and in order to rouse the community over injustice expresses the highest respect for the law. i now believe you read this in the middle of a proceeding with you know, believe your client has contributed to whistleblowing. the thing about his personality works and will go very far. that you cannot make us a crazy day defense where you should not be charged but i do believe he did have mental health issues which

is not surprising. men and women who are joining the military because they what do go to college and have a future that he has issues with his family and coming back to find a job and a future he could be satisfied with. and he got no more stability year felt no more as a person. knout in an organization that made him hate his sexual orientation or

somebody who is transgendered. that is not the place with federal health issues. nobody has time for that. but to launch operations a don't have time for sensitive issues even the superior officer that he had to get his hand out of his agenda -- vagina and quit

being a pussy but he leaked information because the government commits to secrecy. this soldier was crazy and never should have been in the military and the first place. maybe grappling with the issues lonesome thain negative scene. >> were there any other comments? any of their comments on wikileaks? >> following on what i said

the navy's elite secret documents during the cold war. contraction of wikileaks and youtube had a spinoff in terms of this and related issues. once the toothpaste is out to bid is hard to get it then. there is multiple sources of in formation but shall we say stop promoting you could never unearned it again.

>> a final summation? >> one more quick comment. >> it is important the public realizes how the military embraces many soldiers and veterans support -- support brad the manning as a good soldier when the iraq veterans to zero or three of them them, powerful statement mentioned bradley manning. transgendered or tender expression why can't it to the john wayne? i think it is a diversion for the we should stop.

i say that respectfully 10. but we get distracted. he is a whistle-blower and a hero. >> we have copies of the book in the back. $15. may have three more sessions. spread the word. we hope you can come out. thank you to chase madar, kevin gosztola, ed mark doten and ted hearne. [applause] and also to c-span for filming this.

>> from time to time we like to invite the news director to give us an update on the business of books. start with the google settlement. >> the best way to look at that current data we go back right back where we started seven months ago. the judge agreed the authors guild had standing for a

class-action suit. the dead left and was appealed -- promoted to the appeals court but he decided the original settlement was not good. everybody had to start over ap decided to file it differently. their rumors of separate settlement now they say it will keep chugging along and it is possible moving to a trial date of december but we still don't know. >>host: who will this

affect and how? will consumers add cheaper access it? >> has also have been big school is less of a player because the book scanning of the two piracy but two years before the amazon released anything another is the candle and of -- amazon kindle nook it is now more multilayer than before. what google had done this partnered with independent booksellers but now gold gets out of that.

now it is everything from the entertainment standpoint sell now lourdes -- the delete even if the judge decides there will be a ruling, it may not matter as it would have before. >> what consumers start to consider books free like music and movies? >> that is interesting. a big development is a number of publishers are experimenting with a new method wind evokes are produced and sold to

retailers they do not want you to give it away some make said digital files that make that almost impossible to copy. but if you just one to transfer the one you legally own from one device to another you cannot do it which makes it more difficult for the consumer that says i bought the book i want to read it to find anything i own and i cannot because of digital right management restrictions. macmillan owned books recently announced as of

july customers can buy books and do whatever they like per what . by once and read everywhere but to that is what publishers are experimenting with. just yesterday's a smaller are announced they will also make the kit e-book available they fear piracy but that it may not be the answer morris owe to create awareness and how they can buy them legally. j.k. rowling's harry potter books never sold digital rights to the main

publishers in the uk or the u.s.. last year she launched a multimedia platform and website that creates a larger world around the buck. it is the exclusive retailer for the harry potter e-book or go to your favorite on-line retailer they will be direct and buy it there and read it whenever site day choose. >>host: it appears to be a trend. >> everybody is waiting on everybody else to see if it works. if it is unaffected but i will expect to see more.

it may not be blanket to the because the science fiction oriented is a very good inference that to see nonfiction and/or literary fiction? >> the department of justice and apple? >> the department of justice has been making no waves they may look into it and obtain records. it started with the civil suit from seattle representative customers claim their theory came

together unilaterally we're before digital books were sold. with the agency model that means the retailer can not change that with a could discount however they please. said it was the downward pressure and amazon at the time was the dominant e-book retailer barnes & noble jumped on board so did other retailers to have a much

more and varied case. and the department of justice felt they had a case random house was not included because the irony is by breeding they are not involved legally. the department of justice sued and so did the state's and simon & schuster had settled. if approved by the court cannot use the agency model for the next few years or pass to be modified.

