Hosted by Georgetown University and runs about one hour 15 minutes and begins with remarks by the universities president. [applause] good afternoon everyone and welcome. Its a pleasure to be with all of you. Azhar Spring Semester draws to a close for our bernstein symposium. I wish to begin by expressing our deepest appreciation to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg forn joining us here on campus today. Its an honor to welcome her to gaston hall and to hear her reflections this afternoon. I also wish to express our gratitude to the honorable Robert Katzmann, chief judge of u. S. Court of appeals for the Second Circuit, for all his efforts to make this extraordinary symposium possible for our community. I look for to sharing a few more words about judge katzmann in just a moment. Id also like to thank professor Mary Hartnett and professor Wendy Williams from our Georgetown Law Center who will join Justice Ginsburg in conversation today. Ive has a hartman and professor williams are Justice Gins
you re watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of books every weekend. well, as 2011 comes to a close, we thought we d take this opportunity to lock back at the year in publishing, look at the publishing industry as well as some of the best sellers of the past year. sarah is the news editor of publisher s marketplace. start by giving us a little bit of a snapshot of publishing industry in 2011. if you had to write a paragraph or two on what the publishing industry did this year. guest: oh, my goodness. where do even begin. i think the best way to look at what happened in the publishing industry this year is the increasing rise of digital books, digital market share, and also a tremendous transformation of the physical book market. for example, i guess a really good way to look at it is through the almighty prism of amazon. for example, amazon introduced just a couple months ago some new devices, for example, the kindle fire, it s priced at $199, and just based off of preorde