mitchell kaplan runs bookstores in coral gables, florida called books and books. has coronavirus affected your business? >> yes, unfortunately, it has. we have been holding on as long as we could but it looks like starting tomorrow, we are going to be closing down all six stores in the miami area and trying to move our sales online and encourage people to buy at our website. this is happening i believe across the country with independent bookstores everywhere. like normally happens independent bookstores are representative of what is happening with small business so there are many thousands upon thousands of small business people who are suffering the same way we are. >> host: are you doing this because florida has mandated his or you have just seen such a drop in foot traffic and sales? >> guest: there are a couple reasons we are doing it. one is at this point the mandates that have come through, the guidance from the cdc about people not gathering in places where there are more than just a few people we feel it is our responsibility to heed those warnings. ironi

this is happening i believe across the country with independent bookstores everywhere. like normally happens in the bookstores, are very representative of what's happening a small business. so there are many, many thousands upon thousands of small business people who are suffering the same way we are. so mr. kaplan are you doing this because a state of florida has mandated? or you've just seen such a drop in foot traffic and sales that it's a necessity? >> there's a couple of reasons why we are doing it. one, at this point, with the mandates that have come through, and the guidance from the cdc, about people not gathering in places where there are more than just a few people, we feel is our responsibility to heed those warnings. ironically, the thing that makes the bookstores so great is it is a gathering place in a place where communities come together. now it's one of the big liabilities that we have. and so, it is an attempt to help flatten out that curve as they say. we are closing our stores. >> what about author events? have you had a lot of cancellations prior to

this is happening, i believe, across the country with independent bookstores everywhere. and like normally happens in the bookstores we are very representative of what's happening with small businesses. there are many, many thousands of found thousands of small business people who are suffering the same way we are. >> mr. kaplan, are you doing this because the state of florida has mandated it or because you've seen such a drop in foot traffic and sales that it's a necessity? >> well, couple of reasons while we are doing it. one is that at this point with the mandates that have come through and the guidance from the cdc about people not gathering in places where there are more than just a few people we feel it's our responsibility to heed those warnings. ironically, the thing that makes independent bookstores so great which is that it is a gathering place. it's a place where communities come together and that's not one of the big liabilities we have. and so in an attempt to help, you know, flatten out that curve, as they say, we are closing our stores. >> what about author

unlike normally happens in the bigger bookstores, their very rep. of what is happening in small businesses. so many thousands upon thousands of small business people who are suffering the same way we are. peter: are used doing this because the state has mandated it or you sought such a drop in foot traffic and sales. mitchell: a couple reasons we are doing it. one is at this point, with the mandates that have come through, and the guidance from the cdc about people not gathering in places where there are more than just a few people. we filled that it is our responsibility to heed those warnings. ironically, the thing that makes the book so great, is the gathering place. in places where communities together. that's now one of the big liabilities that we have. and so, in an attempt to help another curve as they say we are closing our stores. peter: what about author events. yet a lot of cancellations prior to the closing of your stores. go ahead. mitchell: we have had, 30 - 40 cancellations starting a couple of weeks ago. for canceling so we've had lo

mitchell kaplan runs a chain of bookstores and based in florida. coronovirus impact on books and books, mitchell kaplan, has coronavirus affected your business. mitchell: yes it has but it looks like starting tomorrow, were going to be closing down all six stores that we have in the area. in trying to move our selves online. and encourage people to buy on a website. and this is happening i believe across the country with bookstores everywhere and like normally what happens, their very rep. of what is happening in small business of their many many thousands upon thousands of small business people are suffering the same loop we are. peter: are you doing this because the state of florida has mandated it or you seen such a drop in for traffic and sales that is unprecedented. if. mitchell: there's a couple of reasons why were doing it. at this point, with the mandates then it come thorough, and the guidance from cdc about people not gathering in places where there are more than just a few people, we feel it is our responsibility to heed this morning's.

