followed in ensuring that all titles were going to make a profit.

而要依照的严格管理制度
That's a very different standard,

这是个很另类的标准
and it had a huge impact on what

对编辑与作者可以共事的
kind of latitude editors had

自由程度有着很大的影响
in working with writers who they

而那些作家恰恰是编辑认为
thought might be a little unusual or not so marketable.

与众不同的不被市场所接受的人
At the same time, agents began to have a role in the

同时代理商开始出版业
publishing business.

起到了一定的作用
In the 1950s,

19世纪50年代
when editors were encouraging literary writers directly,

编辑会直接怂恿那些有才华的作者
they had a much more collaborative relationship with writers.

他们和作者之间有着更加亲密的合作关系
But as profit became more important

但是随着盈利变得日益重要