Conditional xml serialization

You should be able to use the ShouldSerialize* pattern:

public class Book
{
    [XmlAttribute] 
    public string Title {get;set;}

    public bool ShouldSerializeTitle() {
        return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Title);
    }

    [XmlAttribute]
    public string Description {get;set;}

    public bool ShouldSerializeDescription() {
        return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Description );
    }

    [XmlAttribute]
    public string Author {get;set;}

    public bool ShouldSerializeAuthor() {
        return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Author);
    }

    [XmlAttribute]
    public string Publisher {get;set;}

    public bool ShouldSerializePublisher() {
        return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Publisher);
    }
}