All day here at the Library National book festival where celebrating the importance of reading and authors and books. The library of Congress Makes it easy to do this year it is a huge undertaking and huge financial undertaking we cant take for granted that this will continue so i would ask you to considerti making a contribution right now using your cell phone. You can send a text to make a onetime gift that will be added to your g phone bill. The details are on the screen and on the back of your program and as soon as you finish the contribution, please silence your cell phones. Now onto the main event i would like to introduce the cochair of the National Book festival. [applause] we are pleased too have one of the bestselling authors of person that wrote his first book and on the bestsellers list. How many people have read the book. Wow. How many are going to read the book. How many people are going to buy the book today . P okay. Guest is j jd vance. [applause] introduction, a nati