Host tell me the story behind the headline. Guest you never know what will happen that gives you a lift. The first season republished was when the Star Report was published. The first book was called lawyer, about arthur lyman. And then on monday or tuesday they announced the Starr Report was coming out on friday. Before that, at Random House i did some been called rabbits, which is i would take a document, dusted off, and publish it. Because i could do that. It was a very successful way to do government documents at a time before people could really download them with the same kind of ease. So the Wall Street Journal reporter, a Publishing Reporter calls me and i am sitting in a tiny Conference Room and he says, peter, i know you like to do this. You will be will you be publishing the Starr Report echo i say, of course i will be. And then i go back in and say, im publishing the Starr Report. I made a single call. I called the Washington Post where i had worked for many years. I said,
Host tell me the story behind the headline. Guest you never know what will happen that gives you a lift. The first season republished was when the Star Report was published. The first book was called lawyer, about arthur lyman. And then on monday or tuesday they announced the Starr Report was coming out on friday. Before that, at Random House i did some been called rabbits, which is i would take a document, dusted off, and publish it. Because i could do that. It was a very successful way to do government documents at a time before people could really download them with the same kind of ease. So the Wall Street Journal reporter, a Publishing Reporter calls me and i am sitting in a tiny Conference Room and he says, peter, i know you like to do this. You will be will you be publishing the Starr Report echo i say, of course i will be. And then i go back in and say, im publishing the Starr Report. I made a single call. I called the Washington Post where i had worked for many years. I said,
The disc, and your first day coverage, and we will publish it as a book. And they said, why not . So then comes oh, by the way, other publishers would not touch it. So we got the lead of the next day story, Fledgling Publisher will do Starr Report. I dont like being called fledgling but i took it. So come friday, the report is released. I get down to washington with two of my colleagues. At 8 p. M. , after the closures of the deadline, they hand me the disc. Then i got a call from a guy used to now who is now working at amazon as a spokesman. He says, peter, congratulations. Your Starr Report book is now number one on the amazon bestseller list. And im just getting the disc and the coverage. So the guys go down to virginia. Overnight they start printing the book. The book gets shipped by air, which i did not know about, because if i had, it was a dollar a book. If the book had not worked, we would not have this conversation. It lands on monday. It goes immediately to number one on the
writing a book. when i started the movement, i gave a speech. i was invited to give a speech. people cried to that speech. people gave me two standing ovations. this never happened in the history of that conference. when i came down the stage, this lady came to me and she said, when are we going to read your story? and i thought, who would ever be interested in reading about my insignificant life? but that really sparked the idea of writing this book. lamb: when was that? al-sharif: i gave the speech in 2012 and that is when i started writing it. lamb: where did you give the speech and why? al-sharif: it was also a freedom forum and it was hosted by human rights foundation. it is based in new york and they invite activists from all around the world to tell their stories of standing against tyrants and standing and fighting for human rights. that was in oslo. lamb: let s start from the beginning. where were you born? al-sharif: i am born in mecca in the year of trouble, i ca
this? manal al-sharif: why? tough question. i never thought of writing a book. when i started the movement, i gave a speech. i was invited to give a speech. people cried. people gave me two standing ovations. this never happened in the history of that conference. when i came down the stage, this lady came to me and she said, when are we going to read your story? and i thought, who would ever be interested in reading about my insignificant life? but that really sparked the idea of writing this book. lamb: when was that? al-sharif: i gave the speech in 2012 and that is when i started writing it. lamb: where did you give the speech and why? al-sharif: it was also a freedom forum and it was hosted by human rights foundation. it is based in new york and they invite activists from all around the world to tell their stories of standing against tyrants and standing and fighting for human rights. lamb: let s start from the beginning. where were you born? al-sharif: i am born in mecc