Behind annual Chinese Writers Rich List (2)

Who is the richest Chinese writer in 2012?

Publishing industry insiders said that the annual Writers Rich List can just entertain the public. Only writers themselves and related publishers know their royalties, and probably only 20 percent of the statistics used to compile the list is accurate.

A reader named Wu Yinghai said that all writers on the list earn a living by selling books, which means their incomes are above board, so why can't they be ranked? Moreover, behind these listed writers there are huge group of readers as support.

Professor Zhang Yiwu from Peking University said there is no need to halt the Writers Rich List. The use of such rankings as a reference may not be accurate, and of course the value of the writers' creation cannot be measured in monetary terms. But the list of richest writers reflects the market trends of the literary and reflects the popularity of a writer in the book market, which certainly have some significance for understanding market dynamics.

Zhang said that the list has reflected the adjustment and change in the structure of the literary market. The number of traditional writers who have influence on the market is less than 10, indicating a shrinking pure literature market. The inclusion of Guo Jingming and under his banner Di’an, Luoluo, and other youth literary writers in the list indicates that the network literature and youth literature have each taken equal portion of the literature world as traditional literature.

Market-oriented Internet writers

The Writers Rich List launched the ranking of Internet writers for the first time. According to the total income from royalties and related authorization generated by the works of these Internet writers during the five years period from 2007 to 2012, Tangjiasanshao tops the list with 33 million yuan income in five years. The oldest writer on the list is 40 years old, and the youngest only 23 years old.

Zhang Yiwu said that the Internet writers are totally market-oriented and rely solely on writing to earn money, which is harder than the situation of traditional writers who also receive wages from the Writer Association besides the reliance on writing for sustenance.

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