"The only thing I can come up with is that publishers use this to take advantage of authors," she said.

A century ago publishers regularly used their news pages to make public appeals.

But people in the company said the publisher will also use today and tomorrow to install a security system.

Book publishers traditionally use any holiday they can as a vehicle to promote their books.

Other publishers have been using unusual marketing tools this year.

We - and most publishers - have used this approach successfully for many years.

Still, some publishers are using this summer to try to establish a few fresh male adventure writers.

Got a tip that this publisher is using underage models.

Or publishers may use developers to create software to meet a market need that the publisher has identified.

The new presidents will head the business side of the magazines, taking on the responsibilities that publishers used to have.