There are times when the book suffers from excessive authorial control.
该书曾几次受到作者过多的限制。
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Title pages were generally prepared last in the publication process, often without full authorial assent, and in the last-minute rush to press, mistakes were frequently made.
标题页通常是在出版过程的最后准备的，常常没有得到作者的完全同意，并在最后一分钟赶着出版时常常出错。
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You almost never catch a whiff of authorial self-consciousness.