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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 211
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
Bok was waiting to see one of the members of a publishing firm when a well-known English publisher, visiting in America, was being escorted out of the office, the conversation continuing as the two gentlemen walked through the outer rooms. "My chief reason," said the English publisher, as he stopped at the end of the outer office where Bok was sitting, "for hesitating at all about taking an English set of plates of the novel you speak of is because it is of anonymous authorship, a custom of writing which has grown out of all decent proportions in your country since the issue of that stupid book, The Breadwinners."
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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 211 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
英国出版商抱怨美国匿名出版的风气太盛,还点名说这坏头是《面包赢家》开的。他犹豫要不要用那套英文版画,就因为作者没署名。匿名本身不是坏事,但一旦成了惯例,读者和合作方就没法判断书的分量,交易也跟着卡住。放到今天,署名或标明出处,是给读者和伙伴一个判断依据;想省事不署名,短期少麻烦,长期却让人不敢放心合作。
上下文
出自博克回忆录,记录他在出版公司等候时,听到一位来访的英国出版商谈论美国匿名出书的风气。
今日一问
你手头有没有因为没署名或没标出处,让别人不敢放心合作的事?
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