fwiw, I'd use a character style for citation elements such as book titles … not just a local override ;-}

Good point. It may not help in this case, though, unless editors of the document have used character styles consistently. :-)

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Stefan Blom
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Working in a structured environment, I would automatically use a <cite> element for a book-title: a character style seems like a reasonable alternative, though not something I would presume to remind an MVP about :-}