And then one day, I was offered a publishing contract for my first book!

后来有一天，我得到了一份出版合约，要出版我的第一本书！

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But what excites her most is the offer of a publishing contract in India.

但是让她感到最兴奋的是印度发来的一个出版的合约。

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A book publisher who publishes a book shall conclude a publishing contract with, and pay remuneration to, the copyright owner.

图书出版者出版图书应当和著作权人订立出版合同，并支付报酬。

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Agents were impressed, but no publishing contract transpired.

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So far, this is a fairly typical story of an author having modest if not improbable success (the vast majority of authors who attempt to secure an agent or a publishing contract with even a small publisher fail).

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That contractual structure would probably look more like an agency contract than a publishing one, a percentage of all revenues from the book.

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