Sellers are perceived and will help us to adjust the metrics that we and the expectations for our clients. Letting them know that, you know, hope is in the length of time not only in the thank you so much have a greathi everyone. Welcome. My name is katie kotch, and im an agent at don congdon associates. And im just finishing up my second term on the board of and i cant think of a better way to be wrapping up that term service than here with you all today, the u. S. Book show. So thank you being here. I am very pleased to be conducting our audio called listen up making the most from audio books here with me today. I have lovely panelists that i am very pleased to introduce to my right is Scott Sherritt and is a producer and director of scotch productions. To my immediate left is lance fitzgerald. He is the Vice President of content and Business Development for Penguin Random house audio and. To his left is carol mackie, who is a senior Acquisitions Editor with recorded books. And final
Out a few years ago that said 14 of social media users drive the debate and our full coverage of thend booktv. Org. Festival of books at just click on the book fairs and festivals tab or search joel pollak. On about books, we delve into the latest news about the Publishing Industry with interesting insider interviews with Publishing Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books, the latest book reviews, and is well talk about the current nonfiction books featured on cspans book tv. Welcome to about books. Now in a few minutes, well take a look at how Artificial Intelligence science might affect publishing and the writing of books. But first, heres some of the latest from the publishing world. Former president barack obama released a statement in support of libraries fighting book bans. In his letter posted online, he said in part that, quote, books have always shaped how i experience the world today. Some of the books that shaped my life are being
closing in, exclusive nbc news reporting reveals the finish line might be right around the bend for the federal grand jury looking into the twice impeached one term ex president s handling of classified documents. when could we possibly see federal charges brought against donald trump? plus, pride and prejudice. republicans sure are running out of things to boycott during pride month. target, nascar, even the national weather service is in the crosshairs of hate. how these boycotts could actually backfire. and later, tis the season, we re just a few days into the atlantic hurricane season, we have already seen one named storm. what we can expect this year and the climate change connection, all of this and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you all, i m katie phang, we start this hour with a look ahead at the 2024 presidential primary. republican candidates are descending on the battleground state of iowa to kick off their campaigns for the oval office. tonight,
On about books. We delve into the latest news about the Publishing Industry with interesting insider interviews with Publishing Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. The latest book reviews. And well talk about the current nonfiction books featured on cspans book looking at the bus of publishing. And now we want to introduce you to british writer louise wilder. She has spent most of her career trying to get readers to buy other authors books. She does it through blurb writing. In fact, she is so prolific, shes written a book about it. Blurb your enthusiasm. Book tvs john mcardle sat down with her recently to talk about her new book. Louise welder whats a blurb and how important is it to a book . Success . Right. Well, the word blurb, i guess, has different meanings. And over your side of the atlantic that it does here in england, i think in the u. S. , its more commonly used to describe an advanced endorsement that this, an author will gi
[ laughing ] democrats are taking rude, crude, and shouty congresswoman marjorie taylor greene s calls for decorum in the house as seriously as the republicans seem to be taking the threat to our economy with their manufactured debt ceiling crisis. but i m guessing our veterans and social security recipients are not laughing. plus, the longest january 6th sentence so far as oath keepers leader stewart rhodes gets 18 years for seditious conspiracy. and later, ron desantis disastrous campaign rollout leads to speculation that pudding may have been clogging up the twitter tubes. yuck. but we begin with the republican lie that could plunge our nation off of an economic cliff. with just seven days until the united states could default on our debt, talks between republicans and white house representatives have yet to resolve the issue. but today, president biden made a very important point. it s time for congress to act now. i want to be clear. the negotiations we re havin