Andre Schiffrin, author of The Business of Books and founder of the New Press, talks with Don Swaim about the state of commercial book publications, the deterioration of providing an outlet for the authors, and the move towards big business. Schiffrin explains what the New Press is and what it stands for. Much like PBS, the New Press is a non-profit publishing house trying to make the authors voices heard.

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio.