when the great carla cohen was with as she set about politics and prose people come in the front door did is like a wedding. men toy history and sociology and women turn towards fiction. there have been lots of studies that show that. with the difference is discrimination i don't like the word discrimination. stereotypes and received opinions. i don't think this day and age people feel uncomfortable if they thought they were discriminated but they are expressing attitudes they have that are very ingrained and very hard to eliminate. they have to be made aware of that. every now and then you will get a woman writer publishing under a male pseudonym. that was very common in europe when you ask about other traditions. american women writers have very rarely use the mails to know limbs where in europe all over europe this was common to get equal treatment from the critics and readers. it happens rarely year. when it does happen people are confound. they can't believe it. they start reading a work they think is by a man and react to it in a particular way and when it is unveiled being the

. >> barbara meade and carla cohen were well known for working the floor. if booktv viewers who have come to politics and prose because they have seen it off and on our channel come to visit politics and prose in washington will they be able to meet you and will you be on the floor? >> sure. i intend to be at a store full time. one of the great strengths of politics and prose is its staff. we are in the heritage a tremendously talented, deep bench of experts about books of all kinds. they participated in introducing a number of authors and the recent summit customers come to the store seeking their advice. we are counting on many of them. it is not all of them. original to remain and carry on. >> host: dc a need for politics and prose to move into the

. >> host: now, barbara meade and the late carla cohen were very well known for working the floor atpolitics and prose. if, if booktv viewers who have come to p and p because they've seen it so often on our channel come to visit politics and prose if they're in washington touring, will they be able to meet you and lissa muscatine? will you be on the floor? >> guest: sure, sure. lissa and i intend to be at the store full time. but, you know, one of the other great strengths of politics and prose is its staff. we are inheriting a tremendously talented, very deep bench of experts about books of all kinds. and they have participated in introducing a number of the authors, they are the reason that so many customers come to the store seeking their advice. and they will, we are counting on many

>> host: barbara meade and carla cohen were well known for working the floor at politics and prose. if booktv viewers who have come because they have seen it so often on the channel, come to visit politics and prose if they are in washington pouring will they be able to meet you? .. >> and they will, we are counting on many of them,not all of them, to remain and carry on. >> host: now, mr. graham, do you see a need for politics and prose, perhaps, to move into the selling of digital books or an enhancement of the web site? >> guest: we are looking at enhancing the web site. i think, i think that will be important. we realize the threat from e books, but it's not a threat we're going to run away from. we are hoping to, to provide opportunities for self-publishing, and we're looking at a print on demand machine like a number of other stores have acquired around the country. there are a host of initiatives, i think, that you'll see beginning to take shape at politics and prose. >> host: well, bradley graham is the new co-owner, along with his wife, of the well-known washington independ