as you said it's on margie ross consulting.com. every week, almost every week sometimes i miss a week, i try to speak out on something i find it interesting that i hope other people will find it interesting that just kind of at a the nexus of a publishing media and current events and culture. >> in one of your blog postsos you talk about cancel culture. you talk about that w relatively frequently.wa i want to read a quote to you and have you walk us through it. no matter how much you try to duck for cover, sooner or later the woke police will find you. no matter how far you run, you cannot hide. >> sad but true. i felt compelled to say that because i still think there are a lot of people who think if i simply keep my head down or if i simply say the right thing and just be what i would consider to be a nice kind of person, i can get along. i won't be canceled but i also won't be vilified, marginalized, attacked. i do not think that is true. i think unfortunately there are culture has gotten to a place where it is not enough to keep

in this episode we will talk to longtime publisher margie ross and look at some of the latest books by current and former members of congress. but first, let's start with this week's publishing industry news. the new president of the publishing house for strauss and jarreau joins a growing group of women that have taken over leadership roles at large publishing houses including dana canady and simon & schuster, lisa lucas at pantheon and adrian vaughn at bloomsbury usa. in other news, reuters reports french legislation takes aim at amazon shipping costs to customers in the country. currently french law prohibits discounting the price of new books and free shipping. amazon charges 1% to get around that and the new legislation would set a minimum delivery fee the french ministry of culture commenting, quote, this law is necessary to regulate the distorted competition in online book sales and prevent the inevitable monopoly that will emerge if the status quo persists. amazon argues that it will hurt customers in the rural areas. in other news, performing artists have started a lending lib

thoughts on the current stf publishing is long time regnery president and publisher margie ross. when did you leave regnery and what are you doing these days? >> guest: thanks for asking, peter. i left, i stepped down in january of 2020 and moved to the country in central virginia and started my own little book publishing consulting business. >> host: what kind of authors are you working with; are you working with publishers? >> guest: i'm working with both. actually i'm working with publishers and authors. it's a lot of fun. i get to spend more time doing the part of book publishing that i really love, which is helping authors make sure their books are impactful and interesting and relevant and compelling and well positioned for their brand and i get to spend all my time working with publishers and authors on developing great books. >> host: your years at regnery, who were some of the authors that you published? >> guest: be published pretty much every leader and a celebrity author you can think of on the conservative side of the aisle, so that includes david limbaugh, dinesh de

as an author i find both insulting and worrisome. >> host: we are talking with margie ross, the regnery president and publisher about the books and our look at the world of the publishing industry. you wrote another piece called the big lie and was about "the new york times" book review. what was that about? >> guest: this wasn't a new story for the insiders on the book publishing world but unfortunately, it is used to most that are consumers of both's on the bestseller list. they've actually claimed that as an editorial product. for a given week it should pretty straightforwardly be the number one duck. number one best-selling book and sometimes it didn't appear at all on the list and that is one of unfortunately many, many examples, increasing numbers of examples in the media irresponsibly in my opinion. >> host: when it comes to conservative books and awards, how were they treated, pulitzer prizes, national book awards, book of the year et cetera flex. >> guest: they are largely ignored and marginalized. it's very rare that you will see a conservative book when any sort of award wher

in this episode we will talk to longtime publisher margie ross and look at some of the les