[inaudible conversations] >> my name is rick parker there and the publisher of "harper's" magazine and the process owner that i call a white hot center of resistance to the market domination as an attempt to put all other players out of business and you sometimes mean on unpleasantries from parent companies to those deals that i think generally detrimental to the authors and independent book sellers but the culture at large amazon is a culture killer not a purveyor. i urge all of you to buy his book at the end of this talk he will sign books out there when he is finished because it is a great book. but partly because you should pay full price for books. [laughter] you should never pay a discount if you can possibly avoid it because it is really damaging for those to do the hard work trying to produce literature and in journalism in this country. "harper's" magazine is independent and that book culture is very much engaged with that independent media and fought in the conglomerate consolidation of publishing is really beginning to close-up outlets like this one that came to us for a dem

[inaudible conversations] >> my name is rick parker there and the publisher of "harper's" magazine