well, mr. osnos, you have been in book publishing for 40 years, but prior to that. you're a journalist for many years. how did you make that transition? well, i'd reached the point where i thought i had sort of fulfilled whatever plan i could have in journalism. in the sense that i've been a foreign correspondent a variety of places. i've been an editor and the president chairman of random house said, you know journalism is really not a fit profession for growing and if you ever get serious, call me. so i did and they found a position for me is a senior editor at random house, which was obviously a great place to go and so i sort of made a lateral move. out of the washington post into being a first book editor and eventually a book publisher. so it was a mid-career move. i brought with me all the experience. i had in journalism, which turned out to be very valuable and connections. so i i know one of the last thing i realized almost as soon as i got there that the difference is in the newspaper business you went out and got the story in the publishing business you g

mr. osnos, thanks for being on about books with us. thanks very much, peter. and this is about books. book tvs podcast and program look and we are joined by the men gestured speaking there, david rubenstein is the cochair of the national book festival. at what point did you decide to become involved with the library of congress and national book festival? >> a number of years ago when jim billington was still the librarian of congress, i made a modest contribution and he asked me to get involved. i got involved as the cochair and eventually the chair of the medicine counsel which is the support arm of the library of congress. it does not have enough money to get everything that it once from congress so they try to get philanthropic support. the medicine counsel is that arm and i have charted for the last several years. >> you have the money to donate because you are an investor. your recent focus how to invest: masters on the craft. when did you start investing? >> i started a large private equity and firm -- private equity firm. i would not say i am a great i

mr. osnos, thanks for being on about books with us. thanks very much, peter. and this is about books. book tvs podcast and program lookand welcome to everyone whos here to hear our talk by paul miller on his new book the religion of american greatness. i am mark tooley, president of the institute on, religion and democracy and of providence journal of christiana and american foreign policy. we welcome all who are here, all who are this event live on, facebook and twitter and i, audie youtube all who will be watching this on c-span book tv. we're very grateful for the presence of their crew here this evening and. look forward to the broadcast of this in the near future. paul miller has been friend and contributor to our journal providence since its founding. he is a professor at georgetown. he served in the army and on the staff of the national security council at the white house. his included time in afghanistan. he has been very outspoken on the issue of nationalism especially of christian nationalism which is very much a topic great conversation right now we

well, mr. osnos, you have been in book publishing for 40 years, but prior to that. you're a journalist for many years. how did you make that transi?

well, mr. osnos, you have been in book publishing for 40 years, but prior to that. you're a journalist for many years. how did you make that transition? well, i'd reached the point where i thought i had sort of fulfilled whatever plan i could have in journalism. in the sense that i've been a foreign correspondent a variety of places. i've been an editor and the president chairman of random house said, you know journalism is really not a fit profession for growing and if you ever get serious, call me. so i did and they found a position for me is a senior editor at random house, which was obviously a great place to go and so i sort of made a lateral move. out of the washington post into being a first book editor and eventually a book publisher. so it was a mid-career move. i brought with me all the experience. i had in journalism, which turned out to be very valuable and connections. so i i know one of the last thing i realized almost as soon as i got there that the difference is in the newspaper business you went out and got the story in the publishing business you g