But, say book publicists, its influence is such that critics and editors across the country regularly follow its lead.

Ms. Schneider, a book publicist by day, also makes tissue holders from kimono silk ($15).

Wente was "hired right out of university to be a book publicist" (p 20).

She has three older sisters, Katherine (a book publicist), Elizabeth and Marie Beitner.

Three of us were writers; the fourth was a book publicist.

The novelist Timothy Schaffert lived in Brooklyn in the '90s, working as a book publicist.

When book publicists try to dress up their product in designer clothes, they reach for the verb "meets."

He had previously bounced through nine jobs after college, including stints as a dictaphone salesman, book publicist, corporate headhunter, novelist and advertising copywriter.

My host is Prof. Peter Singer, often called - and not just by his book publicist - the most influential philosopher of our time.

He turns to Candice Chaplin, 26, a book publicist.