And if dealing directly with big e-book sellers like Amazon proves successful, many writers may start to ask themselves whether they still need to sign up with traditional publishers at all.

如果直接和像卓越亚马逊这种大的电子书销售机构合作愉快的话，许多作者是否还会继续和传统的出版媒体签约会成为一个问题。

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Now it is a fashion for writers to sign books.

现在流行作者签名售书。

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But the writers didn't always bother to sign and date their works.

但是，作者们并不总是在他们的作品上签名和记下日期。

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These uncredited writers had to sign agreements never to admit their work.

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That's a sign that the malware writers may be an ongoing problem for the search engine.

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Writers should be certain of the language in any contract they sign, and have it checked first by an attorney.

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