Chicago, we're told, is the "city of big readers." It's also a city of big books. Big novels from Bellow, big poems from Brooks. Big atlases from Rand McNally. Big encyclopedias from World Book.
Chicago is also the city of clout. It's not what you know, it's who you know. Back-alley deals and patronage. Ghost-payrolls and bribery.
Big readers, big clout. Just how important is clout in publishing? Do the words celebrity bio mean anything to you? Clout, or as it's variously known, sway, suck, pull - makes the difference between getting your phone calls returned and an infinite voicemail loop.
Here's the clout queens and kings of Chicago's publishing world.
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