>> guest: you know, i'm sorry -- i don't. >> host: then that's fine. ..eah, i don't have a feel for it. i'm sorry. >> host: that's fine. in the past year, book tv has gone to several book festivals. here are some of the ones that we have attended. we've either covered live or covered on a tape basis. that includes the "los angeles times" festival of books, annapolis, we covered the national started by laura bush, we were in austin texas for thee -- >> host: most of them were live in the past year. one of the big sellers, or one the talked books this year was mark twain's autobiography. what do you want to tell us about this? >> guest: yes, this was quite the run away best seller. the numbers that we've seen is 350,000 of these have been sold. i believe the first print run they considered for this book was way back in the early spring, late summer was like 7,000 books. the demand for this was just a lot higher than anybody could have possibly understood. it has been the run away best seller. they did have stock problems over the holidays, but i'm told they are printing them as fast as possible and that the people who have them on order really want them whether it's before or after the holidays. it's an amazing story. university california's press had to get larger trucks to just transport enough twain out there. trucks usually only carry like, usual carry like 7,000 copies, and they found special trucks to carry 10,000 copies instead. cnn did a little profile on the publisher who printed the books for the university of california press. it was such a sweet story about people who had been laid off about a year ago, got hired back on for christmas and went into overtime because this is all they are doing is printing the mark twain book. quite the run away best seller. >> host: 100 years after his death. >> guest: yes, 100 years after his death. this is the first volume of volume iii. i saw on amazon somebody was selling their first printed copy for $800. that was interesting. we also had some funny moments in self-awareness where writers wrote in and asked for the mark twain, but wanted a signed copy. that was a lot of fun. >> host: that would go for more than $800 i bet. >> guest: yeah, a little more. >> host: let's look ahead, jenn. here's some books coming out in early 2011. this is by abasmilanin. former cia agent, osama bin laden is coming out in february. two ronald reagan. this is by his son ron reagan, my father at 100, and this is by his other son, michael reagan. how the new ragen revolution can restore greatness today. when you see march of 2011, what stands out to you? >> guest: i think that the trend that we saw over christmas of, you know, a lot of political memoirs and more of the conservative ones, i think that that sounds like that's what's going to stand from what's comes out soon. we have conservative political memoirs and, you know, the rogue books like we had and the "warmth of other sons" and the books just for fun. it sounds like that pattern is going to continue. >> host: one of the books coming out, and i want to ask you if you have word on this one yet. donald rumsfeld's autobiography, "known and unknown". do you know anything about this book? >> guest: yeah, i got a little information on this today. i believe it's coming out february 8. there's a huge amount of media going to be going on about this. the suggested printing that we're hearing is half a million copies. that's pretty big, and i think, you know, the interesting thing that donald rumsfeld did is that he did not accept an advance for this book because he wanted to write it at his own pace. i thought that was interesting. i think it's also interesting that all of proceeds from this book will be going to his foundation for promising young people, so, you know, he wanted to do it in his own way, own time, and you know, good for him. hats off. 500,000 is a really nice beginning print run. >> host: that's published by mary madeleine. >> guest: yes. >> host: two other books, "a secret history of mi6" and william f buckly's chi ris, diaries and some of his columns. new hampshire, you're on the air, go ahead, chuck. >> caller: yes, i want to ask jennifer what will the impact of e-books have on the library system? will that cause a centralization of library content because we can down load it from the one source rather than the public library be a local provider? >> host: jenn? >> guest: you know, i'm not sure what impact it will have on it. i don't think electronic books make your local library go away, although what seems to make the local libraries go away is a lot of tax problems, a lot of revenue not coming to them, so that seems to be more of what's making, you know, some libraries close which is a terrible thing. i don't think that electronic books are going to have an impact that way. i think that, you know, libraries are now in the business of providing information to communities in whatever form that takes. >> host: another book coming out in january, another book we eric alterman. gaiter graph has a new book "the threat matrix" the fbi war, and author karen arm onstrong has as a self-help "12 steps to a compassionate life." >> caller: hi, thank you. i've enjoyed the book talk a great deal. i wanted to point out there's still a certain digital divide in the country. there are people who can't afford computers or books or internet access or live in places where internet access is not convenient. and i would just like you to remind people that they can get most of these books from their local library -- even if they have to put it on a waiting list. >> host: thank you. >> caller: and they can also get computer access and instructions on how to use a computer and how to use these various sources from their local librarians. that's what they are their for. that's what people pay taxes for. >> host: thank you. jenn risko? >> guest: you know, libraries are in the business of providing information and contact to their communities. if you can't afford an ipad or a new book, go to the library and put your name on the waiting list and wait for the book you've been waiting for. of course. >> host: another book is "a reason to believe, lessons from an improbable life" and there's other books coming out. the latest, "the lost peace leadership in a time of horror and hope 1545-1553 ". toxic talk is bill press' most recent book. how the radical right poisen the america's air waves. book tv covered a book party for bill press, and over at media matters, and you can watch that online if you are interested, and then maria of cnbc came out with this book "the weekend that changed wall street" she was on our afterwords