Le Guin's progress to increasingly prestigious publishers has paralleled (or has been paralleled by) increasing commercial and critical success.

Media stories angled the book's backstory as a "phenomenon," particularly because it was purchased by a prestigious publisher at such a high price for a first time novelist.

Again, a prestigious publisher named Daniel comes into town, and is marvelled at the exotic beauty of Maria Celeste.

Two years later, at only 23, he took over the house and, with family money and an eye for spotting unrecognized talent, turned it into one of France's most prestigious publishers.

It eventually grew into the largest and most prestigious publisher in East Germany.

The book was published two years later by Kairali Mudralayam, a sister concern of D C Books, one of the most prestigious publishers in Kerala.

Despite their street credibility, several of them have been snapped up by Britain's most prestigious publisher, Jonathan Cape.

It has awakened the interest of outsiders, including the construction giant Bouygues, which is eager to acquire a stake in the prestigious publisher.

King also wanted to move to a more literary and prestigious publisher.

Mr. Ellis's agent, who is also my own, found another prestigious publisher in a nanosecond, and there's betting that the book will sell on controversy alone.