>> host: joining us on both tv is sarah weinman who is the news editor for publishers marketplace to help us preview some of the fall 2013 bucks. sarah weinman what kind of grade would you give they prop coming up this ball of the book? >> guest: this years looking really strong and certainly looking over the nonfiction that is about to come out great as always there is a heavy political fence but i feel like it's especially important to remark on the plethora of looks that surround the upcoming 50th anniversary of the assassination of john f. kennedy

there are just so many books that are about to come out. it's a little hard to -- excuse me. it's a little bit hard to keep track frankly. >> host: which ones do you have your eye on? >> guest: first and foremost there is a new one coming up with james swanson. he had written a very popular best-selling book called manhunt which was about the assassination of abraham lincoln and now he returns with and of days, the assassination of john f. kennedy and it will be out around the 12th of november. there is also from a different vantage point this is sort of a counterfactual. you have jeff greenfield who will be publishing its kennedy lived the first and second terms of jfk and alternate history. he is done alternate histories before with much success and it will be interesting to see what he posits whether jfk had lived. >> host: sarah weinman putting

jfk on the cover of the book is that a good marketing tool? >> guest: i think it remains to be seen. it certainly can't hurt. it's certainly a very recognizable image and certainly because there is there is a strong tie-in and people are already reflecting on history and its a very interesting and politically volatile volatile time at the palm and certainly his face on the cover will produce a lot of interest. >> host: i also wanted to ask you about a couple of new history books coming out by sumwalt not historians. margaret macmillan on world war i and doris kearns goodwin has a new book out. >> guest: let's start with the margaret macmillan. when she first came to serious acclaim with paris 1919 and now with the war that ended peacefully road to 1914 which comes out september 29 this time she will present a history of europe from 1900 to the beginning of world war i which again so much happened at that

very pivotal time and it will be interesting to see what lives macmillan how she portrays it and what new nuggets she comes up with and how she will put it into proper context. with doris kearns goodwin it's almost as if she's something of a brand name with respect to history so this time she is going to come out with a bully pulpit theodore roosevelt, william howard taft in the golden age of heroism. >> host: is this her first book sense -- >> guest: i don't believe so but certainly it's the one that is a reticular significance. of course team of rivals is back in the public consciousness because of the recent film adaptation by steven spielberg and lincoln which was nominated for a number of oscars last year. klesko. >> host: and other historian

very popular bill bryson. >> guest: yes. he's going to be coming out with his unique blend of history and personal recollections with one summer america 1927 which looks at that one year the one country and looks at it from a number of different vantage points. ricin is i such a joy to read some no doubt this will be no different. >> host: sub five is there a trend towards taking a year in writing a book about it? one of the jfk books as dallas 1963. there is another new book out 1941. >> guest: i think it's not necessarinecessarily even so much a year but just looking at a very specific time. sometimes it can even be one day. i believe there's a book coming out that the "washington post" feature writer gene weingartner and it won't be a for a while. this will be looking out one day and one year history and i think it's because looking at something that such a micro

level allows for greater extrapolation at the macro level. you can look at the larger swath of history by zeroing in and seeing how a smaller amount of time can inform that larger period. >> host: another stern with a new book out this fall simon winchester. >> guest: yes indeed and again simon winchester, he is excellent at finding periods of time that we think we know something about but actually we don't know nearly as much as we think. this time he is a book coming out on the 15th of october called the man who united the state's, americus explores inventors -- and the creation of a creation of one nation so just like he did with previous books i am sure that he will synthesize and really blend history and it venture and all sorts of really interesting stuff.

>> host: jill lepore has a new book out as well. >> guest: that's right. with respect to jill lepore who again i have to admire her writing in "the new yorker." i always look forward to reading her. this time she's looking at gentian -- benjamin frankel's -- aside from raising 12 children she was a writer in her own right and as it turns out benjamin franklin correspond with her more than any other so there's this trove of correspondents that i'm sure lepore will be drawing upon and i have already heard very good advance word on this book and i have to say personally i'm interested in it because i want to know more about what jane franklin was like and who she was. >> host: jane lepore was a professor at harvard. stephen kinzer has a book coming out the brothers john foster dulles allen dulles in their secret world war.