program. when it comes to books about the 2008 crisis, how did they do this year? we know about michael lose of course. >> guest: yeah, that did well, and there's another book out from penguin called "all the devils are here." people want to understand what happened. that's why those books are doing incredible well, and i think they will continue to do very well. >> host: bill crystal is coming out with a new book. it's his late father's columns, "selected essays 1942-2009 edited by bill crystal" denver, sally, you're on the air. good evening to you. >> caller: hello. i'm delighted to see this. i'm a book tv and c-span junky. i'm a mature woman who reads everything from history to politics to political thrillers, ect., and then my question is i like the physicality of a book. i will probably not buy an e-reader unless i have the opportunity to take a trip around the world where i can down load a lot of books, and i use my library quite frequently. denver has a wonderful library system, so my question is what do you think the future is the physical book? >> host: thank you, sally. jenn risko. >> guest: look, we pay a lot of attention what's going on with e-books, but they are only 9% of the overall trade book market. there's many part-time who are saying just like you did that they are interested in reading electronic books if they have to take a trip around the world and they can download books to their device or whatever, but i hear a will the of people saying that they spend most of their working days starring at the computer, and the last thing they want to do is to look at another computer screen, so, you know, look, again i don't think the physical book is going anywhere any time soon, but certainly there will be lots of people reading electronic books and people who will always be reading both depending on what works for them in that moment, so -- >> host: clarence jones has a new book coming out in january. he worked with martin luther king as an attorney. "behind the dream, the making of the speech that transformed a nation" that's coming out in january and author paul roberts has a new book in january. "the future is exxon" is that one. >> caller: good evening, i'm so honors. i forgot your name, but that's because it's on another channel. i'm going to ask these three questions from the point of view of an apyring writer in the children's book market who comes at it not from a degree in english, but from a lifelong love of doodling and now an interest in auto design and animation. i draw in the disney style. first of all, what do -- what impact will e-books and kindle have on the way graphic layout designers as well as photographers, cartoonists and ill los traitors do for page layout and that stuff. how will they change and adjust that work for publishers who say we're putting this on e-books also. second, i'll take my questions off the air and let you answer them. the second is, let's see, i know that you're going to have to accept rejections. i know that each publisher has probably just a children's division alone, a children's book editors have thousands of rejections or unsolicited stuff each year. i know that they look to see your work published first, and i am getting some articles ready for the small, what are they called? magazine article market complete with my pictures and photos, but i read on this internet site that they, if you are a cartoonist or ill los -- illustrator, they prefer that you are willing to illustrate other writer's books first before you send man new script -- manuscripts. how do the giant corporations owned by -- >> host: we got the questions. we have to leave it at two. thank you so much. graphics on e-books? >> guest: i was talking about the business partner at slefl awareness, and he was talking about his wife side who is an editor at the metropolitan museum of art, and they were talking about how to get the gorgeous art books to translate on an ipad, and i mean, i don't know about a kindle because that is still black and white. you know, i think that some of this will definitely change. i think that the ipad if you're going to look at anything with graphics and illustrations and in my opinion the ipad is superior, but there again, we're not sure how it's going to go yet. i think there's still especially for graphics right now, there's no substitute as much as there is paper, so there's that one. the other, i'm sorry the other question was about publishing children's books. >> host: doing illustrations for children's books and being requested to do illustration for other people's children's books. >> guest: yeah, i mean, when they request you do illustrations for other people, obviously they'd like to see your range and see how flexible you are and that, you know, they are taking less of a risk of scwun unknown in the industry if you're doing it per their work, so -- >> host: another book that's coming out in early 2011 is by another politician who had a little bit of trouble with the law, and this is the former mayor of rhode island, "call me buddy." gerald blaine with lisa, "the kennedy detail." did you read this? >> guest: i did not read it, but i'm hearing nice things about this book. it came out in november, peter? >> host: yes, right. >> guest: okay, it came out in november and it's starting to crop up and i'm hearing buzz about this book. i talked with someone today and they said the books they got is over 70,000 copies out there, so, i mean, this is an amazing account from one of jfk's secret servicemen who was there on the day of his assassination, and i mean, think about that for a moment, think about if your job is to protect the president of the united states, and he is assassinated, well, you know, unfortunately, that day you failed, and what that's been like for this gentleman and the incredible bond he's had with the kennedy family and his perspective of what happened on that day. i'd like to read it. >> host: hot for the holidays according to jenn risko. cleopatra, unbroken, the emperor of al mallties, a biography of cancer, decoded, the wave, at home, and keith richard's "life ." now, how did books sell this holiday season? >> guest: very well. they sold better than last year. i was talking to garth stien, the author a few weeks ago, and he said his booked sored 44%. that's an amazing number. 