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Duties: Book airline travel for author tour.

Find out author will only travel on certain airlines. Cancel booked ticket and pay higher price for new ticket on an author approved airline.

Arrange for meals for author while she's on the road.

Find out that author is vegetarian, call everyone back to make sure vegetarian meals will be served.

Attempt to politely explain to author why she got booked on "Good Morning Lodi" instead of "Good Morning America."

Spend hours digging up old press clips on an author for publisher. Find out that publisher doesn't need to see clips after all.

Call book reviewers to ask if they have received a review copy of author's new book.
("Did you send a copy?"
"Well yes, I did."
"Then I received it."
Click.)

Call radio and television producers. Leave messages. Kiss ass. Call again. Kiss ass. Call again. Kiss ass (especially the television producers). Continue to call producers until ass kissing leads to bookings. Then kiss some more ass.

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