talking about the rhythm, I have a good grasp of it; talking about the writing, I have improved a lot compared to the previous book; talking about the plot, the feedback from readers is also good, and I am quite happy to read it.
So, what exactly is the problem?
When I was planning to start a new book, the editor asked me what I wanted to write about. I said I wanted to write Wu Dong fan fiction, but the editor said I would suggest you continue writing Dou Po doujins. Dou Po doujins are the most popular among two-dimensional doujins.
How high is it? Among the 8 new books on the Second Dimension Channel, 6 are Dou Po fandoms in the same recommendation position, which is so high.
In comparison, the popularity of Wudong is still too low, so I don’t recommend you write it.
I still insist.
Because I think that Wu Dong has 1.47 million collections in the bookstore. If I write a fanfic and attract one tenth or even one percent of the original readers, it will be enough to solve my own food and clothing problem.
After all, the top works of great masters are no joke. Being able to learn something casually from them is enough for us ordinary people to support our families.
Furthermore, I found that there is not a single martial arts fanfic book in Bookstore or Qidian (even if there is, it is basically a eunuch with a very small number of words), which shows that there is a market for this, and I think I can write it.
The editor said that there are no Wudong fanfics and the market is vacant. The reason may be the opposite. It may be that those books have died due to poor performance, which creates the illusion that no one writes Wudong fanfics.
It’s not that no one wrote it, it’s that the people who wrote it are all dead.
I insisted, I thought there was a market, and the editor said okay, I can give it a try.
Then, it became what it is now. My grades were so bad that I suggested starting a new book.
I was wondering, is Wu Dong, a classic by the Potato Master, really a niche book in a bookstore? Are there really no readers reading this?
No, of course not, Wu Dong sells equally well in bookstores.
As for why the fanfic I wrote did not get good grades? Is it even so bad that there is no chance for a PK?
Because I'm rubbish!
I can't even find out the reason why my grades are poor. That's even more rubbish among rubbish. Yes, it's just because I am a big rubbish!
I'm thinking, what should I do now?
The last book has a collection of 140,000, and this book has a collection of 10,000? How to get this on the shelves? So what if it’s on the shelves?
What should I do after it is put on the shelves? Write with your head? Generate electricity with love?
I thought about it for a long time, and things came back to square one. The editor suggested that I cut off this book and start a new one immediately. Yes, cut off this book and cut off my hard work.
My friend who wrote the book with me also suggested cutting off the book as soon as possible, cutting the losses in time, turning the energy to the new book, and preparing for the beginning of the new book.
Because 10,000 collections have been put on the shelves, there is no need to think about the results of the put on the shelves. It will definitely be a bloody attack, the kind that will cause death and no return.
He said that you had a collection of 140,000 copies of Dou Po fandom and put it on the shelves. The first order was 373, and you could barely keep writing and reading.
Your Wudong fanfic is now on the shelves with a collection of 10,000. Come on, tell me how much I can get for the first order? Can there be 50 or 100? Even if you have 100 first orders, what can you do? Save some money to buy a pack of cigarettes?
So, take my advice and cut it quickly.
I thought about it, but still couldn't bear it.
In order to write this book, I stopped writing for a month and prepared all the materials. Only then did I dare to write because I really love it.
Therefore, I directly applied to the editor to put it on the shelves, and applied for it to be put on the shelves on February 1st, which is tomorrow morning.
Today is the 31st. In a few hours, the VIP channel will be opened at 0:00 am on February 1st and it will be officially launched.
By then, I will upload 20 chapters in one go.
After being put on the shelves, there will be a minimum of 4 updates per day, with additional updates from time to time.
I want to try it, I really want to try it once, I really really don’t want the eunuch book.
Although my grades are so bad that it is obvious to all, I still want to give it a try.
Friends, what if a miracle happens then? What if we subscribe to this book? What if our book’s collection of 10,000 can lead to the first order of 6/7 collections? What if...
I was thinking, as long as the initial subscription is 300, and as long as 300 book friends subscribe to my book, then I will vow to write this book seriously and finish it well.
Really, as long as 300, it would be great to get 300 first orders, 300 is really not much! !
Even if someone really doesn’t have money to subscribe, can you please spend a dime to subscribe to the first chapter before reading the pirated version? Friends who read books through other channels (especially friends from Qidian, mobile QQ and browsers), can you You can't come to the bookstore to temporarily subscribe to the first chapter and then go back to read it to make the first-order data look better.
ps: Many people don’t seem to know what Book City is. Book City is Chuangshi and QQ Reading. The three are the same thing.
Please come to QQ to read and support me, even just for a moment.
First order data is really, really important to me.
In the previous Dou Po fanfic, the plot developed to the end of the Dou Po chapter. When the Great Overlord chapter was written, almost all the readers ran away because they didn't like to read it.
But in order to fulfill my original promise, I still gritted my teeth and finished the Great Master chapter, and completed it seriously.
So, you must believe me.
I loved this book so much I really didn't want to cut it.
This is the only Wudong fanfic that is still being serialized on all the websites owned by China Literature. Really, I really don’t want to be a eunuch, I want to finish it.
I'm incoherent now and don't know how to organize my words.
The goal of 10,000 collections and 300 first subscriptions is really too difficult. It can barely be achieved at the starting point, but in QQ Reading, a place with too many collections, it is really difficult to reach the sky.
However, I still want to ask you.
Everyone, please!
I really want to keep writing, really...