44% of a trade paper back novel in one week. that's been on the times list for 80 weeks straight. all of sudden out of nowhere, 44 mct up in the sell of the book. people gave books this year as christmas gifts, so a lot of them which is typical, you know? i mean, books have always been somewhat recession proof, and it's because of the gift that they give us. >> host: another book coming out in march, jeff greenfield's latest book "then everything changed, a history of american politics" and there's another book in april, "the origins of political order" and another book "inrighteous indignation, excuse me while i save the world ." why do you think it has not sold better? >> guest: you know, i don't know how that book did this year, but i'm guessing that from his second question it didn't do so great. [laughter] >> host: did you hear anything about it? >> guest: actually, i didn't. no, actually i didn't. yeah, did you hear about it, peter? because i didn't? >> host: we'll leave it there. you're on from atlanta. >> caller: i'm a new author, and my book was published september the 30th, and i'm just trying to find out what would be the best way to promote my book, the name of the book is called "tell me people that i am that i am." it's a spiritual book and i live here in atlanta, georgia, but i'm trying to get just a little bit of feedback on -- >> host: did you have a publisher or self-published? >> guest: author house is the publisher. >> host: okay, jen, what advice would you give? >> guest: i would hire a professional who, you know, knows how to get the word of the book out there who can, you know, pitch it to review venues who can get it into hands of book sellers who know how to advertise, who know how to market such a book. i would enlist professionals. there's lots out there that know how to do that well, so that's what i would do. >> host: the book spot wants to know via tweet, do you think young author books will continue to do as well in 2011? what do you think they do sell so well? >> guest: young author books? >> host: yes, uh-huh. >> guest: so, okay, books by people -- okay, well, yeah, why do they -- >> host: young adults, sorry. sorry. >> guest: yeah, that what i was wondering. i was like miley cyrus? >> host: no, sorry about that. [laughter] >> guest: young adult books did incredibly well this year. i haven't had enough time to look into this, but i read a couple of ya adult novels this year that were just amazing. in fact, what's going on is we see more and more that there is more ya crossover. in other words, it's young adult books that appeal to both adults and young adults. the books are -- i think it's saying something about how sophisticated our young people are getting that they are becoming less and less difference between what is known as a young adult novel and what is known as an adult novel, so i think that that's something interesting to look into, but, yeah, i think they'll continue to do well, and i hope so because so many of them are so great. >> host: our booktv producer warner put together this program this evening with these books. don from new mexico, you're on the air. >> caller: hi, gang. i just wanted to make an observation. you know, peter asked about the oprah effect, and one of the pleasures of watching john stuart is his promotion of reading and promotion of books, and earlier you talked about the book "all the devils are here," and one of my concerns is that we're just going through this great recession, and i'm -- i was really surprised that that book didn't appear on reader list more often, and the second point i'd like to say is i just returned from seattle. i was there in the early part of december, and i was on the way back to el paso. i was with somebody who had a kindle, and what she pointed out is she previews the books, and her husband had put a hold that she could only buy three books as a result of having this device because she found she was buying more books as a result of it. would you please comment? >> guest: yeah, actually, we've seen studies that seem to suggest that people who have kindles and nooks and ipads are buying more because it is so easy. i mean, think about amazon's marketing campaign. almost every week you look at the new "new york times" boom review, next to the best seller list is you see an ad in less than 30 seconds you could be reading this book. you know, are people buying more books because of it? yes, i think so. i think it's because it's just so easy. oh, yes, i want to read that book in 30 seconds. it only takes 30 seconds to download it and only takes you a split second to decide that you want it, i can see where this woman got in trouble with her husband by her buying too many bikes. i think it's really easy to do. >> host: re leebmanments to know has more books become available digitally, will piracy become an issue? >> guest: i think that there is a good chance that piracy could -- it could become an issue just as it did in the music industry, but i think that publishers are very, very aware of this, and, you know, so i think that they actually have a lot of this figured out about how not to have books be pirated, and yet, on the other hand, the way the technology is going is that you can already share some of your e books. i believe, i could be wrong, but i believe on the google edition site that you can share the book with a couple of people. i may be wrong with that. i think we are working on technology so you can say i want to give this to my husband or my friend and that you have the capacity to pass that on one or two other times, so i think, you know, in the beginning we're always nervous about piracy, and then i think in the end, well, we tend to embrace it within reason. >> host: we have 30 seconds left. for 2010 surprise z and disappointments. >> guest: you know, surprises, gosh, the bush book. almost 2 million copies. >> host: disappointments? >> guest: i don't see any. sorry? i'm such an optimist. i don't have any. >> host: jenn risko, the profounder of the industry news letter shelf awareness. shelf-awareness.com. thank you for being on book tv, and looking at the 2010 review of books. happy new year to everybody, thacks for joining us. >> booktv is on twitter. follow us for regular updates on our programming and news on nonfiction books and authors. twitter.com/booktv. >> why when we hear the president and others talking about the fact that we must make government efficient from the people did our founding fathers actually design the government to be inefficient? ask yourself that question because this is a model for inefficiency. it was done deliberately. why? because in order to have basic liberties, you have to have the government with very little power. the more efficient the government is, the more liberties the individual has to give up to give to them. they cannot do their job efficiently unless they have the power to tell you what to do. very interesting, isn't it? 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