. >> and while visiting we spoke with harry crocker who was responsible for acquiring books. so >> how do you acquire a book and acquire an author? >> traditional way is waiting for agents to come up with proposals but a lot of what we do here is, try to project what will be in the news. and the best books that do are are some of the books you do are books where i think -- where we think -- this author on this topic that will be dynamite so we try to make those marriages happen but come u up with an idea and think this is great for it and try to put two together. and that's -- that's sort of been our -- our go to strategy not waiting on the agent so much but gipping out and being actively pursuing authors. so ann coulter on immigration -- sure. is that one that you all put together? >> i think she came to us with that. [laughter] and author, of course, make it is their own so i'll call it up and say it is good for the book and what do you think about subject x and what about subject x minus two so as we tack it through and whatnot eventually works out. but any ideas that -- w

. >> harry crocker one of the national conversations right now is about sexual assault. is that something you keep your eye on? >> that is interesting because there are topics that are important but that isn't the same topic that will sell books. like this with harvey weinstein that could sell a lot of books. our books tend to be more political and based near washington so that wouldn't be a big topic. >> capitol hill, tax reform. >> actually nobody cares about tax reform. if there is a book about why we should have a flat tax but our bread and butter page 2495 there isn't a big market for that. so if we had a restaurant you tell me about a book that you published something that you are bursting to tell me tell everybody else. the hot button political issue. but if it is presented well enough that not many people have conversations about tax policy. >> george has written about virtual coinage and you could learn a lot. >> that is an interesting case because he comes from that model so he is a paradigm so so they help you understand the world. that is a great example incl