jed lyons, he is the president and ceo of rowman & littlefield publishing group your rowman & littlefield publishers about 1200 new books annually under rome and littlefield scarecrow press, lexington books, government institutes, taylor trade, and others. jed also serves as ceo of national network, distributor of 200 the publishers which rowman & littlefield launched in 1986. he graduated from podunk college in 1974 and is a member of the chief executives organization, the council on foreign relations and the chapter of washington national cathedral. jed, welcome. >> thank you. well, i've often heard the book business referred to as the accidental profession. and when i first got into this, 36 years ago, i asked why, and the reason i heard that there's really no way to prepare to be a publisher, you can't, at least in those days you couldn't go and get a degree in publishing. you can now get even masters degree in publishing. but the accidental profession has now how it's been known for a long time, if you'll indulge me i thought it would tell you my accidental experience. so like, my gu