according to npd bookscan, prince bookscan sales were up over three percent for the week ending september 25 . book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news and you can also watch all our past programs anytime at booktv.org. >> next on "after words", journalist lizzie johnson looks at the root causes of california's 2018 campfire, the deadliest us wildfire in a century. she'sinterviewed by carrie baker, society of american forrester's ceo . "after words" is a weekly interview program with relevant guests host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work . >> thank you for joining us. it's a great discussion about your book "paradise: one town's struggle to survive an american wildfire" . and we're really grateful for the opportunity to speak with you and speak in some ways on behalf of 9000+ members of firefighting to get some of your insights. i have to sayi enjoyed the book

according to npd bookscan, print book sales were up close to 3% last week. they are up almost 11% to date. joining us now to offer her thoughts on the current state of publishing is long time regnery president and publisher margie ross. when did you leave regnery and what are you doing these days? >> guest: thanks for asking, peter. i left, i stepped down in january of 2020 and moved to the country in central virginia and started my own little book publishing consulting business. >> host: what kind of authors are you working with; are you working with publishers? >> guest: i'm working with both. actually i'm working with publishers and authors. it's a lot of fun. i get to spend more time doing the part of book publishing that i really love, which is helping authors make sure their books are impactful and interesting and relevant and compelling and well positioned for their brand and i get to spend all my time working with publishers and authors on developing great books. >> host: your years at regnery, who were some of the authors that you published? >> gues

paperbacks and hardbacks were sold in the uk in 2020, according to industry figures from nielsen bookscanhere are fears books could be the latest commodity to join the supply chain crisis as a global paper shortage could see retailers running out of stock. so what's the next chapter looking like for the global publishing industry? joining me now is bodour al qasimi, president, international publishers association joining us live from frankfurt because you are going to the book fair later. tell us. is there a paper crisis in the offing? hello, everyone, it is lovely to be back at frankfurt and as you know, last year the frankfurt fair was cancelled in its physical format, frankfurt fair was cancelled in its physicalformat, we had to go virtual. so it is really wonderful to be back here in frankfurt and meeting colleagues from around the world. as you know, the frankfurt fair is one of the oldest book fairs and the largest book fairs in the world. it is really an important verbal stage for current debates and discussions about publishing trends but also about social and political trends. as

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and according to npd bookscan nonfiction prince book sales rose 2 percent for the week ending october 9. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. you can also watch all our past programs anytime at book tv .org. >> now on book tvs author interview program. democratic california congressman adam schiff flex on the trunk presidency and his role in the former president's first impeachment trial and shares his views on threats against american democracy . he's interviewed by ap chief congressional correspondent lisa mosquera. it's a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing nonfiction authors about their latest work . >> let's open this big book i thought perhaps you could read us a little bit about from the opening pages. there's the first chapter in "midnight in washington: how we almost lost our democracy and still could" where you talk about your experiencesat the capital on january 6 . the chapter is called the insurrection and there was a part i thought you could start us off with. it's sort of right after the folks who were loyal to

and according to npd bookscan pre-book sales were down for three and half% for the week.k tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. and you can also watch all of our past programs any time @booktv.org. you are watching book tv. for complete schedule visit booktv.org. also following behind the scenes on social media @booktv on twitter, instagram and facebook. >> good evening. thank you for tuning in. on behalf of all of us at the locally based, independently owned bookstore, books and books in florida and in partnership with florida international university cuban research institute, and with the support of the university of miami cuban heritage collection, it is my pleasure to welcome you to a virtual evening with ada ferrer and conversation anna menenz

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and according to npd bookscan nonfiction prince book sales rose 2 percent for the week ending october 9. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. you can also watch all our past programs anytime at book tv .org. >> now on book tvs author interview program. democratic california congressman adam schiff flex on the trunk presidency and his role in the former president's first impeachment trial and shares his views on threats against american democracy . he's interviewed by ap chief congressional correspondent lisa mosquera. it's a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing nonfiction authors about their latest work . >> let's open this big book i thought perhaps you could read us a little bit about from the opening pages. there's the first chapter in "midnight in washington: how we almost lost our democracy and still could" where you talk about your experiencesat the capital on january 6 . the chapter is called the insurrection and there was a part i thought you could start us off with. it's sort of right after the folks who were loyal to

according to bookscan print book sales were down over three and half percent for the week in september 18. book tv will continue to bring new programs and publishing news and you can watch all of our past programs anytime at the-- at book tv.org. host: we are back live with roxanne dunbar-ortiz whose most recent book is "not 'a nation of immigrants". federal colonialism, white supremacy and a history of eraser and exclusion. back to your phone calls, let's hear from barbara-from massachusetts. caller: hello. i come to this phone call via hbo stunning documentary, exterminate all the groups about the history of eurocentric colonialism and genocide and doctor ortiz book is sitting in my lab here. taken out of the library on martha's vineyard where they still live in children and defendants to go to school with my grandchildren. i really want to remote exterminate all the brutes as i know doctor abel ortiz will tell us more about it. if you go to amazon.com they are selling all three books that are the historical backstops for this documentary which is four hours on hbo. you are listening