The story turns on whether broader changes in bookselling will stifle literature.

故事中最主要的话题是售书业的大变革是否会抑制文学。

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Gizmos such as these are the likeliest heroes of the next chapter of electronic bookselling.

像这样的小玩意儿最有可能成为电子书销售下一个篇章的主角。

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Bezos decided the bookselling market offered the best opportunity for his startup business.

贝索斯认为图书销售市场为他起步的事业提供了最好的机会。

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Bookselling giant Amazon.com is notoriously absent, as both an outlet and a form factor.

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The firm's founder Jeff Bezos has maintained that its core bookselling operation moved into profit last year.

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Bookselling, after all, is going to change more in the next six years than in the previous 200.

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