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james patterson said he will donate $500,000 to eight independent bookstores across the country. he's partnered with reese witherspoon the americus booksellers association and the book industry to launch the hashtag save in the bookstores. bookstores around the country continue to provide remote services for their customers through online sales in virtual author events. source books in detroit has closed its doors but is selling online. bay area booksellers had partnered together to provide a series of author events at hashtag we love bookstores. 13% the last week of march. they continue to make changes to their publication schedules. with the book fairs in san antonio in annapolis maryland offering not to reschedule. their annual conference in june in chicago. the los angeles times festival of books largely set to take place has decided to hold the 2t annual festival in october. it will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. you can watch all of our archive programs anytime a book tv.org. >> recently at politics and prose bookstore journalist james man looked at

phoebe kong reports. >> the causeway bay bookstore used to be an iconic location in hong kong, famed for selling books critical of chinese leaders. now its founder's about to bring it to taiwan. in 2015, he was one of five books dollars detained by booksellers and forced to confess on tv. he says his calling in life h hs much more meaning than fifive years ago. >>>> b books a are my weapons of resistanance. reopenining a store is a revolt against the authoritarian regime. why are they so afraid of unarmed booksellers? >> he could only realize is plan after he fled in april of last year after the hong kong government was pushing ahead with an extradition bill that could send him back to china for trial. soon after he left, hong kong descended into mass protests. the unrest is far from over. 15 million opposition figures were arrested just last weekend. this week, he was attacked with paint in taipei. in what he called an attempt by china to intimidate him. but he is not backing down. slogans and books about the hong kong protests are prominent in his store. >> i am pessimistic about h

forces writers and bookstores to celebrate stories on book day. ♪ figures released from the u.s.nt a picture of an economy devastated by the coronavirus. in just five weeks, all of the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out. last week, another 4.4 million americans filed for unemployment benefits. this was the third week the number of new claims has declined. a sign the worst of the shock may be over. a record 26.4 million americans have lost their jobs since the end of march when lockdowns shut down production. that is more than 15% of the u.s. workforce. members of the u.s. house of representatives has returned to washington where they are expected to pass a 480 $4 billion relief bill to fund small businesses and hospitals. some people in georgia and other u.s. states are preparing to return to work. the moves angered even president trump. he says georgia's decision to begin exiting lockdown was in violation of lockdowns -- of guidelines released by the white house. bowling alleys and her salons will open across the state on friday. other states in

but they targeted bookstores in order to suppress freedom of speech why are they so afraid of unarmed booksellers. lem could only realize his point after he fled to taiwan and they probably last year that was after the hong kong government was pushing ahead with an extradition bill that could send him back to china for trial soon after he left hong kong to send in 2 months of mass protests. the unrest is far from over 15 living opposition figures were arrested just last weekend. and these week lemon k was a tatts with paint in taipei in what he caught in the attempts by china to intimidate him alone is not backing down so guns and books about the hong kong protest a prominent in his book store but. i'm pessimistic about hong kong because it's ruled by a country which breaches its promises to the people. through old china tightened hong kong's freedoms over the past 20 years but my bookstore says no to totalitarianism. we call for liberties just as it's written here on this flag. many people around the world acco his beliefs he raised around $200000.00 in profit to realize the project

a bookstore is a place where people come to browse and shop at the community gathering center we had put on normal time slots. we had classes we have a coffee house. in much of that activity has had to stop. as the spread of the virus and the warnings to social distance. at the same time we had been able to carry on some activity largely through web orders and also at least until today curbside deliveries but even those have now been curtailed by the dc government. >> you have shut down your stores here in dc russian mark. >> it has come in phases. finally last week closed the doors of all three locations to customer foot traffic. as of an order that was issued by the dc mayor last night's east even ceased even the curbside deliveries. >> what about author events how would you hold in a typical month? >> we were up about 15 or 20 a week about a thousand year. we had been building our author invents program steadily over the last decade we would hold several a day. in various venues. and all of that we tried for a very short while to hold some of them we separated the seating in such

