am i speaking to mitchell kaplan? >> host: you are. >> caller: i knew you back in the 90s. i was a faculty member and a very dedicated book fair volunteer at that time. and help to recruit lots and lots of volunteers in that capacity. i just wanted to say after 10 years in the middle east i now live in new hampshire and i just wanted to comment how important independent bookstores are in england. i live in new hampshire and we don't have anything left here at the big guys. there is one barnes & noble and manchester m1 imports meant, but nothing within a couple hours of where i live. but there are some wonderful, wonderful independent bookstores. that's the only place i buy books. i don't do anything online. i think i learned that from you. >> guest: thank you for your help in the early days of the book fair. i'm glad you're getting a chance to watch it. new england is really, really a place where there's been a resurgence of independent bookselling. i could go on for two hours about all the remarkable bookstores that are in new england and it's great to see younger people o

mitchell kaplan owns half of miami now. we don't know how he is doing it. there may be drugs involved somewhere. >> next question. >> you asked -- the answer to that, can you give advice to anybody else about that? >> this 800 number given to you after you join the author's guild and you dial in, stephen king gap sensor was albany, new york. >> the question is where do you get your ideas from? that is hard. >> i did a newspaper interview where every single question involved inspiration which i couldn't believe, i've never been asked so many different questions. that is hard to say, my life and observations, you never know what will spark. they just pop up, that is not a satisfying answer. >> i write about what is pissing me off right now, seriously. doesn't have to me personally, but i write mostly about things people do that i wish they didn't do or that i wish they did more of so there are a lot of books there. >> you have a lot to write about. be change not many years left to do it. >> don't say that. >> what is the difference to you, to listen to a book

am i speaking to mitchell kaplan? >> you are. hi, christine.. >> i come to mitchell. i knew you back in the 90s. i was a faculty member and a very dedicated book fair at that time and help to recruit lots and lots of volunteers in that capacity. i just wanted to say after 10 years in the middle east and now live in new hampshire. i just want to comment how important independent bookstores are in new england. i live in new hampshire and we don't have anything left here at the big guys. there is one barnes & noble in manchester and one in portsmouth , but nothing within a couple hours of where i lived. but there are some wonderful, wonderful at independenty bookstores. that's the only place i buy books. i don't do anything on mine and i i learned that he appeared >> thank you for your help in the early days of the book fair. i'm glad you're getting a chanc to watch it. new england is really, really of players where there's been a resurgence of independent bookselling.g. i could go on for two hours about all the remarkable bookstores in new england and it's great to see

. >> and as charles just said, we're absolutely thrilled to be working with mitchell kaplan and the wonderful team that organize toes this wonderful book fair that goes on literally all year long. a prize like this serves, i think, a very important purpose. it's important to keep discovering new voices, and also we need to keep supporting and encouraging anyone who writes. as mitchell said, the written word very important. and the novella is a wonderful form. it's longer than a short story and shorter than a novel. and when you think of some of the -- we grew up learning about great authors reading novellas like hemingway's old man in the sea and a number of other, there's lots of other novellas out there that we've all learned to enjoy and learn about great writers. so we are really excited about this endeavor. all the details about the prizes, how the submission process works and all of that will be up on the miami book fair web site on january 1. and most of all, we invite you all that are writers to submit your work. thank you. [applause] >> and i know you came here to listen to clydette

kaplan. live coverage saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern and sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern. go to book to booktv.org for the we can schedule. with donald trump elected as the next u.s. president milani a trumpet begins our nation second born first lady since louisa kaplan adams. here about the influence of america's presidential spouses from c spans a book, first ladies. it's a look at the personal lives and influence of every presidential spouse in american history. it's a companion to see spence tv series and features interviews with 54 of the nations leading first lady historians. biographies of of first ladies and archival photos. first ladies published by public affairs is available where you buy books. now available in paperback c-span, where history unfolds daily. the 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company. it is brought to today by your cable or satellite provider. >> the supreme court recently heard oral argument into cases related to the fair ho

coulson whitehead with the underground railroad and co-founder of the miami book fair, mitchell kaplan. live coverage of the miami book fair. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> earlier this week former democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders spoke about the 2016 election and called on president-elect donald trump to rescind the appointment of steven ban nonas chief strategist. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> and i look forward to chatting with e.j. in a few moments. but before we do, i just wanted to say a few words about the election and where we are today. i know there are a lot of people who are frightened, a lot of people who are extremely unhappy, and i would not be telling you the truth if i didn't tell you that tuesday night was a very, very depressing evening for me. but i want to maybe begin by telling you that as a result of having the privilege and the opportunity of running all over this country, going to 46 states during my campaign, i entered the campaign -- i ended the campaign far, far more optimistic than when i began that campai

and co-founder of the miami book fair and owner of miami's books and books book store mitchell kaplan. live coverage of the miami book fair saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern and sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> this weekend, c-span's cities tour, along with our comcast cable partners, will explore the literary life and history of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. on book tv on c-span2, hear about industrialist andrew carnegie on how his innovative spirit transformed pittsburgh into the steel capital of the world, from author ken cobis. >> carnegie talked about the burning sun of chemical knowledge. and so, he started to understand things from a scientific point of view, an engineering point of view, whereas other people were still going on the seat of the pants operations. >> and we'll go behind the scenes at the carnegie library of pittsburgh. >> i think by looking at some of the materials we've selected here that carnegie really had a love for learning. and through this wonderful institution felt that this would be a way for the public to es

then mitchell kaplan. live coverage of the miami book fair this morning at 10:00 eastern and sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. eastern. ooktv.org for a complete schedule. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, tonight at 8:00 eastern, lectures and history -- >> the only essential difference between a nazi mob hunting down jews in central europe and down black menng in mississippi is that one is encouraged by its national government and one is just tolerated riots national government -- by its national government. a then on "reel america," film on the national panthers. >> the police and our community are not for our security but the security of the business owners in the community, and also to see that the status quo is kept intact. >> sunday afternoon at about 4:30 eastern, archaeologist dean snow on the battlefield saratoga in new york and the inspiration for his book "1777: tipping point at saratoga." >> what on earth was a little old lady doing out there? she was about five feet tall, at least 60 y

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