those things in the editorial department

In July, the new book promotion was successfully held and ended successfully.

There were a lot of orders in the pre-sale stage, and after the book was printed, the response was not bad, and the sales volume was expected, and a large number of people were relieved.

After he was not busy, Lu Minghong wanted to find a chance to chat with Wu Chunjun, but found that he seemed to be in a better mood.Could it be my own illusion?Or has he already figured it out?

Anyway, it's good to recover, but I don't want to see him sluggish again, I miss his smile very much.

In August, the provincial editor training meeting came. For editors who had already obtained intermediate certificates, half of the editorial department of Suicheng News Agency went there.Naturally, Lu Minghong and Wu Chunjun couldn't go. If Lu Minghong passed the intermediate exam this year, he could go next year.

The five interns are still there, and they will leave only after school starts in September.For people with a professional background like this, it is good to get in touch with the actual work of editing early, so as to reduce some unrealistic romantic ideas, so as to weave a realistic romance in a down-to-earth manner.After all, what is taught in school is only some general and superficial or high-level theories. Even if you talk about how to edit, how to make new media, and how to make specific types of books, it is not as profound as practice. Only when you make a mistake, you will know the real difficulty.Editing is a cumulative industry, and more learning comes after taking office.

The pre-sale of Lu Minghong's new book this time also allowed them to watch and learn from the sidelines.

The publishing department is busy with the new book promotion meeting, and is busy with the preparations for the Southern Book Festival.Suicheng Society doesn’t participate in many museum distribution meetings and procurement meetings, but the Nanguo Book Fragrance Festival is organized by the government, and it is also considered to be relatively well-known in the south. It is held every year at the Pazhou Convention and Exhibition Center, and there are many activities during the period , is more worthy of attention.And they are also "local publishers", which is naturally more convenient.

The preparation work is mainly handled by the publishing department, and the editors have nothing else to do except go to cheer, refer to other people's books, and learn about the market.The main reason is that there is no preparation for an event this year. Like last year, the author was invited to give a presentation on the signing, so I have to be busy.

The editors work from nine to five as usual, quietly waiting for the development.The day before the launch, the distribution department and the warehouse staff had delivered all the books, and took a few pictures of the venue and sent them to the group. The books of each company were full, and the staff were cleaning up some rubbish for the booth. .

As a local, Lu Minghong comes to the Nanguo Book Festival almost every year, and when he has time, he really doesn't buy books and just joins in the fun.This year, because I have "stepped into the society", this matter has a different meaning, and I have a different perspective on things.

In a few days, it was the opening day. It was Friday, and there were not too many people. The second and third days were weekends, and the exhibition hall in Pazhou was crowded with people as usual.

At first they walked together, but then they dispersed, leaving only Lu Minghong and Wu Chunjun.After roughly walking the entire venue, the two had different concerns, so they separated and made an appointment to meet again at lunch.

Wu Chunjun went to the stalls of several well-known book companies to take a closer look.

Books of the same series are placed together, and the cover design looks harmonious and eye-catching. It is also a book by a famous author. Almost everyone who passes by picks it up to have a look, and someone takes one or two away from time to time.The staff next to them were sorting out the messed up books while watching the addition of new books on the shelves.

Wu Chunjun picked up one of them and looked at the cover carefully.There is a QR code on the back cover, and when you scan it, it is the official account of the book company. There are tweets one after another. From just a few words on a page, it can be seen that this official account is being seriously operated.

WeChat public accounts are now becoming more and more popular, adapting to the situation that everyone has a mobile phone, the mobile phone is always in hand, time fragmentation, and reading fragmentation.Tweets are relatively short and concise, and you can read them when you are waiting for the bus or squeezing the bus to and from get off work. It is a form that is more suitable for social development than books.However, to operate a high-quality official account, especially if there is still a lot of original content, there may be a large team working hard behind it.In this era of information explosion, it is actually more difficult to convey a message effectively than in the past.

After reading the cover, I began to look at the copyright page and table of contents, touched the pages of the book to judge the paper, and then looked at the center and line spacing of the text, and whispered "big 32".

The person on the opposite side suddenly chuckled and raised his chin at him, "Hey, you are also an editor, right?"

To tell the truth, ordinary readers don't choose books like this, and they look like insiders at first glance.

Wu Chunjun looked up at the man, who looked a few years older than himself, and smiled back at him, "You too?"

The man nodded.

The other party talked a lot, and the topic went on naturally.Wu Chunjun was also happy at first, but he frowned secretly as he spoke.

"I came here with a task this time. If I read a book that sells well, I have to apply for the topic when I go back. It's really hard to make a bestseller now, and I can't get much performance after working for half a day."

"...People's books sell well. Apart from the reasons for choosing the topic, there are also reasons for the author himself. Even if you apply for a similar topic, you are one step behind others."

"That's right, without a good author, we have nothing to do. A clever woman can't cook without rice. There is also the problem of sales. The same book, our sales are worse than others, and we have not actively expanded. It is really depressing."

"Can you try to find a unique topic?"

