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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 376
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
Mr. Frank Doubleday, having left the Scribners and started a publishing-house of his own, asked Bok to transfer to him the copyright and good will of Country Life--seeing that there was little chance for The Curtis Publishing Company to undertake its publication. Mr. Curtis was willing, but he knew that Bok had set his heart on the new magazine and left it for him to decide. The editor realized, as the Doubleday Company could take up the magazine at once, the unfairness of holding indefinitely the field against them by the publication of a mere copyright periodical. And so, with a feeling as if he were giving up his child to another father, Bok arranged that The Curtis Publishing Company should transfer to the Doubleday, Page Company all rights to the title and periodical of which the present beautiful publication Country Life is the outgrowth.
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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位：Additional excerpt 376 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
核心是：博克忍痛把《乡村生活》的版权和刊名转让给道布尔戴，因为对方能立刻接手，而自己公司暂时无法出版。道布尔戴离开斯克里布纳后自办出版社，请求转让。柯蒂斯愿意，但让博克决定。博克意识到，如果自己只靠一个版权期刊占着位置却不出版，对道布尔戴不公平。于是他像把孩子交给另一个父亲一样，安排公司把所有权利转给道布尔戴-佩奇公司，后来发展成今天美丽的《乡村生活》。可执行的做法是：当自己无法推进一个项目时，把它交给能做好的人，而不是占着不放。
上下文
博克在回忆录中讲述《乡村生活》杂志的转让经过，涉及柯蒂斯出版公司和道布尔戴出版社。
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