>> guest: hachette is a company that's made up of some publishers that have been around for a very long time. .. we have a children's book division and of christian division. we have nonfiction and audio versions of all of our books. perseus is a great group of imprints. >> what's the importance of having all of these? the wonderful thing about publishing is that it's often times done by people who have a

why not just call all of them hachette book? one one of the things about publishing is that it's done out of creative teams on the kind of book and the way it's publishing. you'll notice it throughout times there publishing companies that two people's names together , like lillian brown, harper brothers, publishing is a collective activity. so you want to have groups that are focused around individual titles. we have one brand affects all of those books, the individuality of each of those, they each have distant different personalities and different books they love and to bring into the world. you want to have that branding, not because of consumers care so much, nobody's looking at it same as a basic book necessarily. but for people in between the publisher and the reader, the tv interviewers, reviewers, bloggers, librarians, they, librarians, they know those brands. they know the publishing group says people. it means something to those people in a book comes in with that. you want to have the different groups because of the f

michael peach, ceo of the publisher hachette book group, talks about his publishing career at 9:30 p.m. eastern. and at 10 on boob tv's "after words" -- booktv's "after words" program, mitch mcconnell discusses his memoir, "the long game," with senator lamar alexander. we finish up our prime time programming at 11 with neil bass couple who recalls the nazis' race to build a nuclear bomb and the allies' efforts plan to destroy their nuclear facility in norway. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> and you're watching booktv on c-span2. whenever we get the opportunity, we like to go to college campuses and talk with professors who are also authors. today we are on the campus of claremont mckenna college in claremont, california, and we're joined by professor ralph rossum who is the author of this book, "understanding clarence thomas: the jurisprudence of constitutional restoration." professor rossum what, in your view, is the biggest misconception about clarence thompson? >> guest: the biggest misconception would be that he was somehow and ally ya's shoe shine -- scalia's shoe

division, we have a christian division, we have a nonfiction division and we have a division called the hachette audio, and we just acquired another section which is publishing on fiction for all kinds a readers. >> host: what is the importance of having all this different influence? >> guest: wonderful thing about publishing is that it is done out of creative beings who have a focus on a kind of book usually. the publishing you noticed how time there is a lot of publishing company who is two companies names together, like lillian brown, the harper brothers, publishing is a collective activity. you want to have groups that are focused around individual titles. that one brand puts out all those books would lose the individuality that each of those publishing inputs have. they have different personalities, different books they love, different love, different ways to bring it to the world, and you want to have that branding, not because of consumers care so much, nobody's looking at it financing it is a basic book necessarily. but the people in between the publisher and the reader, all the tv inter

>> i am the ceo of hachette book's group which means i work with talented publishers editors, financepeople, everything that's involved in running a publishing company that is bringing books to all the readers in america and around the world. >> what makes up hatchet? >> it is made up of some publishers that have been around for a long time. we been in a company that was founded in 1837 in boston. another division called grand central publishing which is a publisher of commercial mainstream fiction and nonfiction that has been around 35/45 years. a45 years. it started warner books. we have a children books division, we have a christian division, we have a nonfiction division, we have a division

michael peach, ceo of the publisher hachette book group, talks about his publishing career at 9:30 p.mstern. and at 10 on booktv's "after words" program, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell discusses his memoir, "the long game," with senator lamar alexander. we finish up at 11 with neil bass come who recalls the nazis' race to build a nuclear bomb and the allies' efforts to destroy their planned nuclear facility in norway. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> joining us from bridge one, pedestrian crossing bridge that separates united states from mexico, is alfredo, the author of midnight in mexico, a reporter's journey through a country's descent into darkness. you wrote this book about the ongoing drug wars, drug trafficking that divides your two countries. is it still midnight in mexico, mr. corchado? >> guest: well, good morning, greta. i spent i think most of yesterday traveling along the u.s./mexico border, the texas border, and i continually ask myself that question. i arrived in laredo late last night, it was near midnight, and i kind of looked to the mexican sid