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E-Books re-write the publishing industry
電子書改寫傳統出版行業
Meet Taran Matharu, this 24-year-old Londoner is part of a new generation of young authors rewriting the traditional code of publishing by going on line to find their fan bases rather than in the library.
我們見到了Taran Matharu，這位24歲的倫敦年輕人，他是新一代作家之一，改寫了傳統的出版業模式，他們利用互聯網，而不是在圖書館里尋找自己的讀者群。
I always wanted to be an author ever since I was 9 years old. I wrote my first book when I was 9 actually. It was a dream of mine rather than something at all that can be a reality.
從9歲的時候開始我就夢想成為一名作家。實際上我9歲的時候就寫了第一本書。那時，那只是一個看上去不能實現的夢想而已。
For Matharu, that dream did turn into reality in 2013, thanks to the Canadian startup Wattpad, one of the numerous story-showing sites for the catapult to names like Fifty Shades of Grey EL James.
而2013年，Matharu的夢想成為現實。這多虧了加拿大新創企業Wattpad，是供寫手們發表自己的故事的諸多網站之一。
We have millions of writers sharing their works on Wattpad every day. Success means different things for different people. For most writers, on Wattpad, most important thing is the connection to the fan base. They can connect in common and interact directly with the fans.
Wattpad上每天有數百萬作者分享他們的作品。對不同的人來說，成功有著不同的意義。對大部分作者來說，在Wattpad上最重要的事情就是和書迷基地的聯系。他們可以經常聯系，直接和書迷互動。
With 40 million month-users, growing to 100 million free uploads, Wattpad says that its mission is to democratize the written world, --- increasing literacy and changing the way today’s millennial conceive that contents.
Wattpad已經從過去的每月4000萬用戶增長到1億次免費上傳，Wattpad稱它的任務是讓寫作界大眾化，增加文學性，改變千禧年一代構思故事的方式。
This all comes down to 3 things: mobile, social and civilized contact. As you know, mobile is a device you carry with you all the time. For Wattpad users, they have all the entertainment they love carrying with them wherever they are.
這一切都歸結為三點：手機，社交網絡和文明交往。你知道，手機是你隨時隨地都會攜帶的工具。對Wattpad用戶來說，無論身在何處，他們可以攜帶自己喜愛的任何娛樂方式。
And the numbers concerned that trend. According to PWC’s sales of Ebooks increase 25% in 2014 although the hardcopies shrank back by 2.5%.
而數字說明了這樣一種趨勢。根據PWC統計，2014年電子書銷量上漲了25%，而實體書銷量則縮減了2.5%。
The demon against Mula that is a misery.
這就像惡魔對抗穆拉的痛苦。
Also like Matharu, today’s self-publishing tools have afforded the best of those votes. His success on line has helped cling to a 3-part deal with a major publishing house. The first novel in his fantasy adventure series The Summer hits the show in May. He says it’s been translated so far into 10 languages with film rights also on the cards.
就像Matharu一樣，今天的個人出版工具提供了最佳投票方式。他在互聯網上獲得的成功使他與出版社簽訂了合約。他的歷險小說《夏季》登上五月份的暢銷小說榜。他說，目前，他的小說已經被翻譯成10種語言。電影拍攝權也正在協商中。
For me, Wattpad was my launch platform. It was how I built following how I wrote the book because as I was writing it, people were reading it and telling me what they thought. So was encouraging. And there was a lot of books set a start to our self-publishing books. And then publisher thought they were selling well. And they worked with the self-publish authors to get the book down into the stores, to improve the writing, improve the book.
對我來說，Wattpad是我的發展平臺。通過這個平臺，我知道我每天在努力寫作，知道讀者們正在閱讀，他們也會告訴我他們的想法。所以非常鼓舞人心。很多書都是從我們的平臺開始的。然后出版商認為能夠暢銷，就和作者們合作出版，讓實體書走入書店，讓寫作內容和整本書都得到改善。
Everyone dreams of being a published author. I think that’s the end goal for a lot of people. Even people who has been very successful self-publishing is official. It means that people who know that is talking about, have said this is good.
每個人都夢想成為出版作家。我認為，這是許多人的終極目標。即使曾經成功地在網絡上發表作品的作家也想實至名歸。這意味著讀者們對他的認可。
Which means the writing isn’t quite on the wool for the printed page. But traditional publishing is entering a new chapter.
這意味著寫作并不局限于白紙黑字。但是傳統出版業已經進入新的紀元。
CNN, London.
CNN，倫敦。
