The paperback rights were sold for 400,000 dollars.

平装书的版权以40万美元的价格售出。

“The paperback rights to Carrie went to Signet Books for four hundred thousand dollars.”

“《魔女嘉丽》的简装本版权卖给了Signet出版社，价钱是四十万美元。”

Five hundred pounds and half the paperback rights is a pretty solid crutch, she said.

“五百英镑和平装本一半的版权，这可是相当可观的副业。”她说。

She said, They are giving me an advance of five hundred pounds, and they've sold the paperback rights already.

女孩说他们要预付我五百英镑的稿费，而且他们已经把平装本的版权卖掉了。”

I'd read that Mario Puzo had just scored a huge advance for paperback rights to The Godfather—four hundred thousand dollars according to the newspaper—but I didn't believe Carrie would fetch anything near that, assuming it sold to paperback at all.

我曾经读到过报道，说马里奥·普佐卖《教父》的简装本版权得了一大笔预付金——据报纸上说是四十万美元——可我觉得《魔女嘉丽》的简装本版权即便是卖出去，价钱也远远到不了那么高。