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With the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. expected to pursue antitrust action against Amazon’s monopolistic bookselling practices, authors Jen Sookfong Lee and Anakana Schofield talk about how the online retail empire has impacted the publishing industry and their own careers. Plus, Canadian translator Yilin Wang’s original translations of Chinese poetry were used by the British Museum in London in an exhibit without her permission or crediting her. She tells guest host Talia Schlanger about what her experience with the British Museum says about how the work of translators is valued.
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