Your publishers are taking care of you straight down the line.

People liked them and after a while a publisher took me to lunch.

Neither the author nor the publisher will take responsibility for your use of this book.

"My publisher is taking a very big chance with a book like this," she acknowledged.

In traditional publishing, both the author and the publisher take a risk.

A publisher took me on because they loved my manuscript; that's all there was to it.

"Oh, I guess the publisher will take care of it."

But the fact that they could be published at all (no American publisher has taken on the series) is significant.

Even commercial publishers have taken notice, releasing several books on the subject in recent years.

The publisher took all but 5 of the state's 41 state House districts.