. >> so, we're the last bookstore.pring, in the old bank district. we've been here for about 10 years now, and we're the largest independent used-and-new bookstore in california. it's tough, but we're getting by. you know, we're being true to our name and trying to be the last bookstore. well, my wife, it was her idea. she had the idea to give people sort of surprise grab bags based on categories that they like to read or titles that they have read before. so that's what we're doing. we're just trying to curate small collections for people to read while they're stuck at home, and they can drive by and pick them up on the curb, or we can deliver them for them or mail them, whatever they prefer. >> i'm gonna ask you, you know, "what have you read in the past? what authors do you enjoy?" maybe i will try to fish for a couple other genres from you, just in case, you know, so that we can provide a good -- good variety. so far, we've seen a wide variety of people. it's been really great to see, you know, parents calling in o

we are an independent bookstore one of the few remaining and bookstores. these are very very proud of that fact. thank you for coming to our location we also have a a beautiful store in the building in san francisco and if you've never been there it's a beautiful store. buy a few books and then go have dinner in the city. it's a wonderful way to spend your evening. remember book passage is so much more than just a bookstore. we bring to you probably thousand author readings every year if you can believe that. and in addition, we have all kinds of classes, and which, writing, book groups, children's classes and finally i'm proud to say we are going green. we've been producing a paper newsletter which i know some of you receive in the mail starting in march. we are going to do e-mail only so if we don't have your e-mail or you're not getting the newsletters, please sign up with these pieces of paper at the registers that your e-mail down and we will get you on the list. so, we've also have challengers and event promotions in the store. we rent out our space

bookstores around the country continue to provide remote services for their customers through onlineales and virtual author events and patch it, novelist and coowner in nashville describes how her bookstore try to adapt and we make our plans, we change our plans, we make other plans. this is a new world order. and publishers weekly recently conducted a survey of independent bookstores according to the report on average a minimum of 35% of sales in march were online and over half of the responding bookstores had to let go of 50 to 100% of their employees. in more news npd book scan report that is despite effects of the coronavirus, book sales for the first quarter were down 1.3% compared to last year. however, march sales dipped 7% from the year prior. publishers continue to make changes to their publication schedules and many have announced layoffs in the closures of distribution centers. recently one of the country's largest book printers, lsc communications filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. book festivals and conferences continue to be canceled. the city's printer row lit will take

and the lockdown forces writers and bookstores to find a new way to celebrate stories on world books say. hello new figures released in the u.s. paint a picture of an economy devastated by the coronavirus in just 5 weeks all the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out so here are the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for unemployment benefits this is the 3rd week the number of new claims has declined so a sign the worst of the shock may be over but it does mean a record $26400000.00 americans have lost their jobs since the end of march when lockdowns shut down production and led to mass staff furloughs that's more than 15 percent of the u.s. workforce meanwhile members of the u.s. house of representatives representatives have returned to washington where they're expected to pass a $484000000000.00 relief bill to fund small businesses and hospitals meanwhile some people over in georgia and other u.s. states are now preparing to return to work but the moves anger. even president trump he says georgia's decision to begin exiting lockdown was

we are an independent bookstore one of the very few remaining independent bookstores. [applause] thank you. we are very proud of that fact. thanks for coming to our core the madeira location we have a beautiful store in the siri building in san francisco. if you've never been there, it's a beautiful store, go in, by a few books and have dinner in the city. it's a wonderful way to spend your evening. remember, book passage is so much more than just a bookstore, we bring to you probably a thousand author readings every year, if you can believe that. in addition we also have all kinds of classes, language classes, writing classes, we have book groups, children's classes and finally, and proud to say we are going green. we have put in producing a paper newsletter which i know some of you received in the mail starting in march we are going to do an email only so if we don't have your email if you're not getting our email newsletters, please sign up. we have these little green pieces of paper where all the registers just put your email down and we will get you on the list. w

