11.   Many of those small publishers and large houses from New York stocked the vast convention center here with books, hoping to appeal to independent booksellers.

12.   Perhaps the role of the small publisher is to discover and create careers, particularly those of fiction writers.

13.   Richter said the company also hoped to spot regionally popular books from small publishers and to acquire the rights.

14.   Since then, with a staff of five people, Ms. Boyars has continued on, a small independent publisher struggling to keep afloat financially.

15.   Small publishers in particular have had difficulty reprinting fast-selling books.

16.   Small publishers such as Summit in Fort Worth could be hurt in a big way by the United Parcel Service strike.

17.   Small publishers like Lava Mind with niche titles like Gazillionaire have been all but squeezed out of retail stores.

18.   Small publishers, who are trying desperately to gain their share of attention for literary fiction and serious nonfiction, also have doubts.

19.   Small publishers were angered by the plans.

20.   So what a pleasant surprise to find a small publisher in Lodi, Wis., developing strategic war games for the Mac.