The Listeners’ Episode: Editors and Critics Answer Your Questions
The Book Review
The New York Times
4.0 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Christmas and I like to think of this as a day for giving. |
| 0:10.0 | So we're doing something a little different this week, giving over the podcast to you. |
| 0:14.8 | I get a lot of questions about what we do here via email and we ask for even more questions |
| 0:19.5 | from you on social media. |
| 0:21.6 | This week I'm happy to welcome a number of our critics and my colleagues here at the Booker |
| 0:25.8 | View to give you some answers. |
| 0:28.1 | So happy holidays from the Booker View podcast. |
| 0:30.7 | It's December 25th. |
| 0:32.2 | I'm Pamela Paul. |
| 0:35.0 | Joining us first to answer questions from listeners to editors. |
| 0:47.0 | Many of you are familiar with Tina Jordan who is the deputy editor of the Booker View |
| 0:51.8 | and Elizabeth Egan and editor at the Booker View, our group text columnist and the author |
| 0:57.7 | of a novel of her own called a Window Opens. |
| 1:00.8 | Liz and Tina, thanks so much for being here. |
| 1:02.8 | Hi, Pamela. |
| 1:03.8 | Hi, Pamela, thanks for having us. |
| 1:05.6 | All right, let's take our very first question. |
| 1:08.3 | It comes from Ingleborg Moran and she asks, I'd like to know everyone's thoughts on the |
| 1:14.9 | Kindle. |
| 1:15.9 | Has anyone become a Kindle convert during COVID? |
| 1:19.4 | She writes to us from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| 1:22.4 | All right, Tina. |
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