we are an independent bookstore one of the very few remaining independent bookstores. [applause] thank you. we are very proud of that fact. thanks for coming to our core the madeira location we have a beautiful store in the siri building in san francisco. if you've never been there, it's a beautiful store, go in, by a few books and have dinner in the city. it's a wonderful way to spend your evening. remember, book passage is so much more than just a bookstore, we bring to you probably a thousand author readings every year, if you can believe that. in addition we also have all kinds of classes, language classes, writing classes, we have book groups, children's classes and finally, and proud to say we are going green. we have put in producing a paper newsletter which i know some of you received in the mail starting in march we are going to do an email only so if we don't have your email if you're not getting our email newsletters, please sign up. we have these little green pieces of paper where all the registers just put your email down and we will get you on the list. w

they raised $450,100,000 respectfully forget bookstores around the country continue to provide remote services for their customers through online sales and virtual author offense. a novelist and co-owner of these books international describes help her bookstores try to adapt, saying we make our plans and change our plans. we make other plans. this is a new world order. the recently conducted a survey as independent bookstores according to the report, and mom 35% of sales in march were online and over half of the responding bookstores had to let go of 50 to one 100% of their employees. workers, scan reports despite the effects of the coronavirus, book sales for the first quarter were down only 1.3% compared to last year. our sales did 7% from the year prior. publishers continue to make changes to the publication schedule. many announced layoffs and closures of the distribution centers. recently, the artist book printers filed for bankruptcy. book festivals and conferences continue to be canceled or rescheduled. the american library association canceled their conference in chicago while

and are here at the bookstore. labor day is around the corner. we are thrilled to welcome authors like john kerry, deborah harkness, walter mosley and many others. you: more about these in our upcoming events on a website harvard.com. /events or on the sale of flyers. after today's talks we will have time for questions. c-span is here taping. as a request we ask that stand up and speak loudly so they can pick it up. please know you will be recorded. following q&a we will have book signing at this table. "reader, come home" is available for sale in the next room and for today only is 20% off. part of how we say thank you for buying your book at harvard bookstore. your purchases make nice events possible, so thank you. i would also like to thank you in advance and gently remind you to ideally turn off at a minimum silence your cell phones for the duration of tonight's event. some phones will probably go off and you will feel so superior that it's your neighbors and not yours. tonight we are joined by maryanne wolf, visiting professor at ucla where

covert outbreak and continues your support, if you're interested in supporting local independent bookstores and by purchasing a copy of his book being presented tonight, use the link on the lifestream page to purchase through our friends at third-place book, we will have copies for sale that will feature book links inside and free shipping. if you want to buy it, there's the best place to purchase your book, we hope you will. you know if i had been able to get to the green room i would know exactly how long they're intending to speak tonight but typically we ask for something in the 30 - 40 minute followed by a moderated question and answer session, we'll just say he'll talk for as long as it takes and that's all. our moderator tonight will select questions from the submitted, we asked a question at the bottom of your screen, you can also vote on which questions our speakers will answer first by clicking the arrow next to uploaded, we cannot guarantee the speakers will be able to address every question, we will try to get to as many as possible and as always like to say in person, keep your

for decades, the center of pinortland's relife has been powell's bookstore. it takes up a whole city block, oand housr a million volumes, new and used. it's even a tourist destination. >> you coknow, when peopl to visit portland, visiting powell's is at the top of the list. you know, when you-- when you go to a city, you know, you go to paris, you want to see the eleiower. you go to portland, you want to go to powell's bookstore. >> reporter: samiya bashir, a poet, and a professor at portland's reed college, says powell's is special for readers, and for writers. >> they read the ok they know who the authors are. they curate their sections carefully, lovingly, smartly. >repoer: andrew proctor, director of the portland nonprofit, literary arts, collaborates with powell's to bring authors to portland. >> you know, powels books is onof the most important, you know, institutions in american literary life. >> reporter: f the top of your head, can you tick off some of the notable writers who have read at powell's? >> i mean, everyone! i don't even-- like, it would k

your contributions make this possible and now more than ever to ensure the future of independent bookstores thank you for joining us here at the virtual space. we appreciate your support now and always. now i'm so pleased to introduce my speakers the author of the celebrated new york times best-selling essay collection currently the voice that twitter previously writer at large for new york magazine other writings have been published in the new york times during the time magazine and other numerous publishing so we will be discussing his newest book "i don't want to die poor" an essay collection at the rave review of the book to be specific trauma of financial insecurity and essays as relatable as prescient and then to form of life among the most pernicious. the proclaimed author observing how quietly he leads those to our own embassy forcing us to examine in the world and making it increasingly difficult we are so delighted to host this event tonight without further ado. >> so my first question is you wrote a book that people love it was critically acclaimed, new york times bestseller, all

