Invented the microwave oven for example. Host euros at a Major Research institution in these universities, harvard and others have given us the benefit of the intellectual muscle that creates but that implies creation to our everyday experience so as to give us greater enjoyment, greater fulfillment greater transparency. So we have to continue to invest in our research and development. Guest thank you. Host i am finding this conversation fascinating from a number of vantage points. I was recently reading a wall street journal article, but it had a map of the state of california and how about the locations, some of the companies they mention. You mentioned google and others. And then out the location of automotive facilities and they were all along that same track meaning they are moving from the midwest and from the south. Their technology apparatus are placing it at the center of a lot about it in the Silicon Valley area. Along route 128 in the boston area as well. A lot of automotive
Ive seen books that got terrible reviews that have gone on to sell very well. They review relatively few books. Thats the hard part. It matters greatly to the author come and the New York Times can only review so many books. They are limited by the number of pages in the book review and are so many, i know they have to say no to a lot of books that they wish they had the room to cover. And then you know, that always puts them in our position. Host i promise that wasnt set up, but maybe it was. Booktv went to the New York Times and we did a profile interview with pamela paul who was the editor of the new times book review section, and heres just a little bit of what she had to say. Do publishers want their books reviewed in the New York Times speak with yes but not if its negative. I guess, very much so. Unfortunately, we are the last remaining freestanding book review newspaper book review in the country. So the Washington Post book world before the San Francisco chronicle sold at thei
Crying out on both sides. You have to vote in the next election, locally, nationally so you cant vote in the next election your not voting will be the protest. Any comment . Voting was not effective it would be illegal. I will vote as a protest vote. I supported ralph nader until 2008, i voted for goldstein in 2012. He is running again. My fear is somehow people think voting is important. Every totalitarian state i covered including Saddam Hussein and elections. Stalin had written the most enlightened constitution in human history, and promulgated it at the height in the 30s of the purges, voting is utterly tangential not so much locally that is why i am working i will do this fund raiser in new york at the end of the month and go out to seattle to help her began her campaign because the democratic establishment not just in the state of washington but national be determined to destroy her because like ralph nader she exposes the bankruptcy of the party. That is why she has to be destro
Guest this is our first year for exhibiting and for me attending bookconker but were very excited to have a chance to interact directly with readers and have them come and see our authors signings its a lot of great stuff to see the interaction of readers. Were watching right now we see book bloggers are interacting with their fans, so its happening on a lot of levels. Host and because bookexpo is just for publishers and related industries. Guest right, right. Through our retailers. Were always dealing with the public but this is new, to really try to have direct interaction with readers. Host jamie raab. Guest this is my first time here, but i was amazed when i saw the lines of people. Its thrilling to think that people care enough about books to come to Something Like this pay money, get to see the authors. I think its fantastic. Host what is Grand Central publishing . Guest well right now we have a signing, we have an author named meredith wylde who wrote a series of erotic books ra
Solution again, im not going to penalize that, them for that at all. I think the fact is, as you said with Technology Particularly were in Different Office locations anyway. So often theres really no way i would know if someone was calling me from connecticut or from uptown. But at the same time, i think there is the reality of the fact that we also, the work that we do is very much people work. Its theres a lot of our work that just is not when everybodys on a conference call, the quality of the ideas and interaction that come out are not necessarily as good in my experience as when we are sitting around a table looking each other in the eye. And so i would tend more towards being very flexible in terms of helping somebody get through particular issues that they may have to deal with that might be short term, but in general i really like for the people who are working together on a team to actually be there together physically for the most part. Yeah. I mean, i would agree. I have som