>> guest: yes, that's right. that's certainly -- the dulles family is very important in american history. all we have to do is look at one of the key airports in washington d.c.. it will be interesting to see how he portrays them both as political figures but also as a family. >> host: pulitzer winner a scott berg's book wilson is already out and it's gotten very good reviews hasn't its? >> guest: yes indeed and not only has it received good reviews but the word came in that leonardo dicaprio's production company will be adapting it into a film and mr. dicaprio last seen as jay gatsby in the reinvention of "the great gatsby" may indeed star as the president woodrow wilson. >> host: sarah weinman have you ever followed a book from being written and published into a movie adaptation to see what that process is like?

>> guest: only i guess that the distance. i've certainly never been on a film set and i believe i'm going to end up misquoting the great writer james and came when someone asked him what he thought of his work except it for a film pointed to his bookcase and he said mike books are here on the shelves. in other words the book is a book in a film as a film and sometimes they mesh and sometimes they adaptation works out dutifully. sometimes a little bit less so where sometimes they become wholly different works of art that have to be appreciated on their own terms and especially with nonfiction. there can be such liberties taken with a film which of course is trying to present it in a way that will entertain mass audience. i think it's more instructive to see how it may be adapted and the writers delight in the fact that their work is being considered for adaptation. >> host: all through the fall

you appeal to see those new history books on booktv. you mentioned at the beginning of our interview that the season as with many seasons of the book starts political or has a strong political fence to it than i want to talk about some of the pundits who have new books coming out starting with ann coulter who is publishing again with regnery. >> guest: and culture has had an interesting publishing trajectory in the she started out more or less with regnery and she ended up with crown where she published a great many best-selling controversial books and then she ended up with portfolio and now she's back with regnery which is a publisher that really knows his conservative audience. i wonder whether that means that she has fallen out of favor with the masses or of her type of political commentary is only applicable to a certain niche

audience. we don't know. times change and fortunes rise and fall but one thing that is for certain is that ms. coulter will certainly generate controversy and will find ways to be talked about. >> host: joe scarborough. >> guest: joe scarborough as i'm sure your viewership knows is one of the hosts of morning joe. in this case he will be publishing it look in november and it's called the right path. it looks at from eisenhower to ronald reagan about how republicans were very adept at the political machine and how in his words they may be able to do so again. >> host: and the former vice presidential candidate sarah palin i think this is her third book isn't it? >> guest: yes it is. in this instance it published with an imprint called broadside books. it's still with her usual popular -- publisher harpercollins.

it has moved over to a different different -- conservative minded books. what's interesting about this particular book is that it has to do with christmas. it's called good tidingst y in n many republican viewpoints there is this quote war on christmas unquote and i believe ms. palin will posit how people can in the so-called war and how christmas can keep a strong fan to do point to the american public eye. >> host: sarah weinman these political pundits to their books sell well automatically ann coulter sarah palin joe scarborough? >> guest: what they are very adept at is building a very committed foundation a very strong audience. what will be a challenge for pundits on both sides of the political spectrum is whether they can reach a mass audience.

it's one thing to have a dedicated fan base but in order to consistently be part of this other pace you have to reach far beyond the usual fan base. as i already spoke about ms. coulter we have seen a little bit of a contraction. it may be just a a matter free defining what her core audience is and i think it's the same thing with the polarized presidential candidate sarah palin and to some degree with joe scarborough as well but any warning to any pundit is don't be too sure about who your audience is. they can change on a dime and it's important if you're not going to claim to reinvent yourself of these try to find new ways to reach new people whenever possible. >> host: well another "msnbc" commentator al sharpton has a book coming out this fall as well. i wanted to start by asking about his publisher. it's called cash money. are you familiar with that publisher? is that self-published? >> guest: i don't believe itself published but certainly

speaking generally about new publishers, we are seeing of new publishers papa. we also see lots of new imprints coming up and we also see certain celebrities get afforded their own imprints with very large publishing houses. while admittedly off the top of my head i can't tell you a whole lot about the content what i can say is that will enable reverend al sharpton his usual platform if not more so to talk about all the things he needs to talk about. in this instance it's his way of talking about a new defined leadership his reflections on life and what may be possible for him and america going forward. >> host: we can't conclude this section without talking about one more "msnbc" commentator and that is chris matthews and his latest book. it's a history book, isn't it?

