mr. yardley give us your sense of the state of the publishing industry. >> guest: influx, but healthier thanpeople think. e-books are there. you're most likely to see them i think on airplanes. i have one. my wife gave me a kindle when it first came out. i didn't like it. i do have a tablet. it's not an apple tablet but i have a tablet that has a nice screen for reading books, and i've a few books in it but i've never actually read more than a chapter or two. it would be fun. you know, if it keeps people reading, great. my generation is headed for the last roundup, and beyond those people who are under 50, i don't know how they're going to be served by the book industry and how the book industry will deal with probably changing reading and buying patterns. but i don't think it's going away. as you know big firms are consolidated and random house is not about 10 firms that were all separate what i got started, and ditto for simon & schuster in england. all three of those very good firms, published a lot of very good books. penguin publishers max hastings. i think hold publishers recommend con