The Kindle Chronicles

TKC 629 Porter Anderson

21 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives Interview starts at 15:47 and ends at 51:40 Links "Amazon Names Dave Clark Consumer CEO to Replace Retiri...

TKC 628 JoAnna Hunt

15 Aug 2020

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Manager of Kindle Accessibility at Amazon Interview starts at 16:17 and ends at 52:05 Links PocketBook Color - available at Good E Reader for $219.9...

TKC 627 James McQuivey

07 Aug 2020

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Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Interview starts at 7:43 and ends at 49:35 Links Rocketbook reusable notebook (mini) - $13...

TKC 626 Richard Bruno

01 Aug 2020

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Curator of a free poem-of-the-week email list Interview starts at 20:34 and ends at 51:52 Links Jeff Bezos's opening statement to Congress (YouTube) ...

TKC 625 Baratunde Thurston

25 Jul 2020

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Photo by Ryan Lash Host of Live On Lockdown and We're Having a Moment Interview starts at 10:59 and ends at 51:49 Links "Antitrust hearing indefini...

TKC 624 A. G. Riddle

18 Jul 2020

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Author of Pandemic and other thrillers Links "Amazon pilots opening health care centers near its fulfillment centers" at Day One Blog - July 14, 202...

TKC 623 Tony Zanders

11 Jul 2020

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Founder and CEO of @Skilltype Links Skilltype Tony Zanders at Boston University Libraries The Quantified Self movement "Why the Amazon Kindle is a ...

TKC 622 Erin Kodicek

04 Jul 2020

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Senior Editor-Trade Books at Amazon.com Links Erin Kodicek's links at The Amazon Book Review Amazon Book Review Podcast Amazon's 2020 Best Books of ...

TKC 621 Jaimal Yogis

27 Jun 2020

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Author of Mop Rides the Waves of Life: A Story of Mindfulness and Surfing Interview starts at 0:59 and ends at 33:44 Links Mop Rides the Waves of Lif...

TKC 620 Learning from My Grandsons

20 Jun 2020

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Ryan and Jake learning Beach Buggy 2 in the Tesla Interview starts at 50:01 and ends at 45:04 Links "Amazon plans summer sale for June 22 to 'jumpst...

TKC 619 Brian Dumaine

13 Jun 2020

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Photo Credit: Fortune Magazine Author of Bezonomics: How Amazon is Changing Our Lives  and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It In...

TKC 618 David Pepper

06 Jun 2020

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Author of The Voter File (Photo © Claire Salzman) Interview starts at 16:23 and ends at 43:41 Links Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 8 Plus Fire HD Plus bundl...

TKC 617 Alexandra Woodworth

29 May 2020

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Manager, Amazon Literary Partnership Interview starts at 12:49 and ends at 46:59 Links "Amazon Echo Look No More - Another Alexa Device Discontinued...

TKC 616 Darlene

23 May 2020

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My Wife and Sophie on the upper deck in Maine Interview starts at 13:26 and ends at 51:35 Links "The Amazon Kindle is doomed, unless it uses color e...

TKC 615 James McQuivey

16 May 2020

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Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research Interview starts at 16:22 and ends at 53:61 Links Amazon press release on new HD 8 tablets ...

TKC 614 Josh Bookin

09 May 2020

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Associate Director - instructional support and development Harvard Graduate School of Education Interview starts at 9:28 and ends at 50:27 Links DK R...

TKC 613 Szczepan Twardoch

01 May 2020

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Author of The King of Warsaw Interview starts at 10:30 and ends at 42:02 Links Amazon First Quarter Earnings press release - April 30, 2020 "Amazon...

TKC 612 A G Riddle

25 Apr 2020

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Author of Pandemic and other science thrillers Interview starts at 18:39 and ends at 52:01 Links "Bezos Takes Back the Wheel at Amazon" by Karen Wei...

TKC 611 David Burleigh

18 Apr 2020

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Director of Brand Marketing and Communication at OverDrive Interview starts at 13:08 and ends at 55:48 Links "How Are Indie and SFF Bookstores Weath...

TKC 610 Dean Koontz

10 Apr 2020

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Author of Devoted, published March 31, 2020 by Thomas & Mercer Interview starts at 18:15 and ends at 49:40 Links Macmillan CEO John Sargent's letter...