yeah true old china tightened hong kong's freedoms over the past 20 years but my bookstore says no to totalitarianism. we call for liberties just as it's written on this flag. many people around the world acco his beliefs he raised around $200000.00 in profundity to realize the project. when he would. make a. living. and then maybe on the path of no return after leaving his home loving family behind in hong kong the boat store in taipei has now become his home. i don't expect the situation to improve soon maybe in a decade or more nevertheless we shouldn't give up. i boycott all chinese products revolts doesn't necessarily mean throwing a petrol bomb it's all the little things in our everyday lives. i don't liberties have had their price 11 k. believes he made the best decision he could have. while the pandemic poses a particular challenge in africa where many countries lack critical health care infrastructure sudan was already facing a health care crisis before the cold at 19 outbreak many medical workers left the country under the previous dictatorship that's left mostly young docto

to go to the bookstore and we can pick out three books. that thing where that becomes part of what your family does. there is ways in which to arrange travel around that. again does a kid need a battery pack for his iphone when you go on vacation, maybe not let it run out of batteries and make sure everyone brings a book every time they leave the house. again no parent likes to have stuff scattered in the back of their cars but better it be boo books in the back of the car then random plastic toys that they've gotten. i think ideally you don't really want to have a set time for reading. a read in an atmosphere where they're looking for that time. i say this because i'm not the editor of a book, i encourage my kids to read children book reviews but the 12, ten and seven in the 12 and 10-year-old i encourage them to read the wall street journal and the children's book section and if they are interested and want to order so they can get into be professional book reviewers. >> that's a great way to empower kids. i had moments where i had and f

i stood at many events in this bookstore. buy a frequent customer, i think they mean by a person that used to go for a run to hear and stop. >> thank you guys for coming though, this is nice. i figured i would read something sort of towards the end of the book that is the section dear to my heart about venture capitalists on twitter. [laughter] are there any venture capitalists? [laughter] thank you for your service. [laughter] do you think you hate yourself can ask the therapist in berkeley. [laughter] coming in strong fo for an intae session i thought, but the next day i followed a bunch of capitalists on the blogging platform. it wasn't exactly an act of self care. the venture capitalists were discussing a universal basic income and i couldn't look away. they were concerned about the unbossed economic potential of the urban poor. as the ice melts and the temperatures have the uninhabitable bb were concerned the eye of a specific question whether they or china would own it, would bring about a certain world war. they wanted

in 2015 it was greece's financial crisis keeping customers away from the free thinking zone bookstore and cafe at the time pages weren't being turned coffees weren't being served and the overall situation looked bleak owner and at the worried her small athens business might not make it despite all that what she called the free thinking zone survived now though it's the coronavirus pandemic that threatens to switch the shops lights off for good it's been met i have heard. the bird biggest problem that not. only doesn't actually. these days independent booksellers around the world are finding it increasingly difficult to stay in business hi everyone this is my own at the bookstore i was on reiner owns and operates the run for cover bookstore in san diego california its doors are temporarily shut and its future is uncertain but customers are still ordering titles actually really hard. business book business we're all to get our hands on books because everyone has. their way to do business mariani who fulfilled a lifelong dream by opening her store a year and a half ago has turned increas

