anything else? and the other questions? >> not really a question, but when it first came out, my first was i felt like a wild. so i felt that the technology would be everything to reading books. i found through the use of type allergy that we've used, that other shops around the country have absolutely benefited as well. they don't just buy from us through our reaching out through the wilds, but because we are reaching out, others see what we are doing and so they go out to other bookshops and purchase. such technology can open up as well.

>> i would agree. i would agree with that. before we go to the announcement of the next round, just a couple questions i think some people have asked me and i just want to ask you as well. and this is a question about the next round of grants. if you've received to create, does that mean you can't apply again? not that i'm sounding greedy or any. >> now, it doesn't. we are going to evaluate whatever is on the basis of what people -- >> because i love the bookmobile. >> push the button. it's going to show up on the screens such as the next round. [applause]

>> once again come i don't know that i necessarily use the word winners. they are just doers. they are doing something for themselves and i'm here to assist avakian. >> this is great. we thank all of you for coming. if you're on that list commuter checks are available right in the back. mr. patterson will be there signing them for you. [laughter] in any case, thank you all. i want to thank you again. [applause]

[inaudible conversations] >> now joining us on booktv clive priddle, publisher of public affairs. what did i get started? be think it's her birthday today. we are 17. thanks for asking. >> how did it start? >> peter osgood started it. he wanted an independent nonfiction dedicated list that would continue in that tradition ever since. >> i should mention public affairs is publisher of c-span

books. we want to talk to you about some of the upcoming fall 2014 titles of public affairs has. >> thank you a very happy to mention a couple of them. at first i want to mention is a book called city of lies. the author is a wonderful british radio journalist covering the genocide. a pulitzer prize-winning filmmaker and her journey has taken her into the southern part of tehran, a very mixed neighborhood in she's really got a wonderful revealing portrait of all kinds of different tehran is in the title of the book refers to the book that in order to survive in a police state, which is a very repressive environment for repressive environment, you have to be creative with the truth and hence the title city of lies. she has her start in the first book we are thrilled to have a routable care for. the scenery is available. it will come in september.

>> what is a publishing this year? >> we're going to jump from tehran to russia where we have a book called nothing is true and everything is possible by peter pomerantz says. his parents are russian. he now lives outside of russia and he is also a filmmaker. two filmmakers, to first books. his book is a look into the extra very nature of modern russia, which he regards as the first postmodern, post-moral state in the world. there's no rules in russia. such nuttiness long-standing. no foundations have to be preserved for the future. everyone is making it up as they go along. he goes right across to the country from town run by gangsters in the far eastern russia through to the shenanigans that ripple through moscow into schools for young ladies whose desire in life is to. very, very rich men.

it's important if you want to marry a billionaire that you talk to his left hand side because his more emotional side. i'm sure your viewers need to know this. sitting on the left. >> one more we thought we should come back to states on this one. adam tanner is a journalist of many written for reuters and ford said he wanted to look at what the data and marketing is doing to american business. he's got a terrific book that we have called what stays in vegas and the focus of the book is on the casino industry, which uses as a jumping off point to show how much corporations and commercial companies of all kinds are relying on big data now and how much they know about us, whether we wish them to know or not. i know nothing about