Everyone’s relationship with their editor is different. You get to know your editor, because you work most closely with them, and in many publishing houses, if you have the opportunity to promote your book, you’re going to get to know a publicist. It might be a publicist who actually works at the publishing house, or it might be a publicist who was hired to work specifically for your book. You may also develop a relationship with the person who sends you reviews or the person who helps book a tour across the United States for you. You will probably not get to know many people in the sales department. Their job is to be out there selling the book, but if they have a big investment in you and want you to do something—such as polishing up on your interviewing skills or learning how to be mediagenic—you’ll get to know them too. You won’t necessarily get to know your rights person off the bat, but if a deal is coming through, then any self-respecting rights person I know is going to talk to the editor about the deal and ask whether they should be in touch with you directly. So, you may very well wind up working with your rights person, and at the least, you’re going