hello. i m [inaudible] librarian at the library of congress. all day here at the library of congress national book festival, we are recognizing and celebrating the importance of reading and authors and books. the library of congress makes it easy to do this every year, but the truth is the national book festival is a huge undertaking. it s a huge financial undertaking. and it has been made possible by generous support from our sponsors. you can see who they are in your program and on the video monitors around the convention center. but we can t take for granted that this event will continue to exist, so i would ask you to consider making a contribution right now using your cell phone. you can send a text to make a one-time gift that will be added to your mobile phone bill. the details are on the screen and on the back of your program, and as soon as you finish making that contribution, please silence your cell phone. and now on to the main event. i d like to introduce co-
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i m a librarian at the library of congress. all day here at the library from the national book festival we are recognizing and celebrating the importance of authors and books. the oklibrary of congress does this every year but the truth is, the national book festival is a huge undertaking. it s a huge financial undertaking. and it has been made possible by generous support from our sponsors. you can see who they are in your program and on the video monitors around the convention center.we take it for granted this event will continue to exist so i would ask you to consider making a contribution right now using your cell phone. you can send a text to make a one-time gift that will be r added to your mobile phone bill.. details on the screen on the back of your program, and as soon as you initially making that contribution, please silence cyour cell phone. and now on to the main event, i d like to introduce cochair of the national book festival, david rubenstein. . . [appl
[inaudible conversations] hello. i m [inaudible] librarian at the library of congress. all day here at the library of congress national book festival, we are recognizing and celebrating the importance of reading and authors and books. the library of congress makes it easy to do this every year, but the truth is the national book festival is a huge undertaking. it s a huge financial undertaking. and it has been made possible by generous support from our sponsors. you can see who they are in your program and on the video monitors around the convention center. but we can t take for granted that this event will continue to exist, so i would ask you to consider making a contribution right now using your cell phone. you can send a text to make a one-time gift that will be added to your mobile phone bill. the details are on the screen and on the back of your program, and as soon as you finish making that contribution, please silence your cell phone. and now on to the main event.