CSPAN2 Book TV December 3, 2011
this is about an hour 20 minutes. >> good evening. i want to welcome everybody to the strand. i hope you enjoy our new event space, which is located in our rare book floor. as a way of introduction i'm nancy white and i'm the owner of the strand. the strand was founded by my grandfather in 1927. it's been around for three generations of my family. [applause] >> thank you. so contrary to the so-called experts who say the kindles and the ipads and the next cool devices are going to wipe out bookstores, we believe that people do not want to just be at home tethered to their gadgets even...