>> guest: yes, i believe so. >> host: tip and the gipper when politics worked as the name of the book. >> guest: again as with all other pundits i'm sure chris matthews will find a way to talk about this on the air and i'm sure we'll find a way to generate lots of conversations both on the air and off the air. >> host: sarah weinman what is publishers marketplace? >> guest: publishers marketplace as an information resource for those in the publishing industry in the book trade and it produces publishers lunch which is a daily newsletter that goes out to more than 40,000 subscribers. the cover of the publishing industry is comprehensive way as it can possibly be. >> host: what is the best web site of people interested? >> guest: you can visit publishers marketplace.com and you can also see what i'm up to that player. my handle there is at sarah w and you can reach publishers marketplace that publishers

lunch. >> host: what nonfiction books are you looking forward to this fall? >> guest: and looking forward forward to several. what's interesting is that aside from the usual mix of politics and punditry i feel like this fall is really strong on books that talk about really important issues. for example one book that is just out now which i'm really looking forward to reading is there -- sherri think's five days of memorial and this is a book about what happened in the aftermath of hurricane katrina but looking specifically at health health health care and how people coped and what it was like to manage the disaster. another book that will be out in a few weeks which again has to do with health care care was katie butlers knocking on heavens door. butler who is a journalist for "new york times" magazine, she wrote a book in which she talks about two totally different ways in which older people and up

getting treated by the american health care system. in her father's instance he wasn't treated all that well and ended up dying without much in in the way of dignity at all. in her mother's case she had a more clear-cut choice and so i really feel this book offered a way forward that can be particularly enlightening and maybe perhaps -- maybe not inspiring but certainly encouraging to people that don't have to fall into despair. in addition i'm also looking forward to a number of different biographies. it's really strong interestingly enough with respect to biographies is for example brian j. jones has a biography coming out with jim henson who was the founder and creator of the muppets. there is also henry pushkin. he has a biography coming out on the tonight show host johnny carson. sam will send's biography on the

sam falls to the famous biographer and the charlie parker book which is just about to come out. victoria wilson will be publishing her long in the works biography of harbor stanwyck. in fact it's so long in the works that it's only falling one coming out this year. another biography that will be out in a few weeks time is the biography on duke ellington called duke. as you can see the biography season runs the gambit from entertainers to choreographers to people who have made their living -- >> host: you mentioned caylee caylee -- katie butlers knocking on heavens door. she is part of our live coverage with the seven festival of books we akin of october 12 and 13th in nashville. you can see or talk about her book live on booktv that weekend.

sarah weinman dick cheney has a book coming out this fall and it's not political. >> guest: it's not political but it's certainly very personal to him. it's called hard and american medical odyssey and he is written with jonathan reiner who happens to be his cardiologist. people should be well aware of dick cheney has had a history of serious heart problems. he has had several heart attacks. he has had several rushes with death so with this book talks about are his own experiences as well as the changes in treatment over the past four decades. >> host: he wrote it with this doctor jonathan reiner. do you know who he be going on tour? >> guest: that's a very good question. whether he does a national tour i think remains to be seen but it would not surprise me in the slightest in the

washingtwashingt on d.c. area. >> host: on the other side of the spectrum is the book coming out at bill ayers public enemy memoirs of a american dissident. >> guest: it's a follow-up to his 2009 memoirs fugitive fugitive days and recounts his life after emerging from hiding after going about his life after he had been involved with the underground and became a college professor. of course it became a note of controversy during president obama's 2008 campaign because he was seen to be linked with him even though those links were not necessarily strong enough to warrant further scrutiny and with respect to ayers, he's an interesting figure because yes he was involved with this underground fringe group but he is certainly managed to make something entirely different of his life. it will be interesting to read how this book is different from

