11.   This season will see several fine literary debuts for which publishers paid handsome if not insane sums.

12.   Today, publishers pay millions for these books that are less likely to earn back their mega-advance.

13.   Wholesalers say they are losing money because publishers are paying too little for distribution of their magazines and that the retailers are demanding increasingly tougher terms.

14.   Amazon says it will still recommend titles whose publishers have not paid a fee.