1.   Her association with Feist has moved sales of her own books up several notches, and this will one to watch.

2.   She has now branched out from translating work into writing her own books.

3.   Haran writes her own books, and she writes social comedy with exposed nerve ends.

4.   Ms. Godoff will also continue to acquire and edit her own books.

5.   Of course, Winfrey, who understands well the powers of self-promotion, has never hesitated to plug her own books as well.

6.   Terry McMillan is a no-nonsense, plain-spoken soul who seems to have stepped directly from the pages of one of her own books.

7.   She founded the Hogarth Press with her husband, Leonard Woolf, and published most of her own books.