there's nobody like harper lee. there's no other writer of her prominence publishing reticence and longevity who has a secret establish waiting to be discovered. she's the only one. >> james shields, people will probably read your book a little more once in is out. can't be a bad thing. >> god bless harper lee. >> does this fill something out, finish a story. might you have to rite another chapter to your own profile? >> i think i do now. i bring everything to a close in the 1990s, something like that. when the two sisters are elderly, and we see the end is nigh. and here we have literally another chapter in the life of harper lee. >> are you pulling for the success of "go setter watchman", i am. look at to this way. we have every reason to be excited. this is the summer of the big book. everyone from harper collins to the lady that drives the book mobile has reasons to rejoice. book clubs, reading programs, those that like to curl up with a novel. we have a reason to read a book, a gift from one of the most popular

others have compared bryant to atticus finch, the fearless fictional hero of harper lee's seminal novel "to kill a mockingbird." brian stephenson's book, "it just mercy," a story of justice and redemption, tells many stories. but it focuses on his battle to free an african-american man who was falsely convicted and condemned to die for killing a white woman. stephenson has joined us on "democracy now!" a number of times. as soon as we play for you his story about this the, about "just mercy," which we are offering you come along with all of our interviews with brian stephenson -- when we finish with him talking about this case, we will be joined by him in another interview where he has just freed another african-american man who has been in prison for 30 years. he could not believe he was sitting next to him not in prison talking to him as his lawyer, but in a tv studio in montgomery alabama. that was the story of anthony ray hinton. but right now, i want to bring you brian stephenson talking about just mercy, a story of justice and redemption. again, you can call that number for a coup

. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez, harper lee published one novel "to kill a mockingbird." it's been printed millions of times around the world in the past 50 years. now it turns out lee had another book in her, and it comes out this summer. continuing the story of scout, sttacus finch, boo radially and tom robinson who came to life in the hollywood classic. months away from its release,

. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez, harper lee published one novel "to kill a mockingbird." it's been printed millions of times around the world in the past 50 years. now it turns out lee had another book in her, and it comes out this summer. continuing the story of scout, sttacus finch, boo radially and tom robinson who came to life in the hollywood classic. months away from its release, it's

if you were publishing harper lee's novel, what would your print run be transferred i'm not in a position to answer that question because i'm not talking to the retailer who is placing the order. that's why nobody is in a position when outside publishing company to evaluate that because it starts with the retailers were placing the orders. you are at that moment working filling your orders and try to get the book at all the right places. >> guest: there is no science to print run. 50,000 these days is a very healthy number. the number of outlets has decreased for print book. but you know, history matters. if you have been published before, your print run is based in which he sold in the past because like author david baldridge unit would be based on a very healthy sale of your previous book. on the other hand, your print record may be small maybe a literary novel, a very small nonfiction book starts with 5000, 7500. these are really fun books where you look at months or years later and decide that's in its 15th printing. we are up to a couple hundred thousand. sometimes they are the silen

if you are publishing harper lee's new novel what would your print run be? >> guest: i am not in a position because i am not talking to the retailer who is placing the orders and that is why no one is in a position to evaluate that because it starts with retailers placing the waters. at that moment, feeling their orders and trying to get in all the right places. >> 50,000 these days is a very healthy number, the number of outlets has decreased but history matters. if you have been published before your print run is based on what you have sold in the past because you know it will be based on the healthy sales of your previous book but on the other hand it could be very small. maybe it is a literary novel with a very small nonfiction book starting with 57,500 and these are really fun books where you look at months or years later and say that is an interesting thing. the couple hundred thousand. sometimes the silent best seller, they are exciting. that happens frequently. little by little rather than going to out with a splash. >> host: how important is the new

. >> lee. >> eye. >> reiskin. >> here. >> harper. >> i. >> five i's i testimony 12 is approved and approves the minutes from the april 9th. 15. meeting. >> take roll on that. >> all those in favorite of the minutes? >> aya. >> the minutes are approved. the next is the budget outlook for tjpa fiscal year 2015-16 annual capital and operating budget and the phase one program budget. >> i will be here with the construction matter with jilati in this presentation. this is our eupdates on the budget for your recommendation to put a budget for adoption. today, we have awarded a three packages we consider today o word would be $954 million. $822 million is for the transit center plus the 18 million we are awarded to fix. our total budget for the remaining trade packages and that includes the savings from the [inaudible] is $156 million. the remaining packages is $163 million there will be additional funding needed $173 million with the packages if they come in higher we will need more if they come in lower it will be less than that. left to receiving last year that is above budget. cng cost need to

>> doctor lee? >> >> vice president. >> here. >> and harper . >> present. present as well you do have a form. on communications. >> communications. >> 1over orders we will hold a special meeting june 19th. and official notice will be posted after this meeting . >> okay we will get that done. next item. >> board of directors new and old business. >> have any? seeing none. >> item five executive directors report. >> good morning everyone. we're starting our meeting today at 10:00 a.m. today is back to workday we wanted to make sure everybody participated in that thank you for participating in that today we have reached a significant milestone we have all of the properties we need for phase one of the transit center project we require 13 of them volume volume volt volunteering remain -- the jury verdict. came at 7.5 million so it's quite a triumph. reminder that is different from the communities facilities district with mela rose i have been working with nmjn i believe believe-- jim will be giving that presentation jim? >> thank you i'm here with tesa delara a