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1、Tenyearsago,asJeffBezos launched theKindleereaderinNewYork,hedeclaredthat“thebookissohighlyevolvedandsosuitedtoitstaskthatit’sveryhardtodisplace”.Amazon’sfounderwasright:thisspring,despitethedigital upheaval unleashed by theKindle,itwillopenabookstoreinManhattan.10年前,杰夫•贝索斯(JeffBezo
2、s)在纽约推出Kindle电子书阅读器的时候宣称,“图书经过高度的演变,非常适合阅读,它很难被取代”。这位亚马逊(Amazon)的创始人说得对:今年春季,它将会在曼哈顿开一家书店,尽管Kindle掀起了数字阅读风暴。Thereare signs ofthebook’srenaissanceallaround.Waterstones,theUKbookchain, returnedtoprofit lastyearaftersufferingsixyearsoflosses.SalesofprintbooksintheUSroseby3percent,while
3、thoseofebookshavefallen.Digitaltechnologyhasnotunleashedthesamerevolutioninpublishingthatithasformusic,televisionandnews;westillliketoreadbooks.如今到处都有图书复兴的迹象 [也可以翻译成动词]。英国连锁书店“水磨石”(Waterstones)在6年亏损后,去年恢复盈利。美国纸质图书销售增长3%,同时那些电子书的销售下降。数字技术没有推动出版业爆发音乐、电视和新闻领域的那种革命,我们仍然喜欢读书。Thebook’send
4、uringpopularityiswidely hailed asaheart-warmingtaleoftraditionalvaluestriumphingovercold,hardtechnology.Thisisnotthewholestory,however.Itcanequallybereadasthe narrative ofAmazon’sgrowth:ifyoucutprices,peoplebuymoreandifyouraiseprices,theybuyless.图书持续受欢迎,被普遍誉为温暖人心的传统价值故事胜过了冰冷的技术。然而,这
5、并非故事的全部。它同样可以被解读为亚马逊成长的故事:如果你降价,人们就会更多购买,如果你提价,他们就会减少购买。Customersenjoythe touchandfeel ofprintedbooks:Americansreadanaverageof12booksayear,andmostofthoseare physical.Buttheyalsopreferlowprices,anddonotlikethefactthatebooksarecomparativelyexpensive.TakeTheWhistler,JohnGrisham’snewblo
6、ckbuster,whichwassellingonAmazonthisweekfor$14.47inhardback and$14.99onKindle.顾客喜欢纸质书的触感:美国人平均每年阅读12本书,其中大部分是纸质书。但他们也青睐低价,不喜欢电子书相对昂贵的事实。以约翰•格里沙姆(JohnGrisham)的新畅销书《吹口哨的人》(TheWhistler)为例,它本周在亚马逊的精装本售价为14.47美元,而Kindle上的售价是14.99美元。Thatisthenewreality:ebooksfrompublisherssuchasPenguinRan
7、domHouseandHarperCollinsoftencostmorethanhardbacksaswellas paperbacks.MrBezos’seffortsadecadeagotopromotemassadoption oftheKindlebydiscountingbestsellersto$9.99andmakingebookscheaperthanbookshasfaded.Itisnowtheotherwayround:Amazon favoursprint.这是新的现实:企鹅兰登书屋(PenguinRandomHouse)和哈珀柯林斯
8、(HarperCollins)等出版商
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