The global book industry is changing beyond all recognition. Just ask Vikram Seth, author of the bestseller A Suitable Boy, who this month was reported to have been asked by Penguin Random House to return his $1.7m advance for failing to deliver a manuscript. In September 2012 Penguin sued several of its writers over failures to deliver.
全球圖書行業已經變得面目全非。不妨問問暢銷書《合適郎君》(A Suitable Boy)的作者維克拉姆?塞斯(Vikram Seth)。據報道稱，由于未能按時交付手稿，企鵝蘭登書屋(Penguin Random House)本月已要求他退還170萬美元預付款。2012年9月，企鵝因同樣理由起訴了它的數名作者。
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