but bank when did not settle. they are still being sued. as a result the judge presiding over both has said in a filing she foreshadowed she would throw the book at the publishers of less they made of a good case it does not look good for them. but nothing will happen until all the department of justice's gets letters from the public. and readers saw the both sides of the issue. and done july 27th could

judge will hear of the settlement has standing and how to proceed. is said huge deal. so it says the publishers colluded. it is making feign stuffer the conference that featured executives that we cannot talk about e-book for department of justice. the flip side there are many collusion joke's on the internet. but publishers are fearful it the model goes away it could dictate further.

not just that amazon is a retailer but also a publisher. they give away a lot of galleys and have excitement around them. said it was the biggest trade show in america. >> and our evade the outliers? >> but it with the shareholders to have the time and resources to litigate millions of dollars to go on for years.

this makes the google settlement looks like child's play. >>host: teefourteteefourte en talking to others about the e-book and rare they fit with revenues. what percentage comes from e-book right now? >> with larger and midsize houses they are huge and growing revenue. when the aap released numbers i ain't members in february 92 point* 5 million and it was 26%. many were overall trade sales.

the numbers fluctuate. and the hunger games it is doing well. scholastic had to issue a separate press release after quarterly numbers to say guidance will be better because greater than anticipated sales of the hunger games books. another publisher is random house with of "50 shades of grey" trilogy and first published and e-books format at the time of former british television executive polled 250,000 with print on demand for the writer's

coffee shop. through word-of-mouth here is the power of a large publisher sokaiya inhofe gets all the rights to print the books and audio north carolina and u.k. and what happens the first six weeks it sold 10 million copies. that is unheard of. half was brent. brand sales are through the roof. the 50 shades three titles it is of phenomenon of davinci code level. of course, that was random house or double day. every time knopf has a

juggernaut the movie is out and the books are out from the there not talked about as much. now they have the "50 shades of grey" trilogy and that will make their year. >>host: how do describe the overall health of the publishing industry? >>guest: by and large all right. you have outliers like the hunger games and 50 shades trilogy that adds an extra level of sales and excitement. i can sense the added level of excitement lines out the

door and more crowded than i remember because but e-books sales are climbing. if that makes up 25% and they still grow, publishers have a lot to be excited about even from washington and. >>host:. >> even with publishing online? >> not that they don't have a lot to learn but that health issues that people still buy physical cds but it is not 100% digital.

we will see the mature hybrid business shakes out. will they pop bought at 30% or 50%? is it sean ref fiction? the carries what readers want to read on their device maybe different and%. but he is hybrid and if they should publish the book baja in the book first or bring it back so maybe there will be more it experiment with timing and form at -- format >>host: sarah weinman amazon change the publishing

world? >> absolutely. a retailer that can market directly to its customer. it keeps the customer in mind first. if there is a problem where the amazon kendall breaks something does not shipwright they answer their needs right away. the big publishing news out of amazon when they acquired digital rights to the james bond novels and i believe those will be beast in the next few weeks. penguin had the 10 year license that is up. now they wanted to try something different and

north america. so low these iconic books the is classic movies, so that the more exciting ways? people will pay close attention is amazon launches this fall galleys of books but not published until the fall. the book is nine amazon publishing. then it movies released so independent bookstores and brick and mortar retailers

could order print editions but what have been with barnes & noble have come out to there will not stop the titles they have the direct way of selling the books. it makes phoenix interesting with the sec and largest brick and mortar because they may not have the same access as their counterparts >> what about sara nelson? >> that was largely because

it looks like she will prayer they work on the website side perhaps changes the way the amazon editor's pick. so not directly involved with the book publishing arm the day hired the sara nelson to be the best cyrano said. she used to be editor at up zero pervez magazine and then "publishers weekly" before that. she was a champion of books and has the polls on what people are reading. that is why amazon brought to hurt and to be