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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 479
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
With an editor ever alive to the new message, the new note, the fresh way of saying a thing, the new angle on a current subject, whether in article or story--since fiction is really to-day only a reflection of modern thought--the foolish notion that an editor must be approached through "influence," by a letter of introduction from some friend or other author, falls of itself. There is no more powerful lever to open the modern magazine door than a postage-stamp on an envelope containing a manuscript that says something. No influence is needed to bring that manuscript to the editor's desk or to his attention. That he will receive it the sender need not for a moment doubt; his mail is too closely scanned for that very envelope.
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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位：Additional excerpt 479 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
只要编辑始终关注新信息、新腔调、新说法、新角度，那么“必须靠关系或介绍信才能上稿”的愚蠢想法就不攻自破。打开现代杂志大门最有力的杠杆，就是信封上贴一张邮票，里面装着有内容的稿子。不需要任何影响力，稿子就能到编辑桌上。编辑的邮件会被仔细翻看，就为找那个信封。所以投稿者不必纠结人脉，而应把稿子写得有真东西，然后直接寄出。
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博克鼓励年轻作者直接投稿，不要迷信“关系”。
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