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she runs a bookstore in southwest virginia. i want to see the thought at the start of the event to thinking about some of the topics. in his essay, james baldwin has some thoughts about how the stories of device or comfort ahead of the greater understanding and that can weaken our ability to deal with the world as it is in ourselves as we are. he concludes with a fought but i try to bear in mind when encountering the works of history and what they have reached back over hundreds of years or what we are doing with contemporary issues. all of these books give us history often by the difficult work. to get started, i'd like to ask everyone to share the stories for these three books. when and how do the concerns and the ideas of these books for us to take shape, and if we could start with elizabeth and then go to steven and then go to wendy. >> i moved to texas with my partner as the 2016 presidential election started up. i consumed every piece of media that i could about what was happening in appalachia during the election and how

i guess this is my sense of the book in a bookstore.laughter] but the product presents certain they'll use of the industry and our culture doesn't necessarily value slowness or small-scale small businesses. look at your cities, look around. it's not just a tech. i think it is an amplification of a social moment. >> there are a lot of people here and i would like to get a few questions and start thinking of a few last ones. [inaudible] why are all tech people [inaudible] >> not all tech people. [laughter] >> i have a section in the book like when i need to stay awake and i can't drink any more caffeine i need to get pumped before doing anything that needs me to be. [laughter] you can tell when i was really blasting it. i think edm there's an energy and i think it can be made quickly. there is someone in the audience i would love to ask [inaudible] >> it is much easier if you live in the city and i feel like that is happening all over but it exploded in 2008. that also coincides. speed to [laughter] there is an amazing profile that i coul

at # we love bookstores. according to books sales, they dipped 13 percent in the last week in march compared to the year prior. publishers continue to make changes to the publication schedules and many of the announced layoffs, and the closing of their distribution centers. spring book festivals and conferences have been canceled with book fairs in san antonio and in maryland three or opting not to reschedule. also cancellations of their inner conference in june in chicago predict los angeles times festival of books originally set to take place in april, has decided to hold their 25th annual festival in october. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. you can also watch all of our anytime, apple tv .org. >> good evening everybody. we will get

bookstores around the country continue to provide remote services for their customers through onlines and virtual author events. sourcebooks in detroit has closed its doors but selling online while powell's books in portland oregon recently announced the rehiring of 49 of their staff members to assist with the rise in online sales. bay area booksellers partnered together to provide a series of author events that hashtag would love bookstores. also, according to npd bookscan book sales dipped 13 percent last week of march compared to the year prior. publishers continue to make changes to their publication schedules and many have announced layoffs in the closing of their distribution centers. spring book festivals and conferences have been canceled with book fairs in san antonio and annapolis maryland opting not to reschedule. the american library association also notes the cancellation of their annual conference this june in chicago. while the los angeles times festival of books originally set to take place in april has decided to hold their 25th annual festival in october. book tv wi

on behalf of carmichael's bookstore, i am delighted to welcome you all to tonight's events, if we could take a moment before we began to silence our phones, i would appreciate that. tonight we are joined by cassie chambers whose honored her child hood in appalachia and the strong women who raised her preacher went on to earn a degree from harvard law and has worked extensively with domestic violence survivors in kentucky. she lives with her husband. please join me in giving a warm welcome to cassie. [applause] >> thank you all, first off i want to thank everyone for being here and coming out in the rain on a cold night, mean so much to have everyone from all the different stages in my life, it is wonderful to see you all here. i wanted to carmichael's for hosting this event, please, carmichael so, so much for this community, please purchase books if you want to have independent bookstores and use our dollars to do that. please at the end of tonight i would appreciate if you would purchase your book and i would sign them at the signing table after this wrapped up. so what i want to do to

i am stephanie come on the co-owner of community bookstore.applause] it doesn't surprise me that the crowd is hard-core. we are thrilled to welcome rebecca on her new book the reflections of my nonexistence, shall be in conversation with leslie jamison, please note that there will not be assigning after the event that rebecca did arrive early to sign each and every one of yourte books. [applause] now our guest rebecca is the author of more than 20 books including a field guide to getting lost, the faraway nearby, paradise built in hell, river shadows and wonder love, a history of walking, she is also the author of men explain things to me on feminism activism and social change, hope and also the crime it crisis. a product is a california public education system from can get into graduate school, she's a regular contributor to the guardian. leslie jamison is the author of the new york times bestseller recovery and empathy stands inis the novel. she's a good tubing writer for new york times magazine and her work has appeared in publications incl

