Living in Tokyo, starting with a lifestyle-related job

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"Because it's all decided by the editor-in-chief."

"However, I think your novel is the best written at the same time. Perhaps it's just a matter of market and subject matter, so its initial release was top-notch, while yours was slightly less so."

"However, even the top-of-the-line model has had instances where poor sales prevented it from being reprinted, so you know what I mean."

Upon hearing this, Shindo Seiji breathed a sigh of relief and shook his head with a smile:

"Right."

"My book is so well written, it will definitely be reprinted."

"But since his books aren't on display now, could it be that no one's interested in them, so they've been moved to a different bookshelf?"

When asked this question, Kazuji Tominaga was also puzzled, as he felt that this situation was unlikely to occur.

But is the reality that there really not a single one?

What's going on here?

Could it be that it was written so well that it sold out on the first day?

impossible

Even in the history of their Futaba Publishing House, this situation has only occurred a handful of times.

Even if such cases exist, they are only seen with very famous, established authors.

This situation would never occur with a novel written by a new author who has no reputation.

Because this is only the first day.

Even some exceptionally talented newcomers need several days to develop their skills before they can sell out their books.

How could they possibly be sold out before 24 hours have passed?

Kazuji Tominaga felt it was definitely impossible.

In addition, he himself knew that Igarashi Chinatsu, the new editor, didn't have very good taste.

After all, I've been an editor for almost a year, and I still haven't met the performance target even once.

Actually, you can tell what's going on.

However, since most new editors are like this, including himself when he first started, he doesn't say anything about it.

In this situation, it becomes even less likely that the product will be sold out.

But if that's not the case, how come there isn't a single copy of "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" here?

Could there be some problem that prevented it from being listed?

If that's the case, they should have contacted Igarashi Chinatsu.

But looking at Igarashi Chinatsu just now, she didn't seem to have been contacted at all.

How strange.

Not a moment.

The shop assistant came out scratching his head, and the editor, Kazuji Tominaga, said:

"The store received 200 copies of the book 'Dream Abyss' that you mentioned, and about 23 copies have already been sold."

Kazushi Tominaga was overjoyed to hear this result.

With more than ten test sales points, the book "Dream Abyss" should sell about 70-80% of its contents within a week.

This means that this book will definitely be reprinted.

Although this author has a terrible temper, he is indeed quite talented, so it seems he made the right bet.

He will definitely achieve good results as a result.

Upon hearing this result, Seiji Shindo felt extremely pleased.

I felt that my book was indeed the best performing one in this issue, just as the editor had said.

However, that's not enough. If the book remains popular after the reprint, my novel "Dream Abyss" might even win a top-three prize in the upcoming group portrait newcomer award!

If I win one of the top three spots in the Gunzo Newcomer Award, I'll truly be proud and famous!

Then we'll see if he doesn't thoroughly ridicule those publishers who rejected his manuscripts, letting them know what it means to be blind!

at this time.

Recalling his earlier doubts, Kazuji Tominaga couldn't help but ask the shop assistant:

"By the way, didn't our Shuangye Publishing House put a novel called 'I Want to Eat Your Pancreas' on sale here today?"

"Why can't I find it even after searching all over the place?"

The shop assistant immediately panicked and said:

"Oh no, I almost forgot to ask your publishing house to order the goods if you hadn't reminded me."

"I'm going to get yelled at by the manager now!"

At this moment, the store manager, who had heard the noise, came over and complained to the staff:

"Didn't I tell you to contact the publisher to get the goods?"

"And that book, 'I Want to Eat Your Pancreas,' is sold out. Why haven't you put up a 'sold out' sign yet?"

"Several readers just came to ask me if you still have any left to sell. If they hadn't come to ask me, I wouldn't have known you hadn't done any of these things yet!"

The shop assistant smiled awkwardly:

"Haha, I'll go right now."

After the shop assistant left.

Kazuji Tominaga looked at the store manager in astonishment and said:

"what?"

"Manager, you're saying that the book 'I Want to Eat You in My Pancreas' is completely sold out?"

"How can this be?"

The store manager laughed heartily:

"Yes, I also think it's a bit outrageous."

"But this book is really well written. I just finished reading it while I was slacking off."

"Well, that's fine too. Since you're an editor at the publishing house anyway, I'll just mention that the four hundred copies of 'I Want to Eat Your Pancreas' that you put here have all been sold out!"

"I hope you can reprint it soon, or get some books from other channels so we can continue to sell them here tomorrow."

"But congratulations to your publishing house. This book, 'I Want to Eat Your Pancreas,' is a new book and written by a new author. It sold so well on the first day. I've been running a bookstore for so long and I've never seen anything like it."

"Looks like your author named 'Taiyi' is going to make a lot of money this time!"

Seiji Shindo, who had just come to his senses after being dazed by the clerk's words, was stunned into shock for a long time after hearing the manager's words.

After he finally came to his senses, he said with an incredulous look:

"how can that be"

"I do not believe!"

"Let me see that novel! I refuse to believe that kid's writing is so good that it can outsell my published novels!"

Since Kazuji Tominaga was not in the same group as Chinatsu Igarashi, he had not actually read the novel from Group C.

But at the same time, he was also very curious and couldn't believe it.

If that were true, it would be too outrageous.

The book sold out in less than a day, which would definitely be considered a bestseller among all publishers in Japan!

Kazuji Tominaga remembered that every novel had a preview version, and he inquired:

"Since they're all sold out, please let me see the preview version!"

Although the store manager didn't know what was going on, he shook his head and said:

"I want it too."

"But the few books that were available for preview were also bought by others."

"And let alone the preview copy, the copy I bought myself was also sold at a higher price after a reader discovered that I was reading it at the cashier."

at this time.

The two readers who were reading Meng Yuan were taken aback after overhearing their conversation. They put down their books and stepped forward to complain:

"I've been waiting here for so long, I was so bored I even flipped through other books, just waiting for the clerk to restock 'I Want to Eat Your Pancreas,' and now you're telling me it's sold out?"

"That's right, we saw someone else posting it at X Special, and they said you had it here, so we came over. We asked the clerk, and they said they were going to look for it in the warehouse. Where is that clerk now?"

Upon hearing this, Shindo Seiji looked astonished and couldn't help but ask:

"and many more!"

Why did you read that book, "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas"?

"Is it because the copy of 'Dream Abyss' that you have right now isn't good enough?"

The two readers looked at each other and shook their heads, saying:

"I'm not entirely sure if it looks good or not, but there's something vague about it, so I don't really like it."

"Yes, yes, some of the riddles went too far, and the characters weren't interesting either. I didn't like them!"

Seiji Shindo couldn't hold back any longer and roared:

"You simply don't understand what's so good about this book!"

"You're not worthy to read my book at all, get out of here right now!"

Upon hearing this, the store manager became enraged and shouted:

"Hey, what's up with you?"