first one is when you said it is written by a female author it is friendly but by mela their -- can that be attributable to gender discrimination? just out of curiosity, why male writers versus female writers is it 60/40? and also the reviewer's? 60/40? >> i can't answer very precisely your question about how many. it depends on what you are looking at. at new york times, there have been studies in the new york times book review which is the dominant reviewing form in the united states and the other is that closed down. very recently there was a study in the new york times and the reviewers were primarily male. the times got touchy about that in my opinion because the last several issues on the cover with two reviews by women, they started making up as hard as they could. in the other places they will be equal or more women. the don't think it is standardized. i couldn't answer about proportion of male or female writers. my view is they are roughly equal. what i do know and i know barbara will confirm this for me is women are the majority of the consumers of fiction whether it is by men