reborn in america

While Adam's novel and newspaper are undergoing dramatic changes, Carol has been busy this spring and summer.First of all, the two versions of Eden released on Windows and Pac were officially launched on the Internet. With the previous successful browser as an example, these two versions for different operating systems have gained a lot of praise in a short period of time. , and then quickly occupied the exclusive market of the entire graphical browser (they are not the only browsers on the market, there were browsers released a year or two ago, but they were the only graphical browsers, after the original mosaic came out in the Garden of Eden , gave up and did not put it on the market).

By the end of April, they had occupied more than 70.00% of the entire US market, and the remaining 30.00% of users did not know it, but they used Gopher instead of the World Wide Web. In their opinion Eden is not necessary to install.

But in any case, with the Eden browser as the medium, the World Wide Web has been known to most people with computers in a short period of time, and has become the most important contributor to the outward expansion of the World Wide Web.

As a result, Nirvana, represented by Carroll, naturally received the attention of the entire Internet, especially Berners Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, and CERN, the owner of the World Wide Web, and invited them to participate in the summer of 1993. First Web Development Conference.

Undoubtedly, Carol naturally accepted it with pleasure. After all, being able to get the invitation means being recognized by the top group of people in the Internet industry, and it is very important to be Nirvana who is committed to developing in the Internet industry in the future.

However, what made them even more happy was another event that happened at the end of April, which was CERN's announcement that the World Wide Web was free and open to anyone without charging any fees.

This behavior has spread the influence of the World Wide Web, which has attracted the attention of millions of computer users. Due to the convenience of the World Wide Web in information exchange, many people have gradually abandoned Gopher, the most authoritative and famous information on the Internet. Find the system.

But even so, due to years of accumulation, Gopher still overwhelms the nascent World Wide Web at the head, but the position of the leader, under the strong occupation of the World Wide Web, has begun to decline slightly.

After a few months, the management of Gopher suddenly decided to charge Gopher in a daze, and the World Wide Web really won the battle for users, so the World Wide Web completely unified the global Internet in the following time, and the former boss Gopher Not even known anymore, only used occasionally as a commercial customer service system.

Of course, these are things that will happen later this year.For Carol and others, after the initial battle, it was time to officially enter the market and grab their harvest.

Just like operating systems such as padows, users must spend money to purchase software and install it before they can use it.In the early days of the Internet, Eden Browser had no other possibility of profit, so it could only choose the experience of its predecessors to obtain profits by selling software.

As for the official version of the Garden of Eden, how to improve it, as well as the pricing and sales methods of the final software, and so on, all these things need to go through countless discussions before they can be finally decided. Can be at ease a lot.

As for whether it will be like Netscape in the previous life in a few years, and the operating software giant Microsoft will hit the street, that will be many years later, and it can be arranged slowly, at least it is not the most urgent thing at present.

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And although Adam became the biggest winner in the novel market in March and April under the influence of inexplicable events, the science fiction novel "The Colony", which was not on the commercial road in just two months, unexpectedly became a social phenomenon-level book master because of his political behavior. It sold 1000 and [-] million copies, shocking the entire market, and became Adam's third novel with a sales volume of over [-] million.

At the same time, "The Colony" has become popular all over the world, and has expanded overseas markets in advance. At the end of April, it signed book distribution contracts with many overseas countries, and the sales prospects are extremely promising.

At the same time, the overseas sales contract of the fantasy novel "The Witcher", which had not been negotiated, was signed at the same time. This time, it was also sold out at the same time. In fact, it is not surprising that Adam was so anxious. After all, after two months, "The Witcher" The movie "Jurassic Park" is about to be released. At that time, it is a good time to take advantage of this opportunity to sell all these books and grab a lot of profits. After all, who would think too much money?

In addition, the extra chapter of "The Witcher" "Sord's Revenge" was also completely completed at the end of April, and it has entered the process of editing and editing. It will officially enter the market before the Children's Day one month later. It is the first time that the novel after the last serialization enters the sales market. The specific situation is unpredictable. If this book can be sold well, it will definitely lead to the popularity of the other two novels that are being serialized in full swing.

Speaking of serialized novels, since the serialization of "Sorder's Revenge" was completed, "Doom" and "True Love" have become the protagonists of newspaper serialization. With the development of the plot, they have also gained the love of a large number of loyal readers. On the turmoil caused by the end of the "The Witcher" spin-off series.

