i will introduce melanie hatter who you know is the author we feature today. here is about melanie that i got from her website. she was born and raised in scotland. she is from a biracial family. her father is from richmond and her mother is a redhead from the south. she received her bachelor's degree in journalism from hampton university she graduated with a masters in writing from john hopkins university. she started her career as a journalist. but realized after a while that was not her dream. her dream was to become a writer so that is what she is now. also, i found this interesting, she is a licensed massage therapist. there will be massages along the edge. [laughter] and also, on the side, the participating author with the writers in school program in washington, d.c. where she lives this means she shares her book with high school students which she loves doing. melanie has written short stories which you can read about on her website. her debuting awful true novel which is not she is talking about today is the color of my soul, it won the 2011 washington

author melanie hatter. and the book freedom fighters and held razors. charles marsh with can i get a witness. and authors lori anderson with shout and jason reynolds with his book, long way down. watch coverage of the inia festival of the book saturday at 1 pm eastern on book tv on c- span2. >> now a discussion on the u.s. postal service and e-commerce. topics include the increasing rate of business conducted online. the impact on the postal service. revenues associated with packaged delivery services. and competition. the information technology and innovation foundation hosted the event. it is one hour 20 minutes.

author melanie hatter with her book, malawi sisters. freedom fighters and hell raisers, charles marsh with can i get a witness and authors laurie anderson with shout and jason reynolds with his book, "long way down." watch coverage of the virginia festival of the book saturday at 1 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> this weekend on american history tv, world war ii navajo code talkers and a look back at the 1979 three-mile island nuclear power accident. saturday at 2 p.m. eastern on oral histories, the first of six interviews with former world war ii navajo code talkers who served in the marine corps and used their native language to secretly communicate operational plans. >> it took us, the navajo code talkers compelled to use their language, and they devised it, and they schemed it in such a way that it played a role of a very unique role of confusing the enmany i. >> and -- enemy. >> and live sunday morning on american history tv and c-span's "washington journal," the 40th anniversary of the three-mile island nuclear power plant a

author melanie hatter. and the book freedom fighters and held razors. charles marsh with can i get a witness. and authors lori anderson with shout and jason reynolds with his book, long way down. watch coverage of the inia festival of the book saturday at 1 pm eastern on book tv on c- span2. >> now a discussion on the u.s. postal service and e-commerce. topics include the increasing rate of business conducted online. the impact on the postal service. revenues associated with packaged delivery services. and competition. the information technology and innovation foundation hosted the event. it is one hour 20 minutes. >> good afternoon everyone. and president of the information technology and innovation foundation. and i am really pleased to welcome you today to i tif's event on better understanding of e-commerce and postal reform. how many people here have gotten something in the mail to you ordered through e-commerce in the last week? how about this morning? several of us. i looked at my deliveries in the last few days, for family, light bulbs, guitar st