Publishers, naturally, loathe used books and have developed strategies to depress the secondhand market. They bring out new, even more expensive editions of popular textbooks every three to four years, in a classic cycle of planned obsolescence.

  • -- James Surowiecki 索罗斯基

出版商自然厌恶二手书,并制定了打压二手市场的策略。每三到四年,他们就会推出新的、甚至更昂贵的流行教科书,这是一个经典的计划淘汰周期。

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I don't tend to do category fiction very well. One of my problems when I was starting off was that publishers were hesitant to handle my books because they were never sure what I was going to do next.

我不太擅长写分类小说。我刚开始写作时遇到的一个问题是,出版商不愿出版我的书,因为他们从来不知道我接下来要做什么。

I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly.

我看到的比以前多得多。其结果是使我沮丧、悲伤,使我受到极大的伤害。

The professionals are going to be joined by the average Joe. Everybody's a publisher.

专业人士将加入到普通人的行列。每个人的一个出版商。

Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down.

对我工作的描述使我沮丧。它们让我感到压抑。