However, although the two novels are serialized for a long time, they have to consider the backup force, so Adam released all the fan copyrights of his novels as early as March (of course, only limited to serialization in the "California Times"), in other words that It is to accept manuscripts from all readers across the country. They can write their own original novels, or write fan fiction based on all of Adam’s currently published novels. As long as they are recognized by the "California Times", they can become the next serialized novel novel.

However, relatively speaking, if it is an original novel, then the author holds 100% of the copyright, but if it is written by a fan of Adam’s novel, or a novel written with full reference to his novel background, then the extended copyright of the novel can only be attributed to Adam .

After this decision was announced by the "California Times", it received strong reactions from many readers and writers. In the following time, the "California Times" received a large number of submissions, among which the colleagues of the novels in Adam's hands were the most. Novels only accounted for about ten percent, which has to make people sigh.

In order to be able to find novels of good quality, Adam specially recruited four or five full-time editors to be in charge of the review, find out the most commercially valuable and popular submissions, and hand them over to Donna as the screening officer of William SmithKline. Served as a Reviewing Editor for the second round.

Of course, if the novel is strongly recommended by more than three of the five editors, then it can skip Donna and directly submit it to William Smith for judgment.

At the beginning of April, the novel section was reorganized again, and serialized under the original serialized novels ("Doomsday" and "True Love" each occupy two days. "Wizard Extra" is on Wednesday, and after the end of April, it will completely give way to Contributed novels.)

In order to ensure the continuity and integrity of the serialization, writers who have been recognized by the "California Times" will sign a contract with them and retain an additional two weeks of updates, so that even if they cannot be continued accidentally, there will be time to turn around.

After all, most of the authors nowadays are still traditional and the author is not used to serializing every week, but the newspaper cannot allow the author to grind the plot. What he needs is continuity and fun. If it can be saved, then cut it off directly.

As for the content of the novel, it doesn't matter, fantasy, science fiction, urban, as long as it doesn't involve pornography or gore. (It’s not that the state prohibits it, but as a newspaper for millions of families, it must ensure harmony, and children and old people can watch and read it.)

To be honest, due to the enthusiasm of the readers, there are so many manuscripts, and there are quite a few novels that are of decent quality and can be approved by the editors.

Adam drew a few lines for them, such as the popularity of the novel, the author's ability to ensure the continuity of the content (need to have a novel's context or outline) and serialization. If all three are satisfied, then find the best among them Several contributions.

As for which one to choose in the end, the editors can't make a decision, no problem, leave it to the readers, anyway, there are so many pages, and their "California Times" can't afford this little manuscript fee, and decide which one to keep in the end based on the reader's receipt , which one to give up.

Maybe this seems a bit cruel, but business never needs too much mercy. If you show too much mercy to others, in the end, you can only be defeated and seek mercy from others.

Finally, after Adam finished the work at hand, he should also start the plot design of the second part of "The Witcher". First, he just finished other work at hand, and second, after the completion of "The Witcher Extra Story", the Garden of Eden novel team was also free. Just in time to continue helping Adam with his second novel.

Adam originally planned to publish the series of "The Witcher" one a year, or at most one in the next two years. After all, this novel series belongs to the same category of fantasy novels. Although it has a large structure, it is nothing more than a commercial novel after all. , so it is relatively easy to write, as long as the outline of the novel is set, the whole novel can be completed in a month or two.

The content of "The Witcher" is not too much. There are about 50 English words in a book, and the translation into Chinese is about 30 million. With the assistance of a six-person team, the two months is not too tight, but it is the content of the novel. But it needs a good design, otherwise, if this series is ruined, it will not be a little loss.

Therefore, although Adam had a plan early on, he still dared not decide on the final content of the novel. Even though he was too cautious, in the following time, even in the face of the turbulent wind and clouds outside, he still settled down and kept quiet. to think about creation.

But, can Adam really pretend that he can't see it?There is a huge wave outside because of his previous work "The Colony", causing the entire United States to be in turmoil for it, and even this fire has burned to Canada and other similar countries, becoming the first fire in the summer of 1993.

The author has something to say: I’m sorry for the farewell banquet of my colleague yesterday. I helped him move early this morning, but I forgot.