sarah weinman? >> that's right. that's right, marable had been working on this for, i believe, a decade if not more. and unfortunately, he passed away just days before the biography's publication date. whether that influenced coverage is not for me to say, but certainly when the biography was released, it both received great reviews and also some controversy because it did put forward some additional or alternate theories as to what really happened to malcolm x when he was assassinated in 1965. but certainly, i mean, it was a finalist for the national book award as well. it's been on many best-of lists so far this year. it certainly was one of the most notable biographies that was released in all of 2011. >> and three other autobiographies came out, and and they're all bush administration officials beginning with condoleezza rice, the second half of her memoir, "no higher honor." dick cheney, "in my time" came out in 2011 as well, as did donald rumsfeld's "known and unknown: a memoir." sarah weinman, do you know how

how did this too, sarah weinman? >> the impression i got is that it did rather well but didn't quite measure up to his previous book. granted, he has not published in book form for well over a decade at so the announcement of the new book was certainly greeted with some, no small degree of fanfare. he was also i think at book expo america trade show reading an excerpt from his book. and i do know that the reaction from the booksellers and other industry people in the crowd was by and large positive. so certainly that i think led to additional coverage as the book was released. >> both ann coulter and michael moore appeared this past year on both tvs in depth. again, booktv.org is the place to go if you want to watch that online. just go up and use the search function in the upper left hand corner, type in the author's name and you can watch it online. sarah weinman, as people go to market place.com, what were they find? >> they would be able to find a news blog in which we look at the top stories of the day. publishe

how did this to sarah weinman? >> guest: the impression i got is it again did rather well but didn't quite measure up to his previous books. granted moore has not published in book form for well over a decade, so the announcement of a new book was certainly greeted with some, no small degree of fanfare. he was also at the book expo american trade show, reading an excerpt from his book and i do know that their reaction from booksellers and other industry people in the crowd was by and large positive, so certainly that i think led to additional coverage as the book was released. >> host: both ann coulter and michael moore appeared this last year on booktv's in-depth. again booktv.org is the place to go if you want to watch that on line. just go up and use the search function in the upper left-hand corner, type in the author's name and you can watch it on line. sarah weinman if people go to "publishers marketplace."com, what will they find there? >> guest: well they will be able to find the youth log in which we look

sarah weinman? >> guest: that's right. mirabel had been working on this about a decade of not more and unfortunately he passed away just days before the biographies publication date. whether that influenced coverage is not for me to say, but when the biography was released it did receive great reviews and also some controversy because it did put forward some additional or alternate fees' as to what really happened to malcolm x when he was assassinated in 1965. but certainly it was a finalist for the national book award as well. it's been on many of the best lists so far. it certainly was one of the most notable biographies that was released and all of 2011. >> host: three other autobiographies came out and they are all bush administration officials beginning with condoleezza rice. the second half of her memoir, know how your honor. cheney in my time came out in 2011 as well, as did donald rumsfeld's known and unknown a memoir. sarah weinman, do you know how will be sold and what the reaction was to these books? >> guest: a

how did this do, sarah weinman? >> the impression i got is that it, again, did rather well but didn't quite measure up to his previous books. now, granted, moore has not published in book form for well over a decade, so the announcement of a new book was certainly greeted with some -- no small degree of fanfare. he was, also, at the bookexpo america trade show reading an excerpt from his book, and i do know the reaction from booksellers and other industry people in the crowd was, by and large, positive. so certainly that, i think, led to additional coverage as the book was released. >> both ann coulter and michael moore appeared this past year on booktv's "in depth." again, booktv.org is the place to go if you want to watch that online. just use the search function in the upper left-hand corner, type in the author's name, and you can watch it online. sarah weinman, if people go to publishers marketplace.com, what will they find there? >> well, they'll be able to find the news blog in which we look at the top stories

what was laura hillenbrand's book about, sarah weinman? >> she talked about a man named louis zamperini who had been an athlete and then ended up in world war ii where he was a prisoner of war. he, at least as of a few months ago, was still alive and was well into his 90s. and, of course, laura hillenbrand is a fascinating story because she has chronic fatigue syndrome and often cannot leave the house. so she was conducting a lot of her research from her house and through telephone calls and outsourcing of people helping her to bring in documents and things like that. and from that she produced this tremendous piece of not only scholarship and research but also this very inspiring story that was released at the end of 2010 but as you noted has not left the bestseller list but i think it's an indication of how people respond to the stories of human spirit, and told extremely well and i suspect that just like her previous book, "seabiscuit" it would just selling at the 2012 megs and she has chronic fatigue syndrome, doesn't leave the house v

sarah weinman, news editor fur publishers marketplace on the bestsellers of 2011 monday at 7 p.m.and tom brokaw monday at 8:30 p.m. eastern. the full booktv schedule is online at booktv.org. >> white house budget director jacob lew took part in the annual national menorah lighting ceremony outside the white house tuesday. this year's celebration included the u.s. marine band. this is about 55 minutes. >> want to welcome you all here to the ellipse in washington, d.c. on the front lawn of the white house as once again we celebrate the lighting of the national hanukkah me -- menorah. i'm the executive vice president of american friends of lubavitch, the sponsor of the national menorah and this evening's event. we would like to introduce some special guests this evening. first among them, the united states marine band, the president's own led by major pettig. [applause] we're also delighted to have with us three of the world's foremost cantors, cantor jeff nydell who has served as our musical director for nearly 20 years now. and a new rising star on the jewish music scene, cantor le

sarah weinman is the news editor of publishers marketplace. ms. weinman, if you would start by telling us, giving us just a little bit of a snapshot of the publishing industry in 2011, if you had to write a paragraph or two on what the publishing industry did this year. >> oh, my goodness, where to even begin? i think the best way to look at what happened in the publishing industry this year is the increasing rise of digital books, digital market share, and also just a tremendous transformation of the physical book market. for example, i guess a really good way to look at it is through the almighty prism of amazon. for example, amazon introduced just a couple months ago some new devices. for example, the kindle fire which is their answer to the tablet market. it is priced at $199, and just based off of pre-orders and new shipments alone, various analysts have projected that it will reach number two in sales behind apple's ipad which, of course, is priced at the lowest end at $499.