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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After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year.

一位作家去世一段时间后，他的出版商每年都很难从他那里得到一本新书。

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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。

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Textbook publishers don't even bother to advertise at their conventions.

教科书出版商甚至懒得在他们的大会上做广告。

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