Who needs a publisher? Bob Young, CEO of print-on-demand service Lulu, com,

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问题 Who needs a publisher? Bob Young, CEO of print-on-demand service Lulu, com, says that the publishing and【C1】______of books online will not be the old book industry on a new【C2】______It will be a new industry, 【C3】______not on bestsellers but on niche【C4】______Maybe Grisham isn’t a Lulu customer【C5】______, but writer John Edgar Wideman is. Wideman’s latest【C6】______of short stories, Briefs, came out from Lulu this spring. In a traditional paperback publishing【C7】______, the author keeps a mere 8 to 9 percent of【C8】______. Under most self-publishing agreements, authors keep 70 to 80 percent of their profits,【C9】______the remaining cut going to their distributor. "It’s a(n)【C10】______playing field for the first time.," says J. A. Konrath, a thriller author who plans to【C11】______all his future novels as self-published Kindle books. "The【C12】______have become who they should have been【C13】______: the readers. "
Konrath began self-publishing e-books in April 2009. He quickly realized that by【C14】______the middleman, he was making as much money on a single $ 2. 99 e-book【C15】______he would on a $ 25 hardcover. "I started to be able to pay my【C16】______on e-book money, then pay my bills on e-book money," Konrath says. Konrath【C17】______his strong sales on Amazon to user-generated【C18】______and reviews on message boards,【C19】______to the low price of his e-books. "Three dollars is a cup of coffee," Konrath says. "Wouldn’t you rather have eight hours of【C20】______from a book?" [br] 【C12】

选项 A、gatekeepers
B、purchasers
C、counterparts
D、landlords

答案 A

解析词义辨析题。gatekeeper守门员；purchaser购物者；counterpart对方；landlord地主。

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