world. >> i assign most of the data reviews and i have my own review. >> we review 20 books a week. >> not bad. >> about 20 book so we quite is there a book section? >> and to spread that out to. in tonight we do have more readers. because people read more. than that time never came in

people see our reviews even more. we review a lot of political books on history, science, but the history of film and theater. >> whitey stick to fiction and? >> is that your answer? /. [laughter] >> pretty much you to be an expert in five days on this subject. in that i can say whatever i want. >> to one those books reviewed? >> it is syndicated across

the country. very important venues. but every week sometimes twice a week. and another of the pulitzer prize-winning. >> how did you get into this? >> i was an english teacher many years. it is still my favorite job but it was just wearing me down if it was just one more paper i would kill someone. a student's mother suggested i review books instead so i just went to a bookstore and bought a book road up a review sent it to the "christian science monitor" and they bought it. for all i was there seven years.

>> can a good or bad review hurt a book? >> is to have a marginal effect on sales. positive or negative. >> i know cases because it is sticky and then it will stay there. >> i know we will because for the first time it is very exciting. we are committed. >> water those that we're looking forward to? >> across the underground railroad.

it wasn't an actual railroad underground. and he has a huge novel coming out in a few weeks apparently it is about his vietnam war days. >> i am a sucker for anything in the last book a few weeks ago i'm amazed by what we have been this country and the writing programs there are many more

books produced. many more. >> that is a recommendation. so they want to know that it is getting harder and harder to tell people here is a book you have never heard of. otherwise i will point them to the books that they will enjoy it. >> is an important of of political books? >> a lot of expertise the nonfiction editor with the

elections coming up anything that would impinge on aw or government. >> had you develop your best-seller list? mcfadyen generated for us. >> then we filter out the text books at certain times of the year. it did make it to it here to the editorial judgment. >> it doesn't tend to defer that much once the well there will be another event that will do it.

and that is pretty much a the nationalist. every like those idiosyncratic relevance. >> you are here at the publishers' convention what is the importance? >> the publicist that i talk to all your by e-mail. they tell me what to look for also to read and author some time sometimes i am just the thing and to get the autograph. >> do you do anything electronically with the book review? >> we tweets and facebook i have the series that i do.

>> hello. you may know me as the book critic is a previous episode it was all over from my a grandparent's retirement home people often ask me how long can you keep that up? good question. i know how many so far but challenging way back to the beginning you may have already heard about this novel a cable long before anybody could buy it. back in 1834.

>> what does that mean? >> i don't know. eidenshink anybody knows the realize what the big deal that is? the cover of "time" magazine in with the corrections in 2001 the whole story follows the rise in fall of a very couple with two new children a smart take on life. >> we're trying to figure out where the raiders are on a platform and reach them. >> are you finding success? >> i don't know the numbers yet on twitter ibm all over

the country and that is spun we have had relationships now over several years in with people that will never ever meet. >> a lot of "washington post" authors are also writers. >> that is tricky because many do write books in the office rigo through of very strict process to make sure people have no connection not trying to pay his back gore soft pedal the review it is the worst part of my job waiting for those to come back. it is in the always positive it is important to our independence as the book review section i can honestly say even under the

worst circumstances. >> web book reviews do you read? period the other one on the east coast. "the new york times" the l.a. book review. i very impressed by the quality and "publishers weekly" but "the guardian". >> the editor of the "washington post" book world.