来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第1集 第1集》

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  and Harper Brothers sent the page proofs
  海伯兄弟把样书
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  out to various writers for blurbs
  发给许多作家让他们写书评
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  and also sent it to the Book of the Month Club
  也发给 "每月一书"书友会
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  Editorial Board.
  的编委会
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  The Book of the Month Club
  "每月一书"书友会
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  was a mail-order book club that started in 1926,
  是一个创立于一九二六年的邮购书友会
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  and it became an incredibly
  是图书销售界的
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  powerful engine for selling books,
  强大引擘
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  just as Oprah's Book Club is today.
  正如今天的奥普拉书友会
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  In 1926, it had about 4700 members.
  一九二六年时 它拥有四千七百名会员
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  Just three years later it had 110,000 members:
  仅过了三年 它的会员便增长至十一万
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  110,000 subscribers in 1929.
  一九二九年的订阅人数为十一万