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PUBLISHERS CONVENTION, BOOK EXPO AMERICA. IT IS HELD AT THE JAVITS CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY. WE ARE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY TWO PUBLISHERS. FIRST, THE...
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| 00:00:52 |
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WE MOVED TO DIGITAL. IT CAUSES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND QUESTIONS. WE HAVE BIG NEW PLAYERS AND FORCES AT WORK. I THINK ALL OF US ARE TRYING TO FIGURE...
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| 00:01:22 |
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30%. >> DO YOU SEE THAT GETTING 50% AT
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SOME POINT? >> I THINK EVENTUALLY. THE GROWTH RATE HAS SLOWED
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| 00:01:31 |
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DOWN. IS AN ADULT WORKS PUBLISHER, WE DO NOT PUBLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS. IN OUR WORLD, I THINK THAT THE PHYSICAL BOOK IS PROBABLY GOING TO STAY AROUND...
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| 00:01:56 |
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I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE AS BEHAVIOR CHANGES. I DO ALSO THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO KEEP BUYING REGULAR HARDCOVER AND...
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| 00:02:51 |
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FIVE YEARS. >> YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T FEEL THAT MUCH TURMOIL, PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE BOOK SHOULD BE. THAT HAS...
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| 00:03:01 |
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CHANGED. A LOT OF THIS COVERAGE, DIGITAL PUBLISHING, IT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY. BUT IT HASN'T RADICALLY CHANGED THE CONTENT VERY MUCH. NOR...
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| 00:03:43 |
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JONATHAN KARP. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WITH THE MOVE TO DIGITAL BOOKS. ONE, IT IS A QUALITATIVELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE...
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| 00:04:57 |
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YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS THAT ARE PUBLICLY TRADED, ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE SHOWING PRETTY ROBUST PROFITS OVER THE LAST 24 MONTHS. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK...
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| 00:05:56 |
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FREE. AS A PUBLISHER, ARE YOU SEEING THAT PEOPLE EXPECT THEIR BOOKS TO BE FREE AS WELL? >> Guest: I HAVEN'T PERCEIVED THAT. AND I THINK THAT THE CLIENTELE...
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| 00:06:09 |
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BOOK, THERE'S SORT OF A CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IN THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY THAT THE PART THAT SELLS TO TEENAGERS OR TO PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s, NOW, OBVIOUSLY,...
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| 00:06:54 |
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IS
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| 00:06:56 |
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COMMUNICATING EXPRESSIONS ABOUT THOSE BOOKS SO FAST. THEY HAVE MORE TIME. SO WHEN THEY HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING, I THINK THEY ALL JUST...
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| 00:07:44 |
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THERE'S A FAMOUS STORY SHE
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| 00:07:46 |
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TELL, ABOUT BEING ON AN AIRPLANE READING AND KNOWING WHEN SHE GETS OFF THAT PLANE, SHE HAS TO BUY THAT BOOK. I THINK SHE RESPONDED TO TWILIGHT JUST...
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| 00:08:05 |
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YEARS OLD, AND I DON'T TWEET. AND SO I RELY ON THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE TO DO IT. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S
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| 00:08:12 |
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ONE OF THE THINGS I'M TRYING TO EDUCATE MYSELF AND MY STAFF ABOUT. I THINK WHAT THE INTERNET HAS OFFERED US IS A WAY TO NARROW CAST THAT WE'VE NEVER...
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| 00:09:38 |
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HAS TWO MILLION FOLLOWERS, HE SAID WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WRITE ABOUT? ARE THERE PHOTOS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE BOOK? AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS...
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| 00:10:32 |
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IN THE BUSINESS, AND I GOT THE JOB BECAUSE I COULD
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| 00:10:36 |
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TYPE 100 WORDS PER MINUTE. [LAUGHTER] >> Host: DID YOU PLAN ON GOING INTO PUBLISHING? >> Guest: YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL BOOKS...
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| 00:10:47 |
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THEM WAS POWER BROKER, AND IT'S NICE TO
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| 00:10:49 |
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SEE ROBERT CARO OUT WITH A NEW ONE. ONE OF THEM WAS THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, AND I WAS A REPORTER FOR THE MIAMI HERALD, I WAS IN MIAMI. AND READING THOSE...
