41.   Several other publishing executives made similar comments.

42.   So what does a young publishing executive who has turned the computer book industry on its ear do for an encore?

43.   So this is a gamble, but to some publishing executives, not nearly the gamble it seems to be.

44.   Steve Westerberg, a publishing executive with Conde Nast in New York, turned his bachelor party two years ago into a three-day sailing trip.

45.   Tensions had been increasing between Evans and Ms. Godoff about lines of authority involving the acquisition of books, according to several publishing executives.

46.   The explanations from publishing executives have not changed much.

47.   The issue of boomerang books is a sensitive topic for top publishing executives, who are loath to discuss losses publicly.

48.   The least concern may be foreign ownership, according to a wide range of agents and publishing executives.

49.   The problem in working on development of electronic services, Higgins told his fellow publishing executives, was the mind-set in the newsroom.

50.   The publishing executive played by Grant is something of a scoundrel, and the actor likes him all the better for it.