1. copyright "buyout": In this case, the author of the novel can get a fixed fee, usually between several thousand yuan and several tens of thousands of yuan. The fee may vary according to the duration of the buyout and price negotiation.
2. Royalty: Royalty is paid according to the sales or printing volume of books, usually between 6%- 10% of the book price. If the first printing of the book is 1000 copies, and each book is priced at 50 yuan, and the royalty is 6%, then the author can get a royalty of 30,000 yuan. If the royalty is 10%, the author can earn 50,000 yuan. If there is extra printing, the more books are sold, the more the author's personal income will increase.
3. Book remuneration: Generally speaking, the remuneration is calculated by the number of words, and the remuneration per thousand words is usually between several hundred yuan and several thousand yuan. A novel with tens of thousands of words can generally get nearly 10,000 yuan, and more than100,000 words can get1-30,000 yuan.
4. Copyright sales: This includes the sales of adaptation rights such as movies, TV dramas and online dramas, as well as the sales of overseas distribution rights. This form of copyright sales can usually bring considerable income to the author, but the specific amount depends on the negotiation of copyright transactions and market demand.
Generally speaking, the income a novel can earn varies with the author's popularity, the quality of his works, the market demand and other factors. For some famous writers, their novels can be sold for millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan, while for new writers, they may only get relatively little income.