11.   But the Amazon view is that publishing executives have to face certain facts.

12.   But there are a lot of people out there, publishing executives say, who have unique passions and less and less time to pursue them.

13.   But this case is unusual, many publishing executives said, because they had never heard of a company that bought a book and then drastically changed its content.

14.   But whether the personal enthusiasm of foreign publishing executives translates into actual money remains to be seen.

15.   Eric Jurecki, a publishing executive, said his father, to whom he had not spoken in five years, called him from France.

16.   Even so, publishing executives say Buzz achieved some measure of success because the largest markets typically only support one glossy general-interest city publication.

17.   Fans of the stores, including publishing executives, say they have brought a breath of fresh air.

18.   Franklin S. Forsberg, a publishing executive and former ambassador to Sweden, died last Friday in Greenwich, Conn.

19.   Ganzi indicated the company would be recruiting a senior book publishing executive to head Morrow and Avon.

20.   Having worked as a magazine publishing executive before the war, he returned to the field once back in New York.