fugitive days and also how it jumps off from that earlier book. >> host: the former mayor of a city. >> guest: that's right. i think that just published today in fact so this former mayor dinkins is 85 years old and and in his book the mayor's life he talks about what it was like to be in a very pivotal time in new york's history and of course it comes out just as new york city is at a very pivotal time as the city is about to elect its first new mayor in 12 years through it will be very interesting to see who will end up governing the city and what lessons that person may or may not learn from what maynard dinkins had to go through them. >> host: does that book have legs outside of newark city? >> guest: i think it remains to be seen but certainly i think anyone who is interested in political life and political office could take away a lot of good knowledge from reading this book.

>> host: david finkel won a pulitzer for his last book and he has a new one. he's a "washington post" reporter and editor as well. thank you for your service is his newest book. >> guest: that's right and it's the follow up to his 2010 book the good soldiers where he had embedded with the 216th infantry battalion during the surge in iraq. in this book he follows up with the members to see what happened to them after they deployed and after they came home. in light of the fact that the good soldiers did very well there is no doubt that his publisher will have high expectations for finkel's book and certainly it'll be interesting to see how the people that can cover the soldiers have they gone on with their lives after the iraq war? coast so i also wanted to ask you how did eric slusser go from fast food nation to nuclear

weapon? >> guest: he did have the book in between there but certainly it seems like a great leap. it certainly seems to me in this instance it was, in the control was something is deeply interested and want to know more about. how it turns out is the united states is a lot closer to nuclear problems than we ever really know. for example he reports on nuclear arsenals with a mishap that happened in damascus arkansas 1980 and shows us how close we really got to a disaster. >> host: sarah weinman who is eric prince? >> guest: the air france was the former ceo and chairman of blackwater. he founded it in 1997 and became something of a lightning rod because they were private contracting firm that became very instrumental post-9/11 and the war on terror going to iraq and afghanistan.

like water no longer exists however contractor certainly do and blackwater changed its name to xp. even though blackwater a not be around anymore certainly those companies that have come in the wake have learned a lot about what blackwater did and what they shouldn't have done and may or may not be applying those lessons properly and according to proper conventions. certainly prince will have a lot to say about founding this private military contracting firm but will he be contrite about anything? will he only talk about what he was supposed to be talking about remains to be seen but certainly from the newsworthiness standpoint this book will generate a lot of interest. >> host: that book publishers november 19 and it's entitled civilian warriors the inside story of blackwater, the unsung heroes of the war on terror.

sarah weinman a the book that is getting a bit of buzz and just published today as well is deborah spahr's the president of barnard college has come out with the new book. it's really kind of a biography. >> guest: yes, i believe that's the case. >> are you familiar with out one? >> i'm not as familiar as i would like to be i'm afraid that certainly

she reiterates her support for the public school system in this book. >> host: we are talking about the fall of 2013 but i want to ask you about to, 2014 titles. robert gates and hillary clinton. >> guest: the robert gates book was just recently announced and it will be out in january and it's called duties memoirs of the secretary of war. this will of course generate interest because gates was a cabinet member in both president bushes terms as well as

president obama's term so he will be looking at things from a bipartisan angle and certainly he's had a long and involved political career. in the case of hillary rodham clinton we don't know the title yet. we know her publisher will once again be simon & schuster which published her book living history so many years ago and it will be published on the first of gin. i think it's fair to say that whatever she will be writing about will be of great interest and will probably sell extremely well and will garner a whole lot of attention but as to whether it will solve that particular problem that is on many peoples minds which is will she run in 2016, i think it remains to be seen. >> host: we have been talking with sarah weinman here here here on booktv news editor at publishers marketplace. this has been a preview of some of the fall 2013 books coming out. >> we would like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback twitter.com/booktv.

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