dr. castro, are you a communist? and he answered the same every time; no, he was not a communist, never had been, never would be. when castro finally left new york on april 25th, the police were relieved to see him go, but most new yorkers were happy that he'd come to visit. an editorial in "the new york times" summed up the general attitude toward castro as he left. quote: he made it quite clear that neither he, nor anyone of importance in his government so far as he knew was a communist. by the same token, it seems obvious that the americans feel better about castro than they did before. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend on c-span2. well, fall is one of the biggest book-selling seasons and book release seasons of them all, and this is our 2011 fall book preview show. we're joined by two industry watchers and book followers, bob minzesheimer is with "usa today," he's the book critic for that news