mr. rubenstein, and he has been one of the major funders of the festival. and that has helped quite a bit. and it helps with being able to provide a lot of the support. this is a lot of staff that's -- there's a lot of staff that's involved. people will see folks with t-shirts and little headphones and making sure everything's okay and being able to really make sure that we have the security, that we really have all of the things that you need to make a safe festival. >> host: now, carr that hayden -- carla hayden, have states approached you about the national festival, maybe wanting to create one of their own? >> >> guest: yes. in fact, i am attending the mississippi book festival, and i understand it's the third year that the state of mississippi is having its book festival. and other states, of course, texas is one of biggest and one of the first, wisconsin i understand also. so we are trying to make sure that we reach out as the library of congress and support that. so we'll have a booth at the mississippi book festival too. >> host: and booktv will be

mr. rubinstein. david rubenstein. he has been a major supporter of this effort. and when we look at the literacy groups and other groups that are partners including c-span, it really adds to what we can have. >> have you thought about doing two days? i know for a while it was two days. >> we thought about it and we are wondering if we can do it. we are finding know that having one date gives, especially now with the live capacity. some people do not miss out, that it might be good to think about having it in this concentrated day, it is a festival, it is that day. and so people have been asking also. we will look into it. >> is it a costly undertaking? >> i mentioned mr. rubinstein. he has been one of the major funders of the festival and that has helped quite a bit. and it helps with being able to provide a lot of the support. there is a lot of staff involved. people will see folks with t-shirts and little headphones and making sure everything is okay. and being able to really make sure that we have security that we really have all of the things that you need to