. >> now joining us on booktv is michael cader who is the founder of a group called publishers lunch. start by telling us what that is. >> it's lots of things. publishers lunch is an e-mail newsletter that tells everyone in the book publishing business what's going on every day. we have a website that has databases and tools that all people here used to find out information they need, reported yes, fight each other, get business done. >> why that name? what's your background? >> the origin was lunchtime is were people in the publishing business exchange information with each other. so when the internet came along and we invaded this business and were trying to find the right metaphor for information exchange in a digital environment, lunch is the thing that stuck out. i came up with publishers lunch and people automatically new kind of what they're getting in the business before they even saw what was in the newsletter. i've been in the book business professionally my whole life iran a small publishing company of my own for 15 years to i work for whitma workmen publishing bn '80s when

. >> joining us on booktv is michael cader, founder of a group called publishers lunch. start by telling us what that is. >> lots of things, e-mail newsletter tells everyone in the publishing business what is going on every day. we have a web site at publishersmarketplace.com with databases and fools all the people use to find out the information they need, and get business done. >> what is your background? >> lunchtime is where people in the publishing business exchange information with each other. when the internet came along the invented this business and try to find the right metaphor for information and exchange in the digital environment, this stuck out. it was taken already. i came up with publishers lunch and people automatically knew what they were getting in the business before they saw what was in the newsletter. i have been in the book business my whole life so i ran a small publishing company for 15 years, worked for workman publishing in the 80s when i was a baby. is a great industry and i'm happy to be part of it even as times change and the media changes

simultaneously publishing for the adult version but we have a sample of the young adult version. >> host: michael cadercader, what are you excited about? >> guest: the key to finding things i like that we have all different stuff. authors that people know and love we have a great debut section and last year when of the first people to tell people about kevin powers book that went to be on one of the best recognized books in we have another 67 this year so it has a lot of everything with regular fiction in young adults working in some nonfiction. one thing that might to be fun for a few words was johnny carson longtime lawyer and confident -- confidante in the shadows of but carson called him his best friend may yet he has stories did insights into a man that every betty new so well but not all. >> host: publishers lunch lunch, but michael cader was cited as publishers marketplace. this is booktv on c-span2. >> host: i want to talk to you i find the topic matter is incredibly important with an important dialogue in the united states. the first question is what compelled you to write this book? particula