编辑和作者的关系似乎有两类：一是编辑和作者的联络，二是编辑对稿件的态度。在美国，就编辑和作者的联络而论，有直接的和先间接后直接的两种。直接的当然就是作者不通过任何中间人把稿件寄给出版社。美国虽然有几千家出版社，但每一家每年都会收到大量直接寄来的稿件，从而 There seem to be two types of relationship between the editor and the author: one is the contact between the editor and the author; the other is the editor’s attitude towards the manuscript. In the United States, there are two types of direct and indirect first: indirect and indirect. Directly, of course, the author does not send the manuscript to the publisher through any intermediary. Although there are thousands of publishers in the United States, each receives a large number of manuscripts sent directly each year