PBS NewsHour

Best-selling author James Patterson on the crisis in books

Clip: 06/06/2014 | 10m 14s

Despite having dozens of best-selling titles to his name in crime, mystery and even children's books, James Patterson is very worried about the present and future of books in America, as the publishing world grapples with the advent of ebooks and their major distributor, Amazon.

Aired: 06/06/14

Rating: NR

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