TKC 609 James McQuivey

02 Apr 2020

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Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Links "How Employees Feel About Coronavirus: Early Results from Forrester's PandemicEX Su...

TKC 608 Darlene

28 Mar 2020

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My Wife at Sunrise in Ocean Park, Maine Links Jeff Bezos's letter to employees "Will Covid-19 change how Amazon-Haters See Amazon?" By David Enzel ...

TKC 607 Jason "Timbuktu" Diakité

21 Mar 2020

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Author of A Drop of Midnight: A Memoir Links Jason "Timbuktu" Diakité on Facebook, Instagram, and Wikipedia and YouTube Jason's performance at Ha...

TKC 606 A G Riddle Update on Coronavirus

14 Mar 2020

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Author of Pandemic and other thrillers Interview starts at 1:05 and ends at 39:20 Links A G Riddle's website My father's poem, "Transition" (video) ...

TKC 605 Steven Levy

07 Mar 2020

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Author of Facebook: The Inside Story Links Facebook: The Inside Story by Steven Levy In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by S...

TKC 604 Bradley Metrock

28 Feb 2020

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Executive Director of Digital Book World Links "Amazon's top spokesman: We want to question Trump over 'blatant political interference' in Pentagon ...

TKC 603 A G Riddle on COVID-19

21 Feb 2020

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Author of Pandemic and other thrillers Links A G Riddle's books at Amazon.com Next Week's Guest Bradley Metrock, director of Digital Book World Clic...

TKC 602 Gary Lerude

15 Feb 2020

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Technical Editor at Microwave Journal Interview begins at 5:40 and ends at 47:00 Links Readwise app for Kindle highlights   Articles by Gary Lerud...

TKC 601 Author Kathleen West

08 Feb 2020

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Author of Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes Interview begins at 20:20 and ends at 47:20 Links "Digital Book World Bans Macmillan Employees in Respon...

TKC 600 My Grandson James

31 Jan 2020

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James and his Bengal cat, Serena Links Arlington Street Church, Boston Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts The Hunger Games Trilogy by...

TKC 599 Staples Connect

25 Jan 2020

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Your host with Stacey Helbig and Elissa Mekel  Links Staples Connect Staples Connect grand opening invitation February 5, 2020 Staples Studio RODE...

TKC 598 Joanna Penn

18 Jan 2020

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Founder of The Creative Penn and author of Audio for Authors  Links Audio for Authors: Audiobooks, Podcasting, and Voice Technologies (Books for Wri...

TKC 597 Author Katharine Esty

10 Jan 2020

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Author of Eightysomethings: A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding Unexpected Happiness  Links Books by Katharine Esty: Eightysome...

TKC 596 Craig Stoltz

04 Jan 2020

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Author of "I Met Jeff Bezos in 1995 When He Had a Lame-Looking Website Called Amazon"  Interview starts at 11:10 and ends at 50:02 "He came in a bit...

TKC 595 Robert C. Cowen

28 Dec 2019

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Retired Science Editor of The Christian Science Monitor Links Cowan honored with Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism by the American Geophysi...

TKC 594 Anthony Radich & Sonja Foss

21 Dec 2019

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At the Acropolis with Sonja and Anthony Recorded on Crete December 18, 2019 Uploaded from Cambridge December 20, 2019

TKC 593 Recorded in Malta

13 Dec 2019

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We are in Malta today. I created and uploaded this episode using my iPhone, which led to numerous unforeseen challenges. I hope you will be able to ...

TKC 592 Bestselling Author Robin Cook

07 Dec 2019

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--Photo by John Earle Author of Genesis Interview starts at 17:02 and ends at 43:00 Links "Hey Google, play me the news"  by Liz Gannes at Google's ...

TKC 591 Sarah Gelman - Happy Thanksgiving!

28 Nov 2019

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Director, Books PR & Editorial at Amazon.com Interview starts at 11:47 and ends at 48:10 "We really want to choose books that we feel like customers ...

TKC 590 Natalia Montuori

23 Nov 2019

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Amazon's General Manager of Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading "There are so many types of readers. There are so many reasons, and so what we're just...

TKC 589 Master of Suspense Dean Koontz

16 Nov 2019

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Author of the new short story collection, Nameless "Once I came to that decision and came to Amazon, it has been so far one of the finest experiences...

