i am so glad to see that nan talese has made it. i have explained what i have asked of you is for you to tell a little bit about your career and about your personal philosophy of book publishing and how that philosophy has changed or held up or modified in your very long and illustrious career. nan talese is senior vice president of doubleday. she is the publisher and editorial director. she has worked at simon & schuster for becoming part of random house party. she was published has published in the most distinguished authors of our time, among them, martha atwood, thomas cary, very emsworth, valerie martin, and jack conrad. nan talese. [applause] i do apologize for being late. amtrak engine decided it wanted to put on the brake. when dictated by itself. i had a terrible time getting it out. but here i am. as marie has said, in a very long career learning publishing of random house you at the time that publishing was often referred to as the golden years. random house, roger straus, [inaudible] it was really -- it wasn't a joke. yo