It’s all nonsense upstairs and downstairs. From here, it seems that signing a contract with a website depends on the level of signing. Generally speaking, if it is a divided agreement, the website only enjoys the electronic copyright, simplified Chinese and physical copyright of the work. The copyright still belongs to the author, and there is no restriction on the publication of the work in paper format. However, when publishing, it must be marked with the website's trademark, such as 17K or Qidian, so there is no need to worry about this layer, and there is no infringement involved.
However, as someone who has experienced it, I still suggest that you should see the situation clearly. The most important thing for a new writer is to improve the popularity of the work, the quality of the text, etc. You might as well serialize it on the Internet first, and then publish it after you have gained enough popularity. , there is no need to seek publication.
Generally speaking, if the publishing house does not take the initiative to request a manuscript, you have to pay. Every aspect of the publishing house has to spend money. It is jokingly called self-publishing. As long as you have enough money, Publishing this is not difficult! It is not easy for good works to be turned into cardboard books from the Internet. You must either pay for yourself or seek sponsorship. No matter which route you take, it is inseparable from the role of money. There is no free dinner in the world, so blindly pursue yourself. Publishing works is unrealistic. If you think your work has publishing value or want to spread it around the world, the best way is to pay for a book number.
In addition, review also requires payment. One of the novels of the author (me) was once approved by a publishing house (provincial publishing house) online. After sending the sample manuscript, the editor called after reading it. There is a manuscript reading (review) fee of 3,000 yuan. As for whether it can be published, it still needs to be considered. The scope of consideration is the above publishing indicator. Each publishing house has its own indicator, which is given by the above. , what I mentioned above is mainly that you can "purchase" it yourself. Because of this, it is difficult for a really good manuscript to be approved. After all, the review is also based on money. If it is not for fame and there is sufficient money at hand, To find excitement, it is best not to fight for publication, but to play with your own words online.
As for publishing, the prerequisite for being able to publish is that the RMB for purchasing the ISBN is already in place, which is generally between 30,000 and 50,000. It depends on the quantity you are willing to print. You can also print it all at once. Buy a book number and then find a printing house to print it yourself. The more printing houses the better, and the publishing house is also rising. As long as you have money, the number of the first printing can be negotiated. According to the current popular saying, publishing houses rely on sales You can't blame them for maintaining your ISBN, they also need it for daily life.
Let’s talk about distribution. Distribution is the most critical. It would be a pity if your book cannot be sold. Publishers are not afraid that your writing is not good, but they are afraid that your reputation is not big enough. If your books are in a mess, you are afraid that your books are not packaged well. Really promising booksellers mainly rely on the market to position themselves. They will hire full-time writers to write for them what kind of books the market needs. If you publish at your own expense, Then please prepare 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. The publisher only collects money and will not help with the sales and promotion of the work. Piracy is currently prevalent in the mainland market. Unknown book publishers will never publish it, as long as the author can pay enough to publish it. It is actually not difficult to publish for business interests, but the premise is that you have a lot of money, haha!
Finally, let me talk about the way to publish. If there is no way, you should submit your manuscript to the publishing house yourself and send it by email. No more than one-third of the full text should be sent. Check the publisher's email address with Du Niang. It’s not hard to find. If you are very confident in your work, go ahead and give it a try, but don’t get your hopes up unless your work is famous enough, has enough fans, is guaranteed to have sales after publication, and the publisher has no risk. Only then will it be published for you.
Leave my 17K website for signing the masterpiece "Ghoul" (don't be scared, it is an adventure novel, not a ghost story). There is no requirement to accept it. If you are interested, just go and register an account and collect it. Check out the work!