The below survey makes estimations using facts and some assumptions. It is our hope that JYJ’s royalties are actually higher than “10% of the profits” which is the standard in the industry…
The Domestic Author who Reaped the Most Royalties in the First Quarter?
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This paper, with the help of Yes24, estimated the profits of the domestic authors, centering on the new works of this January to April that received the love from the readers. Typically, the publisher, as it releases and sells the works of an author, gives a “royalty” as the fee for the author according to the number of the works sold—typically, it gives the author 10% of profits. The standards of the royalties are graduated according to the level of recognition of the author or the level of degree or participation of the work, but in this survey we calculated with 10% which is about the average all around. Further, the number of works sold were totaled based on the information released by the publishers themselves.
According to the results of the survey, Professor Kim [Nando]… reaped approximately 800,100,000 (approximately 800,000 USD) with the book “Because It Hurts, It is Youth”…
The book with the second highest profits was JYJ’s “Their Rooms: Our Essay.” According to the publisher this book which was printed in January has sold 150,000 copies as of now, and according to this the royalties were investigated to be over 400,000,000 KRW (approximately 400,000 USD). The book received an explosive response, to the degree that at the time of its printing, the publisher expressed its impressions as follows: “In the publishing industry this is an exceptional and shocking situation that is experienced for the first time only after Harry Potter.”
The third is Professor Zhang Hajun’s economics work… it has sold around 170,000 copies and is investigated to have earned approximately 251,600,000 (approximately 251,600 USD)…
(Parts unrelated to JYJ omitted)
PS: The #1 book, “Because It Hurts, It is Youth,” was recommended by Jaejoong!
[TRANS] The book I received today… It is a good book… The thoughts, heart, and environment bears yet another set of words, and from there it seems that they cause to be born many truths, results, and misunderstandings. The beginning and the essence are the same for everyone but it might be that they are deviated/degenerated through one’s environment…Also, that might be so for myself… At this late hour I look back upon myself and my surroundings.
i thought they made more than this. If it was an album, they will have more profit for sure.
i know! I was expecting in the millions USD !
it’s $40! huh they deseve that much anyways…:)
No, 10% from an album would be very good, too. Artists don’t earn much from albums, they make most of their money from concerts and performances. That’s why SME taking all TVXQ’s proceeds from the concerts and performances is such a crime.
What album sales do is provide promotion. If an artists has a best selling album it will produce more interest in their work and will bring more people to their concerts.
@Eliza
That really irks me.It’s the artist who does all the hard work & they get so little for it in return.
YAY =D happy~
“In the publishing industry this is an exceptional and shocking situation that is experienced for the first time only after Harry Potter.” there is a proud fangirl here <3333
Yeah, me too..
jyj really a phenomenon in korea..they keep create new record..jyj jjang..
then whose the 1st??harry potter??
“The actual sales of #JYJ “Their Rooms” is estimated more than 150,000 copies. It was published as a form of book. But in the last minutes, some music shops n internet shopping malls gave the notice that their sales would be counted as music records n reflect to the Hanteo Chart while not counted as a book sales. Some fans decided to buy the essay from those shop.” cr: JYJJunkie from twitter~
Exactly, that is how I purchased mine, through YesAsia. So, it’s a matter of adding both kinds of sales. Selling as that many books for a first time effort, is not shabby at all.
JYJ effect absolutly really…… really awesome
hmmm…….for the first book i think it get Jae effect 🙂
Jaejoong recommended the #1 book..
I think part of wisdom came from the fact that he spend his spare time reading books or watching movies.. and he try his best to observe and learn from them.. it reminds me a lot that if you want to be great you have to invest feeding your mind .. but the lazy me fights back.. ahahhaha
me too >.<
Love the tweet.
ahhh… the first book looks like a good read… and grats to the boys for making it #2 ^_^
That’s great! 🙂
More comment, more praise, more success for JYJ. Amazing. With each new day, some new accomplishment.
JYJ! Fighting!
JYJ effect.
Woot woot!
jyj jjang!!!