TKC 588 Jane Friedman

09 Nov 2019

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Author, Editor, Professor & Speaker Links "The Best Amazon early Black Friday deals: Here's what's hot" by Rick Broida at CNET - November 7, 2019 Ja...

TKC 587 Remembering Claire

01 Nov 2019

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The Yorkie Claire June 7, 2005 - October 24, 2019 Links Kindle Kids Edition - $110 at Amazon.com YouTube video of Claire picking John Aga as the winn...

TKC 586 Kurt Beidler

25 Oct 2019

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Director, Kids and Family at Amazon Interview starts at 13:20 and ends at 40:57 Links Amazon Go store locations "Report of Amazon Go Coming to Airpo...

TKC 585 Cristi Ross Crain

18 Oct 2019

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Retired Elementary School Teacher in Upton, Wyoming Interview starts at 5:31 and ends at 33:07 Links "Millions of Amazon Echo and Kindle Devices Aff...

TKC 548 James McQuivey

12 Oct 2019

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Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Interview starts at 13:04 and ends at 51:49 "We don't want to be constantly wired. We don'...

TKC 583 Books Sage Mike Shatzkin

04 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Author of The Book Business: What Everyone Needs to Know Interview starts at 15:54 and ends at 49:25 Links LEGOLAND in Boston "Why You should Remove ...

TKC 582 Amazon's Tsunami of New Stuff

28 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Your Host in front of the Spheres at Amazon in Seattle Amazon press releases related to media briefing on September 26, 2019: 8 New Echo Devices De...

TKC 581 Interview Ninja Michael O'Neal

21 Sep 2019

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Host of the Solopreneur Hour Podcast Links Solopreneur Hour Podcast The Art of the Interview Course Agents of Change conference in Portland, Maine Fl...

TKC 580 David Peach at Digital Book World

13 Sep 2019

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Director of Deaf Ministries, Baptist International Outreach Note: I am very grateful to David Peach for covering Digital Book World on his own for Th...

TKC 579 Brad Stone

07 Sep 2019

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Author of The Everything Store Interview starts at 16:31 and ends at 28:37 "I'm resuming the story. It's the story of Alexa and the Amazon Go project...

TKC 578 Bryan Person Calling from London

31 Aug 2019

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Director, Adoption at Khoros in London Interview starts at 16:20 and ends at 49:09 "I find the Kindle good for highlighting, not as good for note tak...

TKC 577 Stephanie Edgerly

24 Aug 2019

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Author of Heavenly Body, with her grandson Beau Interview starts at 21:06 and ends at 48:59 Installation and Test of Echo Auto Interview with Stephan...

TKC 576 Julia Sommerfeld

17 Aug 2019

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Editorial Director of Amazon Original Stories Interview starts at 17:46 and ends at 36:41 "We are a publisher within the context of a technology comp...

TKC 575 Lois Stiles Edgerly

10 Aug 2019

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April 29, 1929 - August 6, 2019 This week's show is about the passing of my mother and includes a conversation I had with her eight years ago. We tit...

TKC 574 Author Cassie Dandridge Selleck

02 Aug 2019

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Author of The Pecan Man Cassie's web site Amphibian Press YouTube interview with Cassie Selleck- August 6, 2018 The Pecan Man and The Truth About Gr...

TKC 573 11th Anniversary w/ A. G. Riddle

27 Jul 2019

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Author of The Solar War Interview starts at 15:38 and ends at 46:05 "In The Solar War, in the dark moments of the book, it really becomes about tribe...

TKC 572 Kindles on the Beach!

19 Jul 2019

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Stacey Lamberti, left, and Amy Stevens Interviews start at 15:05 and end at 45:57 News "Amazon Prime Day Topped $7 Billion: Internet Retailer" by An...

TKC 571 Bradley Metrock

13 Jul 2019

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Presenter of Digital Book World Sept. 10-12 in Nashville Interview starts at 17:04 and ends at 54:36 "This is a very unique conference. There's nothi...

TKC 570 Author Lauren Mechling

06 Jul 2019

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Author of How Could She: A Novel Interview starts at 17:29 and ends at 45:54 "This book is about female friendship and how devastating and wonderful ...