you have to go to used bookstor bookstores. and the internet has helped also.ook out of a library, and in this book i found in the painting of george washington crossing the river the man rowing the boat to the right of george washington is a black guy. his name was prince whipple. he was a servant of one of george washington's aides. and he is a black guy rowing the boat on the painting. >> we meet all year long to plan this. there's 48 boat crew because it takes 12 per boat and there will be about 300 soldiers crossing, a lot less than the 2,400 that actually crossed in 1776. if you had to wait for 2,400, it would take all day. took washington nine hours. but yeah, about 300 today and about 48 boat crew. and the boat crews come out and practice. they practice on a local lake. and then we come out and practice on the river. so we do -- there's a lot -- the planning goes on all year. there will be a meeting in january just to be brief and then we'll start planning for next year. >> i kind of had advanced training because my father, he never owned a motor. when

. >>> plus, it looked like a famous san francisco bookstore would have to shut its doors permanently. how city lights may have been saved, coming up. everyone is working a little differently now. so we can still answer your calls. and we are monitoring our system 24/7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. and we're still on the road. solving critical issues as they arise. ♪ go to xfinity.com/prepare. thank you. in this time of crisis we run with them, toward those in need. we are 7,000 doctors, nurses, pharmacists and therapists supporting their efforts on the ground and virtually. we're by yours, too. and expert advice at cigna.com/covid19 >>> new and 11, in contra costa county, the fairgrounds in antioch will be converted into a temporary medical facility to care for covid-19 patients should the need arise. the site will be able to hold 43 beds of for those who test positive for the virus. the red cross has assisted in organizing plans for the potential critical-care site.>> we are preparing this area j

.>> there is a quirky bookstore in san francisco holding its first online event tonight as it tries toope with the statewide shutdown green apple books opened up on clement street in the richmond neighborhood in 1967 but like many others the store is now closed and most of the staff has been laid off all of the sales have shifted to the website which the co-owner says has increased substantially but the margins for profit is slim. the bookstore will host an online event tonight via zoom with an author has released a new book in the co-owner says he is optimistic he will be able to reopen the store once the shelter in place order is lifted any questions how many people will come into the store to buy books once it is over. >>> you know i was just talking about this yesterday, all of the extra washing and sanitizing of your hands these days is also causing new problems bay area dermatologists say they are seeing severe cases of dermatitis is the skin's natural oils are being scrubbed away. we talked to a doctor about remedies that you can try at home.>> >>reporter: burning and itching an

s politics and prose bookstore. topping the list is jill banks with the watergate cases assistant prosecutor in the watergate girl. then in counterpoint, pulitzer prize-winning credit, philip weighs in on johan sebastian bach's music. after that is a global optimism cofounders christina figure -ist and tom thought on climate change in the future of humanity in the future we choose. that is followed by the splendid and the vial. eric larson study of prime minister winston churchill's leadership during the london blitz and repping up our look at some of the best-selling nonfiction books in politics and prose bookstore is supreme inequality former "new york times" editorial board member adam cohen's investigation on how the supreme court has become more conservative over the last 50 years. some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch them online booktv.org. >> joining us now in book tv is a bradley graham he is the co-owner of politics and prose bookstore here in washington d.c. along with his wife.

the bookstore in boulder colorado and they mistry bookstore. can i whisper something in your air. my initial response is to say yes to that. she said sure. i named my tumor after lucas. what's your reaction to that. part of you is. and she was so sweet. i don't know if there is another author. and maybe the whole publishing. the mending -- i signed the book and all i said was are you okay now. she smiles. she rolls up her sleep. she walks out really sweetly. now i think i have a future in this business. [applause]. a kind of goes back to that novel. if you are a young writer stan starting out. there is a whole subculture out there that you don't want to know about. i have roadkill recipes sent to me. there is a whole culture about that. i was at a book signing outside of chicago maybe milwaukee actually this is a true story. and there is a guy at the back of the store. and the owner comes up to me. somebody has something we don't know what it is. i said does he look okay. there was no place to go. comes up to me. i did something for you. and oil painting of roadkill. it is not abs