Japanese authors enjoy great prestige in their country. They protect their books like their own children, exerting considerable control and having the final say even with the foreign editions on matters running the whole gamut from book cover design to advertising, from website content to rear jacket promotional blurbs. This is in stark contrast to the situation in Europe and America, where authors typically stand back and let their agents handle all production.
在日本，作家地位崇高，對自己的作品更視若親生，即使是在海外發行的譯本也絕不輕忽，從書封、文宣、網站、書背上摘錄的文字等，所有細節都得經過層層上報，由作家點頭後才可印行，這和歐美作家全權委託給經紀人、鮮少過問編輯事務的作風截然不同。