1If you're heading for your nearest branch of Waterstones, the biggest book retailer in the UK, in search of the Duchess of Sussex's new children's book The Bench, you might have to be prepared to hunt around a bit; the same may be true of The President’s Daughter, the new thriller by Bill Clinton and James Patterson.
主干主语：you；谓语：might have to be prepared；宾语：to hunt around a bit（后半分句主语：the same；谓语：may be true）
结构If引导条件状语从句；Waterstones后the biggest...UK为同位语；in search of介词短语作目的状语。分号后the same may be true of...与前半并列，The President’s Daughter后the new thriller...为同位语，补充书名信息。
译文如果你正赶往最近的水石书店——英国最大的图书零售商——想找哈里王子妃的新童书《长椅》，可能得做好四处翻找的准备；克林顿与帕特森合写的新惊悚小说《总统的女儿》恐怕也一样。
考点同位语对专有名词作解释，阅读时可先跳过抓主干 · the same may be true of 表示前述情况同样适用于后者
2The trade magazine The Bookseller reported that Waterstones branch managers were being told to remove PRH books from prominent areas such as tables, display spaces and windows, and were “quietly retiring them to their relevant sections".
主干主语：The Bookseller；谓语：reported；宾语：that引导的从句（从句主语：managers；谓语：were being told...and were retiring）
结构that引导宾语从句；从句中were being told为被动进行，后接不定式to remove；and连接并列谓语were retiring。such as列举prominent areas。引号内为报道原话，retire此处为及物动词“撤下”。
译文行业杂志《书商》报道称，水石各分店经理被要求把企鹅兰登的书从桌面、陈列区和橱窗等显眼位置撤下，并“悄悄把它们退回各自所属的分类书架”。
考点被动进行 were being told to do 强调持续接到指令 · retire sth to 在此为行业用语，意为把书从主推位撤回分类区
3Big-name PRH authors may suffer a bit, but it's those mid-list authors, who normally rely on Waterstones staff's passion for promoting books by lesser-known writers, who will be praying for an end to the dispute.
主干前句主语：Big-name PRH authors；谓语：may suffer。后句强调结构：it is those mid-list authors who will be praying
结构but连接转折。后半为It is...who...强调句，被强调成分为those mid-list authors。中间who normally rely on...为非限制性定语从句，修饰mid-list authors；passion for promoting为介词+动名词。
译文企鹅兰登的大牌作家或许只会稍受影响，真正着急盼着争端结束的，是那些中腰部作者——他们平时全靠水石店员热衷推介名气较小的作家。
考点强调句 It is A who... 把真正受损对象提前突出 · mid-list authors 指非畅销也非新人的中间层作者
4It comes at a time when authors are already worried about the consequences of the proposed merger between PRH and another big publisher, Simon & Schuster—the reduction in the number of unaligned UK publishers is likely to lead to fewer bidding wars, lower advances, and more conformity in terms of what is published.
主干主语：It；谓语：comes；时间状语：at a time when...。破折号后主语：the reduction；谓语：is likely to lead to；宾语：fewer bidding wars等并列名词
结构when引导定语从句修饰time。consequences of后接proposed merger；Simon & Schuster为another big publisher的同位语。破折号后解释后果：reduction...is likely to lead to三项并列宾语；what is published为介词in terms of的宾语从句。
译文此事正赶上作者们本已忧心企鹅兰登与另一巨头西蒙舒斯特拟议合并的后果——英国独立出版社减少，很可能意味着竞价更少、预付金更低，出版内容也更趋同质。
考点破折号后对consequences作具体展开，阅读时当作结果说明 · unaligned publishers 指未并入大型集团的独立出版社
5We shall see whether that plurality is a casualty of the current need among publishers to be big enough to take on all-comers.
主干主语：We；谓语：shall see；宾语：whether引导的从句（从句主语：that plurality；谓语：is；表语：a casualty）
结构whether引导宾语从句。a casualty of...表示“……的牺牲品”。need后among publishers作后置定语；不定式to be big enough to take on all-comers修饰need，enough to表程度结果。
译文这种多元格局会不会成为当下出版商必须做大、足以抗衡各方的牺牲品，我们拭目以待。
考点casualty of 比喻“成为……的牺牲品/代价” · take on all-comers 习语，意为迎接任何挑战者、全面抗衡