TKC 569 Chris Schluep & Erin Kodicek

29 Jun 2019

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Just a few of Amazon's Best Books of the Year So Far Interview starts at 12:58 and ends at 45:20 "(Erin Kodicek:) So June is the halfway marker for t...

TKC 568 Noah Magel in Munich

22 Jun 2019

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Co-founder of N2Kindle Interview starts at 19:21 and ends at 49:24 "The thing that we're doing is we're changing the newsletter into a Kindle-friendl...

TKC 567 Neal Thompson

15 Jun 2019

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Manager of the Amazon Literary Partnership Interview starts at 15:41 and ends at 52:45 "I feel strongly that everyone has a story, and everyone deser...

TKC 566 Amazon Previews the Future at re:MARS

07 Jun 2019

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Your Host beside the Blue Origin capsule Links Excerpts from Jeff Bezos's fireside chat at re:MARS on June 6, 2019 AI Today podcast hosted by Kathle...

TKC 565 Author John Rossman

01 Jun 2019

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Author of Think Like Amazon: 50 ½ Ideas To Become a Digital Leader Interview starts at 2:38 and ends at 35:46 "I don't think that part of the story ...

TKC 564 Kindle Tips from Tracy Schultz

25 May 2019

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Amazon's Head of Product for Kindle Reading Interview starts at 18:29 and ends at 47:37 News "How creepy is your smart speaker" in The Economist - M...

TKC 563 Technology for the Blind

18 May 2019

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Peter Tighe, my cousin who lives in Austin Interview starts at 11:09 and ends at 38:27 News Amazon updates the Fire 7 Tablet - press release on May ...

TKC 562 Tech Writer Tim Carmody

10 May 2019

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Editor of The Amazon Chronicles newsletter Interview starts at 16:32 and ends at 49:27 "You can imagine an Amazon without Alexa that is still very su...

TKC 561 An Asynchronous Dialog w/ Austin Kleon

04 May 2019

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Author of Keep Going at Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver Dialog starts at 5:33 and ends at 40:34 "So we all like to think that if we could just ch...

TKC 560 My Niece Sarah Rock

26 Apr 2019

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Graduating senior in mechanical engineering at Saint Louis University Interview starts at 5:57 and ends at 28:32 News "Elizabeth Warren's really sim...

TKC 559 Fellow HBS Alum Allen Hughes

20 Apr 2019

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Amazon's Director of Sales & Marketing for Kindle eReaders & Fire Tablets Interview starts at 15:36 and ends at 46:17 "We find that customers--whethe...

TKC 558 Future Coach James McQuivey

13 Apr 2019

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Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research Interview starts at 12:02 and ends at 52:12 "We used Future Fitness to describe this concept...

TKC 557 Fantasy Author Michael J. Sullivan

06 Apr 2019

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Author of the Legends of the First Empire and Riyria series Interview starts at 10:01 and ends at 43:57 On writing fantasy: "The world should just bu...

Movies & TV Aficionado Col Needham

30 Mar 2019

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Founder and CEO of IMDb Interview starts at 14:54 and ends at 52:50 "In 1990, if you'd have said to me 'You know the service that you've just launche...

TKC 555 Creativity Whisperer Austin Kleon

23 Mar 2019

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Author of Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad "When I first started out, if you had told me that my books were going to be she...

TKC SXSW19 3 Crypto and Gaming

16 Mar 2019

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The Gaming Hall at South By Southwest On this last of my TKC updates from South By, I will tell you why I'm not going to sell my small stake in Bitco...

TKC 554 South By Southwest

16 Mar 2019

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Len on the main escalator at the Austin Convention Center Neil Pasricha, director of the Institute for Global Happiness Neil Pasricha's books at Amaz...

TKC SXSW19 2 South By and Senior Living

14 Mar 2019

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This is the view from the big escalator at the Austin Convention Center, where I am attending a session about the Hope and Hype of Blockchain. Also i...

TKC SXSW19 1 Hi from Austin

12 Mar 2019

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I plan to upload brief segments each day this week from Austin, where I am attending South By Southwest through Sunday. So much to learn! Right-click...

TKC 553 Extinctions Expert A G Riddle

07 Mar 2019

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Author of Winter World Interview starts at 17:30 and ends at 43:00 "My books almost always deal with an extinction-level event or the pushing of huma...

