Publishers were interested only in books that would sell fairly quickly in sufficient numbers to cover the costs of production and make a profit.

出版商感兴趣的，只是那些能快速达成销量、抵消生产成本并盈利的书。

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That's not just the things in your home—technology grows so quickly, new toys come out all the time, new books keep coming out.

那不仅仅是你家里的东西——技术发展如此迅速，新玩具不断涌现，新书也层出不穷。

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They claim the books helped them come up to speed on certain technologies very quickly.

他们声称这些书能够帮助他们非常快速地掌握某些技术。

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What ministers are dearly hoping is that the books will quickly be forgotten and they can get back to business as normal.

BBC: Books reveal cabinet warfare

Publishers might be able to determine when interest in a fiction series is flagging if readers who bought and finished the first two books quickly suddenly slow down or quit reading later books in the series.

WSJ: Your E-Book Is Reading You

Science-fiction, romance and crime-fiction fans often read more books more quickly than readers of literary fiction do, and finish most of the books they start.

WSJ: Your E-Book Is Reading You