1.   His publisher says his death is a great waste.

2.   Although no numbers were available, publishers say the books about the riots are doing quite well.

3.   Although Hughes has declined to give interviews, his publisher said he wants to close what has surely been an almost unbearably painful chapter in his life.

4.   And a publisher says she changed her story about the Clinton encounter?

5.   And the publisher said the price would be the same without the chapter.

6.   And the publishers say they plan to start Girl Mode, for teen-agers, in August.

7.   Bibles are still on the bestseller list but the New International Version of the Bible has eclipsed the venerable King James Version as the best-selling translation, publishers said.

8.   Book publishers say it is exactly this kind of fad-chasing that is playing into the growth of treasured book characters.

9.   A New York publisher says Monica Lewinsky treated her stained dress like a trophy.

10.   Both publishers said that only a handful of people at either house had been given a peek of the text itself.