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| 00:11:32 |
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REPORTER, I WAS -- ONE OF MY LAST STORIES WAS I WAS SENT TO COVER A
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| 00:11:37 |
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GARBAGE DUMP THAT WAS ON FIRE. SO I THINK MAYBE I GOT OUT AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> Host: MORGAN, HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE PUBLISHING WORLD? >> Guest: UM,...
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| 00:11:49 |
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I WAS AT SCHOOL IN BETWEEN THE HIPPIES AND THE YUPPIES,
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| 00:11:53 |
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SO JUST GETTING THROUGH SCHOOL WAS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. I WAS AT STANFORD, AND STANFORD BE HAS ALWAYS HAD A GREAT WRITERS' PROGRAM. AND SOME OF THE...
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| 00:13:18 |
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FIVE, YOU KNOW, THAT BOOK WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
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| 00:13:21 |
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AND KURT HAD NEVER HAD A PROPER EDITOR. AND HIS PUBLISHER WAS A MAN NAMED SEYMOUR LAWRENCE WHO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IMPRINT PUBLISHERS, AND HE HAD SEEN...
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| 00:13:47 |
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CAREER A
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| 00:13:48 |
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HUGE BOOST. THE BOOK CAME OUT, BECAME A NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND GOT RAVE REVIEWS. VERY, VERY LITTLE CREATE TO THE EDITOR, BUT IT GAVE ME A LOT OF...
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| 00:14:17 |
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NOVEL THAT HE WAS WRITING. AND I READ IT IN ONE BIG, DELIGHTED GULP ONE WEEKEND, AND I WROTE A TEN-PAGE EDITORIAL MEMO. AND I GOT INVITED TO HELP...
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| 00:14:39 |
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ROLLER. AND,
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| 00:14:40 |
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YOU KNOW, I WAS WALKING AROUND, AND WE EDITED DURING THE DAY, AND WE GAMBLED AT NIGHT. AND I NEVER GAMBLED BEFORE, AND HE WANTED TO PLAY BACK RAT....
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| 00:15:11 |
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ASKED FOR ME TO
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| 00:15:12 |
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BE HIS EDITOR. I WAS ONLY ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, AND THE ONLY REASON HE ASKED WAS BECAUSE HE THOUGHT I WAS GOOD LUCK. [LAUGHTER] ANYWAY --...
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Guest: WELL, EXCEPT FOR THAT. >>
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| 00:15:31 |
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Guest: THAT'S WHY I DON'T NEED TO GAMBLE. >> Guest: YOU
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| 00:15:34 |
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TOLD ME A STORY, DIDN'T YOU WRITE -- >>
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Guest: I DID. I
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| 00:15:38 |
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ACQUIRED LESS THAN ZERO. >> Guest: I WANT TO
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| 00:15:41 |
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HEAR THE STORY ABOUT THAT. >> Guest: ABSOLUTELY. I'M
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| 00:15:44 |
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NOT SURE I CAN USE THE LANGUAGE ON TELEVISION OF WHAT SOME OF THE EDITORS WROTE, BUT YOU USED TO
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| 00:15:48 |
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HAVE TO SEND AROUND A MOON
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| 00:15:50 |
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YOU SCRIPT TO SIMON AND SIMON & SCHUSTER, AND EVERYBODY WOULD NOTE THEIR COMMENTS. AND THERE WERE SOME PRETTY STRONG NEGATIVE COMMENTS INCLUDING ONE...
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| 00:16:17 |
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PLACE WHERE EDITORS LIKE MORGAN CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, AND I FIND THAT
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| 00:16:22 |
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STORY REMARKABLE. >> Guest: WELL, DAN AND DICK, TO THEIR CREDIT, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID, LOOK, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE YOU HERE. YOU'RE 27 YEARS OLD. I...
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| 00:16:31 |
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FOR, I THINK, $5,000 FOR WORLD RIGHTS. AND WHY NOT ALLOW A YOUNG EDITOR TO TAKE A CHANCE NOW AND AGAIN? THAT'S WHY -- >> Guest: EXACTLY. THAT'S REALLY,...
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| 00:16:47 |
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HERE. >> Host: SO, JONATHAN KARP, BESIDES THE E-BOOK WORLD THAT WE'RE LIVING IN TODAY, WHAT OTHER CHANGES SHOULD WE BE LOOKING OUT FOR
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| 00:16:55 |
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IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS IN PUBLISHING? >> Guest: WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M INTERESTED IN WHETHER THE ATTENTION SPAN IS GETTING SHORTER. AND, I MEAN, IF YOU...
