After the stocks of journals are sold out, the matter is not over. There are still many magicians who want to see the printed materials of 'advanced technology'.
Are you holding on to the first batch, and those who haven’t bought it should wait for the second issue of the Mathematics Journal, and try some version of hunger marketing?
Guess what will happen to the printing workshop after it commits public outrage? Are the intellectuals in the Lost Land on the same level as the bowl-banging masses on the Earth?
The great magician Kabamba didn't dare to stand up to so many peers and juniors. He is an old man and cannot stand the torment of so many people.
Someone thought for a while, anyway, the printing workshop is not as formal as the publishing house on Earth, so there are many operating methods available. For those masters who can't wait for the second issue, a registration and purchase system is adopted. Simply put, how many people there are
When registering, just print as many copies as you need. This way you can avoid guessing the sales volume. If you guess less, you have to print three more copies. If you guess too much, it becomes inventory.
However, if you are a clever apprentice, I would like to suggest that you learn from the Chamber of Commerce’s ordering model, collect the money first, and then print the book.
Someone rejected such a suggestion without thinking about it. Of course, doing so would be more secure for the printing workshop. But if someone caused trouble during the process, or something went wrong on one's own side, the money would be collected, but the things would still be there.
When you can't hand it over to others, you'll offend others. If someone takes the opportunity to cause trouble, it's always a problem. Now that a journal is starting up, you can't cause any trouble.
If you don’t collect the money first, and someone makes a reservation but then regrets it, it will be the person’s face that is humiliated. All the reservations are made under real names. If someone really wants to spread a reputation of not telling the truth, then it must be based on real evidence.
Who is to blame.
Even if there is a magician who is willing to risk his life, how much does it cost to print a journal? Not counting the value of the knowledge published, the cost of the paper alone is less than 1 gil (1 gold). Some people don’t like to see that there are
Inventory is simply a waste of resources. It doesn't mean that you can't afford the money.
In comparison, the risk of offending someone if you collect money first, and the inventory risk of collecting money later, are really of different magnitudes. For the sake of insurance, it is obvious which one to choose.
If there are people who come from nowhere, they will order a hundred or a thousand copies in one breath. Haha. If you are trying to play this kind of trick that has been ruined on the earth, you have no brains to ignore them.
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But such a person really came to the door! But the person was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and planned to sell it to areas outside the holy city of Estali.
Of course, matters in this area should be left to the dean who is well-connected to discuss. Even if there is something fishy behind the other party's back, this well-informed old man will not be easily fooled, and he will be more powerful in regaining the ground.
The dharma masters here are not old academics who only know about research and are indifferent to foreign affairs.
In order to have a more accurate grasp of the printing quantity of the periodicals starting from the second issue, some apprentices suggested that the same registration and purchase system as this time should be adopted. It is similar to how Earth orders one-year magazines.
However, this is not the original game of collecting money first, or discounting after a one-year subscription. After discussion, pre-registered buyers of the Midland version can enjoy the convenience of having someone deliver the goods to their doorstep and then collect the money.
In this way, those who are willing to buy long-term can avoid the trouble of running around and queuing up. You know, the people who buy mathematics journals are not only the magicians in District VI of the Holy City. Masters from other areas have to come to District VI.
Kabamba College in the district also has a long distance to walk on two legs.
In the second issue, in addition to printing the number of people who have registered their intention to buy, it should be enough to print another one or two hundred copies. In addition to handing it over to the Grand Library and keeping it for yourself, there are also those who want to buy it temporarily. But
There are not many people like this. Mathematics journals are not easy books that everyone wants to take with them.
The finishing work for the first issue of the Mathematics Journal is in progress in an orderly manner, and preparations for the second issue have to begin.
Because the method for submitting to mathematics journals was printed on the back cover of the first issue, so a large number of submission documents were collected in just a few days after the sale. Fortunately, the submission method given by someone was a specially designed magic
If you send an online mailbox to an actual address, you won't be inundated with letters like a snowflake.
In order to cope with this staggering number of manuscripts, Lin decided to implement a plan in advance, and during the break time in class, he told the people who came to the mathematics course. That was the Mathematics Journal Selection Committee.
"So, what does this committee do?" someone asked.
"To put it simply, a large number of submissions are distributed to the committee members for review. When the committee members find some that they think are suitable for publication in the journal, everyone will propose them to discuss which ones should be included in the journal. After all, the space is limited, and it is impossible to include everything.
Put it up. If there is really good new knowledge, but it is limited by the layout problem, you can reserve it as the content of the next issue of the journal as appropriate."
"Isn't this your job? Master Tripwood."
"It's true that I am a founder, but I hope to establish a system for the distribution of journals. A system that can run for a long time even without me."
Although someone was so ambitious, although he didn't say it clearly before, everyone was more or less aware of it. But it was always a good thing, and there was no reason not to support it, so everyone was still very interested in how the details would be arranged.
