this. >> tom allen, the advent of the books, has it hurt the publisher? >> no. the publishers and mitchell about how people take the material. what uc fist there is some decline because of the recession, less so because of that e-book. some decline in hardback. you do see a significant by in e-book. revenue in the number of books sold. i think as long as they can get the business model right there are going to be. i would say also that they would say as long as piracy does not come -- become the kind of problem it was to the music industry. >> a former congressman, what kind of involvement to you still have with the hill, particularly now as president of the american association of publishers'? >> i am involved in making the case occasionally, members of congress or the executive branch about what the needs of the industry are. to give you one example : dissolve piracy is a significant problem for the industry in could be worse in the future than it is today. we really need legislation from congress that would, of the u.s. attorney general to go after some of th

allen is live outside the courthouse to bring us up to speed. ron, how fast do we anticipate all this action? >> i would think it would go quickly, tom. the prosecutors filed the paperwork asking the judge to dismiss the charges. what more do you need if you are the judge to do that. as you said, dsk walked into the courtroom here about ten minutes ago accompanied by his wife and attorneys. i couldn't see the look on his face, but i have the feeling he is feeling confident about himself. the attorneys maintained that he is incident throughout the entire time and now he'll be vindicated by the judge. the noise you hear in the background is a small group of demonstrators here demonstrating in support of the former hotel. they claim that the dna as one of their signs says tells the story. that a jury should decide this will case. i can tell you from reading the prosecutor's statement to the court. it is really a scathing -- over the course of several interviews over the last few months, they say she admitted lying to them, he or she lied to the grand jury, made false statements and conflicting statements about personal matters, about her