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| 00:17:05 |
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LOOK AT WRITINGS FROM THE PREVIOUS CENTURY, IT IS LONGER. THE BOOKS ARE LONGER, THE SENTENCES ARE LONGER. AND SO I WONDER WHETHER DIGITAL WILL RESULT...
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| 00:18:17 |
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INTO? >> Guest: HARDLY AT ALL, NO. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO PUBLISH THE BOOKS THAT ARE GOING TO LAST. AND I THINK THAT IT'S HARD
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| 00:18:25 |
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TO COMPETE WITH "THE NEW YORK TIMES" OR WITH CMN. CNN. SO I DON'T SEE VERY MUCH OF THAT HAPPENING FOR US. >> Host: MORGAN, WHAT CHANGES DO YOU SEE...
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| 00:18:41 |
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OF THE FORM CHANGING SOME. WE'VE DONE ONE ENHANCED E-BOOK OR APP
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| 00:18:45 |
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WITH AN AUSTRALIAN SCIENTIST NAMED TIM FLANNERY, HE DID A BOOK CALLED "HERE ON EARTH." AND IT LENT ITSELF TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GRAPHS AND VIDEOS AND...
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| 00:20:55 |
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I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY HELPFUL ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE SELF-PUBLISHING -- WITH PUBLISHERS, THE REAL STRENGTH...
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| 00:21:42 |
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WELL, ONE OF THEM IS BY CALLED "PATERNO."
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| 00:21:47 |
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JOE POGNASKI IS THE MOST RECENT ELECTED MEMBER OF THE SPORTS WRITERS' HALL OF FAME, AND HE WAS WITH JOE PATERNO WRITING THE BOOK BEFORE THE SCANDAL....
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| 00:22:09 |
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ABOUT THIS MAN WHO WAS THE WINNINGEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH IN HISTORY. AND
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| 00:22:13 |
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A MAN WHO VALUED EXCELLENCE MUCH MORE THAN SUCCESS, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALL OF THIS ERUPTED. AND I WOULD PUT IT RIGHT UP THERE WITH "WHEN PRIDE...
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| 00:23:47 |
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ON THE KILLING OF OSAMA bin
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| 00:23:50 |
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LADEN. MARK IS THE AUTHOR OF "BLACK HAWK DOWN," PROBABLY THE PREEMINENT CHRONICLER OF THE SPECIAL FORCES AND MILITARY ACTIONS IN THE U.S. TODAY. AND,...
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| 00:25:17 |
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OBVIOUSLY, ALL THE PUBLISHERS LIKE AMAZON TO SELL THEIR BOOKS, BUT -- >> Guest: WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ASK ME THAT, REPORT REPORTERS ASK ME THAT...
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| 00:25:28 |
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HAD EDITORS WHO ARE 900 TIMES MY SIZE FOR 20 YEARS. NOW THERE'S ONE THAT'S A THOUSAND TIMES MY SIZE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? [LAUGHTER] I'M GOING TO...
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| 00:26:12 |
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OF MONEY. >> Host: SO DOES SIMON & SCHUSTER. >> Guest: WELL, I'M GLAD YOU THINK SO. [LAUGHTER] BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ULTIMATELY JUST ANOTHER PUBLISHER,...
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| 00:26:21 |
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ENOUGH GOOD WRITERS TO GO
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| 00:26:23 |
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AROUND. >> Host: I WAS JUST KIDDING. JONATHAN KARP, PUBLISHER OF SIMON & SCHUSTER. WHAT'S ON YOUR SUMMER READING LIST? >>
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| 00:26:31 |
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Guest: ON MY SUMMER READING LIST? >> Host: YEP. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO READING? >> Guest: WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO READING ROBERT
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| 00:26:39 |
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CARO'S LATEST VOLUME
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| 00:26:40 |
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OF THE LYNDON JOHNSON
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| 00:26:42 |
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SERIES. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. AND REALLY I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME READING SIMON AND SCHUSTER BOOKS UNFORTUNATELY. >> Guest: I'VE GOT A GALLEY...
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| 00:26:57 |
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OF JUNEAU DIAZ'S NEW BOOK. >> Host: GENTLEMEN, MORGAN, JONATHAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING ON BookTV. >>
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