"It's hard to find a good topic. The key is the author. If you want to say that the current bestsellers are all about recipes and financial management. I don't have an expert in that area. I don't know how to do it if I want to. I don’t know how to put together some things online, and I don’t think I can do it for other companies.”

Wu Chunjun frowned inwardly, and changed the subject calmly: "Did you read any good books just now?"

"There are quite a lot of them. I'm still interested in many of them. Although I feel like I haven't read many books except reviewing manuscripts throughout the year, hahaha..." The man laughed to himself, "Sure enough, he is still the most famous author. It's important, whether it's the binding or the cover design, I don't know which company to find for the cover."

"If you are interested, you can buy it back and take a look at it."

"Let's forget it. The current society is very impetuous. I haven't been able to read books for many years. On the contrary, I can more or less read e-books. I checked just now, and some of them really have e-books. , It’s still free, go back and download it.” I smiled as if I found a bargain, and added at the end, “Why can’t I meet a good author?”

The corner of Wu Chunjun's mouth twitched, and he felt that it was better not to stay with this person anymore, he was afraid that he would not be able to control his facial expressions.

The other party was a little bit reluctant to hear him say that he was going to meet up with his friends.Wu Chunjun was afraid for a moment that he would follow, but luckily the man left alone in the end.

Being disturbed by that person, Wu Chunjun's mood dropped a lot.

Publishing is an activity that disseminates information to the society to guide the society to carry out spiritual construction. Social benefit is an important indicator, no, it is the most important indicator. Sometimes even the book is published even if it is reversed.Now book publishing is under various shocks, but it is still the most important form.As long as the functions of the publishing industry are still there, publishers should not lose their sense of honor and mission.It’s just that with the development of technology, the working mode of publishers will inevitably change. There will definitely be twists and turns in this process. Some things will be reshaped, some things will be discarded, and some things will be eliminated. In this process Some families are happy and some are sad, whoever can keep his heart and whoever will go with the flow.

Wu Chunjun continued to browse the exhibition in a dull manner, but he still couldn't get excited.While strolling to another venue, I bumped into Lu Minghong happily. He was happily waving goodbye to a couple who were holding hands. The husband was wearing a pair of black glasses.

Originally, he planned to contact through WeChat at 12 o'clock and go find a place for dinner together. Since he met in advance, he walked over to meet up first.

When Lu Minghong saw him, the smile on his face deepened instead of disappearing.

"Chunjun, I just met my colleague."

Wu Chunjun forced a smile, thinking: I have met it too, but it's not very pleasant.

Lu Minghong continued: "It's the couple who walked away just now, they belong to Braille Publishing House. It's the first time for an editor in this special field, so I raised my posture."

"Oh? What did you guys talk about?" Braille books are indeed a very special publishing sector.

"It turned out that they were just traveling in Guangzhou. They happened to come across the book fair, so they couldn't help but take a look. It turned out to be the publisher." Lu Minghong said with a chuckle, "The husband couldn't see it, so the wife told him that the book was next to him. So what. Oh, yes, they are still colleagues in the publishing house, and the editor of the Braille publishing house is a sighted man who works with a blind man, that's how they met, and finally they became husband and wife, what a fate."

Wu Chunjun was infected by his cheerful mood, and gradually forgot the previous unhappiness. "Is that so? I don't know anything about Braille publishing."

"Haha, this is also my first contact. They said that if they see a suitable book, they plan to buy it back and translate it into Braille. It turns out that they can freely use published books without copyright restrictions."

Wu Chunjun thought about it for a while, and the national policy does have preferential policies for the publication of Braille and minority languages.

"I saw a copy just now..." Lu Minghong continued happily.

The two said as they walked that Wu Chunjun's mood had already recovered.

Every industry has positive energy and negative energy, depending on how to choose.The Master said: "When you see a virtuous person, think about it, and when you see an unvirtuous person, you should introspect yourself." What's more, the one in front of you, who always affects you, isn't it a good example to learn from?

After the Book Festival, life returned to the daily track, going to work every day, reading manuscripts, leaving get off work, and making small noises.

A more interesting thing is that someone took the initiative to ask Lu Minghong to make a custom book.It turned out to be the group of people I met when I went to the real CS last time. At that time, Lu Minghong exchanged business cards with the other party.At first, everyone had forgotten about it, but it happened that Lu Minghong held a new book promotion pre-sale meeting before, and someone started a live broadcast, and it happened to be seen by someone from that company, so he remembered that there was still a relationship.When the man looked for it, he actually found the business card.So I finally took over the task of publishing the brochure of their company's family history.

Wu Chunjun secretly thought, should he also customize business cards?It's not difficult, just tell the office, and you can have a tool to strike up a conversation with a well-known author at a banquet in the future...

The author has something to say:

A certain rot has also been to the Southland Book Fragrance Festival a few times, even if he doesn’t buy anything, he joins in the fun. This year’s books seem to have no bright spots, but listening to the recordings on the spot has aroused his interest. The little brother studying on the stage is good-looking and has a good voice Not bad, hee hee hee~~~