Ladies and gentlemen,
A few of amongst you have the desire to read a novel that's not on Qidian International and so enter the forums to create a 'Novel Pickup Request' for said novel.
Before we start, I'd like to say a few things:
1) Please don't bother making a novel pickup request for a novel that's already being translated at a stable rate elsewhere, you'll only incur the wrath of other users.
2) Please ensure that the novel you wish Qidian International to translate has, in its original language, been published by Qidian. Qidian International, in the future, may have partnerships with Korean and Japanese publishers, allowing translations of their novels to be hosted here, but for now, they don't.
3) If the novel you request has been written by an author whose works are already being translated on Qidian International, there will probably be a higher chance that your novel will be noticed by higher-ups.
Now, how does one format their Novel Pickup Request? Frankly, putting the title of the novel of the as your thread title, then writing 'plz translate' won't cut it. You're trying to advertise your novel, remember.
Add a reason as to why Webnovel should pick it up. Give us the raw links as well, for proof that it is from Qidian. If the book has been previously translated, find the Novelupdates link and give us that as well. Include a synopsis, if you can. If you machine translate a synopsis, please edit it to make it readable. If the original synopsis tells us nothing about the actual novel, please give us an adequate synopsis, to let people know what the novel’s actually about. Not your typical ‘GOD ABOVE ALL; IMMORTAL DESECNDING; BLABLABLA’ synopsis. A status in the Country of Origin may be a good idea, telling us when the last chapter was uploaded. If you know of a better synopsis, please use that, I’ll show you an example:
Cultivation Chat Group
[Raw link]
https://book.qidian.com/info/3602691
[Novelupdates link]
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/cultivation-chat-group/
[Synopsis]
One day, Song Shuhang was suddenly added to a chat group with many seniors that suffered from chuuni disease. The people inside the group would call each other ‘Fellow Daoist’ and had all different kinds of titles: Palace Master, Cave Lord, True Monarch, Immortal Master, etc. And even the pet of the founder of the group that had run away from home was called ‘monster dog’. They would talk all day about pill refining, exploring ancient ruins, or share their experience on techniques.
However, after lurking inside the group for a while, he discovered that not all was what it seemed…
[Reason]
I really like this novel because it deviates away from the typical cultivation novel. The characters are written to become more than 1 dimensional characters, with lives of their own. The setting is familiar yet new, allowing a reader to sink into a world of unexpected twists.
[Status in COO]
‘Today at 03:28’
You can find the raw link and the status in COO on the Qidian website.
I made a post on how to make a basic novel pickup request here. To those who can’t view Imgur images, sorry, I wasn’t aware that Imgur was an issue back then.
I hope that helped. Thanks for reading!