so whether it's mark sandifer or david letterman or you know tom cruise, whomever it is. think we're always sort of interested in what they're doing behind closed doors. i don't know why. >> how did your book do? >> it did well. i mean we were nobodies when it came out. it was a first book at a time where there were lots of political books coming out just before the election. but it did well, i mean, got a great publisher in simon & schuster and i have another book coming with simon & schuster in the spring. and obviously i mean i've launched a very small and insignificant career off this book so. >> threshold additions which is a new imprint for simon & schuster. they use to have free press and >> wait, it's mary matalin's imprint. so she's sort of overseeing that the conservative imprint. >> did she hire you for this? >> yes. >> did she discover you for this? >> no. i, we had an agent who but you -- who -- >> but you said that was tough to get. >> very. very. it took eight months to get an agent who didn't respond to our queries with hate mail. i mean it's a very libera