Kevin Howell
 Before becoming PW's Audiobook Reviews Editor in 2005, Kevin was the editor of PW's bookselling department. He also currently writes the weekly Calendar and works with booksellers to create weekly Galley Talks for the magazine User Stats
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What's Your Favorite Guilty-Pleasure Novel?June 17, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (12) Yesterday, The London Telegraph published the results of their poll of “the greatest novels of all time.” In the #1 position was Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (followed by Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings; C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; and Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code). Joel Rickett, deputy editor of The Bookseller, is quoted in the article saying, “People tend to come back to their favourites.” That statement got me thinking. Without a doubt, To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite novel of all time, and although its rare for me to go back and re-read ...Read More Recent Posts
Waiting for SedarisJune 5, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (6) I spent last night waiting for David Sedaris. The Barnes & Noble in Union Square was the first stop on his 29-cities-in-29-days tour for his new collection, When You Are Engulfed in Flames (Little, Brown). Since the event started at 7 p.m., I arrived at 5:45 to find that not only was the fourth floor of the bookstore standing room only, but that Sedaris had started signing books at 5 p.m.
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Help Save RIF (Reading Is Fundamental)April 7, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (11) President Bush’s proposed 2009 budget eliminates all the funding for Reading Is Fundamental’s book distribution program that has, since 1966, provided books to underprivileged children.
Want to voice your concerns and opinions to those who can do something about this? RIF’s Web site will find ...Read More Recent Posts
Missing on AudioFebruary 18, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1) I'm usually not a glass-half-empty person, but after several years working with audiobooks, I am shocked by the number of books that are not available on CD. Perhaps its the fact that although the audiobook market is growing, many bookstores still only think of audiobooks as frontlist items rather than a category that can offer a rich backlist, which makes up the majority of their inventory. Perhaps its the price tag. Most new audiobooks are released at a price higher than $20, so its hard for a bookstore to think about stocking 20 Agatha Christie backlist titles knowing its more than $400 worth of inventory sitting there. Happily, audiobook publishers are now making the effort to reduce the price of titles that are now considered backlist. After a year in hardcover, print publishers reissue most books in paperback as a cheap...Read More Recent Posts
MY Galley Talk: Pictures at a RevolutionJanuary 18, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
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I would later learn that Sedaris got to the last person in line at 2 a.m. Little, Brown publicist Marlena Bittner guesstimated that he signed 1,000 copies of the ne...
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Every week I work with booksellers across the country who are singing the praises of a recently read ARC for Publishers Weekly’s “Galley Talk.” This is my turn to shine a spotlight on a favorite galley. Mark Harris's 