The panelists talked about their experiences in writing, book collecting, and related fields. Following their prepared remarks, they responded to questions from the audience. Nicholas A. Basbanes wrote Among the Gently Mad: Perspectives and Strategies for the Book-Hunter in the Twenty-First Century, published by Henry Holt and Company. Carolyn See wrote Making a Literary Life, published by Random House. Anne Bernays and Justin Kaplan wrote Back Then: Two Lives in 1950's New York, published by William Morrow and Company.