come the end of may is when bea, bookexpo america. the largest trade show in north america for publishers and books and authors, and our committee, they've already booked their flights. they're already planning who they're going to see, and their day is like every 10 or 15 minutes, and there's four of them that go. and they fill it because they want to talk to every author and every publisher that's on their list of top tier authors. so, you know, we start in may. and then we go after the sponsors and, you know, just keeps going. you know, the reading festival is 100% funded by grants, donations and sponsorships. there is no tax dollars that go to fund this reading festival. so it's totally self-supporting. so it's my job to raise about $100,000 every year on average. you know, we generate the $100,000, it's spent right back in the community. this year we had a record number of authors. we had about 44 flights into and out of fort myers, specifically just within those authors, and then we do market throughout the state. and, you know,

talking with authors and publishing executives at the publishing industry's annual trade show, bookexpo america in new york city. we'll also be live from the chicago transcribe wound's printers row -- tribune's printers row lit fest. let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area, and we'll be happy to add them to our list. e-mail us at booktv@cspan.org. >> here's or a look at some books that are being published the week. c-span's latest book recounts over two decades of interviews on subjects ranging from politics to social issues and history in "sundays at eight: 25 years of stories from c-span's q&a and booknotes." in "unstoppable: the emerging left/right alliance to dismantle the corporate state," ralph nader discusses people across the political spectrum rallying against corporate power. former u.s. congressman and presidential candidate rick santorum provides his plan to rejuvenate the republican party in "blue collar conservatives: recommitting to an america that works." in "so much to do: a full life of business, politics and confronting fiscal crisis," former lieutenant govern