A publisher had called to offer him a book deal.
My friend and publisher called me: this, she said, must be the moment for your Cairo book.
British and American publishers regularly call on one another to buy or sell books.
The American publisher calls it a novel, the author does not.
The publisher calls them "the people who work hard and want to play hard."
The publisher called him and asked him if he wanted to write a book.
When the first publisher called we went out and bought a bottle of champagne.
The publisher calls it the first reference work of its kind.
The publisher calls the book "a work of fiction," but in no real sense can it be considered a novel.
It's not a book in the traditional sense, but rather what publishers call a feat of "paper engineering."