and i couldn't help thinking about the kinds of negotiations that agents and perhaps andrew wylie in particular used to have with publishers. now it has come to this. good news and they have agreed to print the book. [applause] [laughter] and andrew does still work magic in a recent novel of mine about the watergate scandal did pretty well. he was able to get random house to agree to bring back two of my older novels and i know that the coming availability in kindle is what i should be happy is developed. it least and the long-term economic sense. but i would be lying if i told you that the new electronic edition will give me as much pleasure as the new prospect of copies to be inscribed and those at my desk, the one with one copy of everything that i have published them, being extended a couple more inches. but let me let me give the up-to-date view. by this point, it may surprise you to know that i own and use a candle. there are things i like about it. because i can't figure out how to annotate, i use it only for pure pleasure reasons. mostly novels, often old ones. last year i fou

i want to thank andrew wylie and jen off.s, you have written extraordinary books. i don't really know why i'm standing here but i've been working at this for about 100 years. not as long as elmer lammerts -- leonard, but a long time. [laughter] and i would not be here if it weren't for my daughters. [applause] alice, asa, bruschetta and -- husband dan, mom and dad and all of you. i would like to in the end except this in the spirit of the turtle mountain chippewa people and in recognition of the grace and the endurance of native women. this is a book about a huge case of injustice ongoing on reservations. thank you for giving it a wider audience. it means so much to all of us. thank you. [applause] >> and so, this concludes the 2012 national book awards ceremony. please help me congratulate all the finalists, winners and judges. [applause] everyone is invited to join me at the after party in the balcony. i would sincerely like to thank the national book foundation and especially harold for inviting me to be a part of this eve