Lin said: "I estimate that there will be ten members of the selection committee, including me. Each manuscript will be randomly assigned to two members for selection. As long as one person recommends it, it can be brought out for everyone to discuss. Because on one day of each month
is the publication date of the journal. According to previous experience, the time for proofreading and printing takes about seven to ten days, so I set the 18th of each month as the submission deadline for that month, and the manuscripts submitted after that will be counted as the following month.
The selection committee will meet on the 19th of every month to decide which new information will be published. The printing operation will begin on the 20th.”
Everyone was unconvinced about this arrangement. What everyone wanted to know more was how to select these committee members?
In this regard, Lin said directly: "Of course I am one of them. At least until the mathematics I am scheduled to teach is finished, the journal will have to set aside space to publish this part. For the other nine people, the way I am thinking of now is to make it public
Recruitment. But at this stage, I don’t think that except for everyone who comes to take math classes, outsiders will be familiar with our mathematical methods, so the selection committee will select from among you. When the time is right, we do not rule out recruiting from outside.”
With these words, everyone present was praised without any trace. So everyone showed a proud expression, and no one showed dissatisfaction. But someone did not say anything to death, it was just that the time was right, so they interpreted it individually.
Already.
After confirming that no one objected, Lin continued: "Of course there will be a salary for this job, but not everyone is willing to do it, so I only recruit volunteers. If there are less than nine volunteers, volunteers will be the main ones for the time being.
The insufficient number will be reserved for future recruitment. If there are more than nine volunteers, I will use a math test to select the eight people with the highest scores, as well as the person with the lowest score who did not hand in a blank paper, to form the first batch of candidates with me.
members of the committee.”
Although there is no imperial examination system that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the concept of "test" is not completely absent. For example, the apprenticeship promotion test is a test that the masters must pass in their lives. So as someone said, when volunteers exceed
When requesting the number of people, it is very reasonable to use the merits of the test as the selection criterion. But what is the criterion for selecting the one with the lowest score?
In response to everyone's question, Lin replied: "I think everyone can understand the selection of the best people. Because the test scores are excellent, the test taker's understanding of mathematics can be explained from a certain appearance; but people with poor scores can
, does it mean that the test taker’s mathematical understanding is very poor? I don’t think this is absolute. Maybe it’s just that this person has a different way of thinking than other people and has a different point of view, so he will get different results. Of course, mathematics
There is only one answer, but the quality of a thing is not so absolute. Maybe if there is such a person, you can see things that others ignore, and evaluate all submissions from a more comprehensive perspective.
Mathematics journals, hoping to publish new theoretical knowledge."
This statement caused everyone to start a discussion. It sounded like some people were convinced, but some people were not so in favor. Lin then added: "Actually, I don't think everyone needs to worry too much, because this can only be regarded as a temporary
Method. After all, it is something that no one has done. If we want to do it, it will be like crossing a river while groping. When we can no longer move forward, we have to turn back and choose another direction to go down. This is a normal thing.
.We only need to uphold the idea of expecting the continuous accumulation and progress of knowledge, and try our best to try and challenge the unknown, and that’s it.”
This has been said, and no one has insisted on opposing opinions. If we find that this approach is not good in the future, we can just correct it.
Seeing that no one had any opinions, Lin finally said: "If there are no other questions, then we will tentatively hold the first test in two days. Those who are willing to become a selection committee member can sign up today and tomorrow. Because everything
They are all new creations and the system has not yet been perfected, so the term of the first selection committee is tentatively set to be one year. That is, after the twelve issues of the journal are released, new selection committee members will be re-elected, but this method may not necessarily still be used.
Set. The salary is tentatively set at C Geir (100 gold) per month, and a free journal. Whether to adjust it will depend on the future situation. If you have any opinions, you are welcome to discuss them."
Listening to someone’s arrangement, it was quite thoughtful in every aspect, so everyone agreed temporarily. However, someone still asked: “If I serve as a selection committee member, can I still submit articles?”
After thinking for a while, Lin said bluntly: "I used to tend to avoid such questions. But then I thought about it, because submissions are assigned, and you don't necessarily have to submit them yourself, they will be selected by yourself. Even if it's just right.
, selected by myself, and recommended, but it may not be passed at the final selection meeting. If it is really passed, it does not mean that the new knowledge is valuable, and it has nothing to do with who published it. So I
The final decision is that there is no need to avoid such behavior for the time being. Of course, we will try this for a period of time to see how it works. If necessary, we will make modifications in the future."
Someone is not right. In fact, you can use the method of sealing the names and wait until the final printing stage to list the names of the selected articles. If you do this, there are still people who are so shameless as to say at the final selection meeting,
That article was written by me. If I insist on recommending it for selection, then I have no choice but to accept it.
But there is no need to make this practice public here. This is an internal matter of the selection committee.