It's used more and more frequently now in journalism, and even by publishing people who ought to know better. (accrispin.blogspot.ru)
I lost years of popular television shows, because, like most traditionally published people, it took between 8 - 9 years for my first manuscript to sell. (rmfw.org)
These are the types of rude ignorant comments that keep other publishing people off these blogs. (jakonrath.blogspot.ru)