In fact, "The Fault in Our Stars" reached the No. 1 position on Amazon six months before it was published, when Green announced its title online.
The article, "Coronado High," appeared in GQ and Atavist, an online publisher, and was optioned even before it was published.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune turned off the comments function of its article on the mall's first black Santa before it was published based on past experience with trolls.
He cut the score before it was published.
The e-mail was already in English before it was published by the blog.
Dr Kaser read the chapter after it was reviewed but before it was published.
Long before it was published, it reached the coveted top spot on Amazon.com.
Before it was published, John Stewart, of the paper's book-development dept.
Climate-skeptic organizations assailed the new report as alarmist even before it was published.
"Paul vetted everything before it was published," she said, and Jeanie "has been so supportive".
He showed her relevant passages from his autobiography before it was published this month.
