fiction editor before becoming executive editor-in-chief of the random house where he worked with alice monroe and daniel silva to name a few. he also authored several books including a novel in a memoir. also in the news bookscan reports that they continued their strong year up 13% for the week ending october 24. adult nonfiction sales were up over 6% for the week in november is national model writing month according to a nonprofit organization that has been promoting the writing exercise for 21 years, the goal is to write up to 50000 words by the end of the month in hopes of producing a model, more information can be found on the website. but to be will bring you new programs and publishing news, you can watch all of our past programs anytime of booktv.org. >> now and c-span2 book tv, more television for serious readers. >> next on but tvs "after words", the wall street journal's gerald seib discusses how the conservative movement has evolved since the reagan era, he is interviewed by karen tolle multi, "after words" is a weekly interview program with relevant guest host interviewing top non