degette and we are in london interviewing british authors and we are pleased to introduce you to robert mccrum. mr. mccrum, what is your day remember when they didn't win the prize 1980. or when that kind of thing i'm good at. >> if you would, how would you describe the book publishing industry in england today in 2013? >> guest: the thing about publishers they are a bit like farmers always complaining about the season. for as long as i can remember, book publishers have always been complaining. and now more than ever the sky is falling and they are like a bunch of headless chickens. actually, the truth is that this is a golden age of reading. there is more reading going on in english and french and god knows what and then more people around the world are looking at words on the screens, on the phones, and books, all kinds than ever before so you wouldn't think so in talking. >> what do you think about the new formats especially the digital formats? >> that's what they are they are just new formats and they are no different. they are essentially books. the page hasn't changed. there have been

. >> host: booktv is in london, we've been talking with robert mccrum. he's the author of several books, his most recent globish. you can also read him at "the observer." thank you for being on booktv. >> guest: thank you very much. >> for more information on these and other interviews from london, visit booktv.org and watch booktv every sunday at 6 p.m. over the next several weeks for more. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2. and here's a look at our prime time lineup for tonight. coming up next, brian michael jenkins talks about his book, "when armies divide." then at 8:30, anat ahmadia to talk about "the banker's new clothes." on "after words," lawrence legaller discusses his book, the price of justice. at 10 p.m., conrad black takes a look at the emergence of the united states as a world power. and we conclude our programming at 10:45 with i didn't think -- ying ma. that all starts next on c-span2 ice booktv. >> the rand corporation's brian michael jenkins takes a look now at the problem of securing nuclear weapons during times of rebellion, war a