TKC 552 Visit to Belmont Hill School

02 Mar 2019

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Len teaching a creative writing class at Belmont Hill School Audio starts at 12:59 and ends at 54:39 News "Amazon Alexa and the Search for the One P...

TKC 551 Kids Lit Expert Kelsey Skea

23 Feb 2019

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Executive Director of Two Lions and Amazon Crossing Kids Interview starts at 23:18 and ends at 43:02 "We would really love to discover books from al...

TKC 550 Genre Buster Jasper Fforde

15 Feb 2019

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Author of Early Riser: A Novel Interview starts at 11:47 and ends at 39:00 News Amazon to buy Eero - in Wired and Yahoo Finance Amazon drops plans...

TKC 549 Classical Music Evangelist Clemency Burton-Hill

09 Feb 2019

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Author of Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Every Day Interview starts at 18:16 and ends at 42:30 "I wanted to demystify the music itself, and...

TKC 548 Seth Godin

02 Feb 2019

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Author of This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See Interview starts at 13:06 and ends at 45:08 "I have a bunch of regrets about ho...

TKC 547 Philosopher-Economist Tim Harford

26 Jan 2019

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Author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives Interview starts at 15:43 and ends at 43:50 "You can be super clever and have all your ...

TKC 546 Roger Wang

19 Jan 2019

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Project Manager for MobiScribe reader/writer by TeamUC Interview starts at 18:37 and ends at 41:06 "It's basically going to be like a Kindle that you...

TKC 545 SciFi Fonts Guru Dave Addey

12 Jan 2019

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Author of Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies Interview starts at 18:51and ends at 43:30 "So much of this stuff t...

TKC 544 Veteran Book Marketer Mary McAveney

05 Jan 2019

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Chief Marketing Officer at Open Road Integrated Media Interview starts at 9:51 and ends at 38:35 "I do think we're unusual in that we consistently co...

TKC 543 Retail Savant Chris Walton

29 Dec 2018

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Forbes contributor & co-founder of Omni Talk blog Interview starts at 7:33 and ends at 41:04 "2018 was a watershed year in terms of how things transp...

TKC 542 Kovid Goyal

22 Dec 2018

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Creator of Calibre Interview starts at 9:53 and ends at 43:03 "So the first and most important thing that is different between a Calibre library and ...

TKC 541 Post-Apocalyptic Author Tom Abrahams

14 Dec 2018

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TV news anchor and author of the Traveler series Interview starts at 10:21 and ends at 41:59 "Writing is a muscle, I think. If you don't use it you l...

TKC 540 Writer David Hopkins

07 Dec 2018

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Author of We Miss All the Great Parties Interview starts at 2:12 and ends at 35:59 "I had this traditionalist view that I wanted to hold the paper bo...

TKC 539 Ask Me Anything

01 Dec 2018

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Host of the Kindle Chronicles News "Amazon gets into the blockchain with Quantum Ledger Database & Managed Blockchain" by Sara Perez at TechCrunch -...

TKC 538 Future-Fitness Buff James McQuivey

22 Nov 2018

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Vice Principal and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Interview starts at 2:28 and ends at 38:32 "Nobody can see the future, but what we can see...

TKC 537 Books Evangelist Chris Schluep

17 Nov 2018

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Amazon Books Senior Editor Interview starts at 12:44 and ends at 39:11 "We often talk about accessibility. We start there. We talk about quality of w...

TKC 536 Indie Author Michael C. Grumley

10 Nov 2018

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Author of the Breakthrough series Interview starts at 9:36 and ends at 40:28 News Amazon to split HQ2 between two cities (Wall Street Journal) Amazo...

TKC 535 Macmillan Podcast VP Kathy Doyle

02 Nov 2018

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Vice President, Macmillan Podcasts & QDT Interview starts at 9:43 and ends at 40:01 "We can think of podcasting as an entry point to audiobooks. They...

TKC 534 Power Reader Simon Eskildsen

26 Oct 2018

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Site Reliability Engineering Lead at Shopify Interview starts at 10:07 and ends at 43:36 "If someone were to come around with some hardware that was ...

TKC 533 New Kindle Paperwhite!

19 Oct 2018

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Joerg Tewes, Head of Kindle Product Management, and Kevin Keith, VP Amazon Devices New Paperwhite at Amazon.com Kevin Keith, VP-Amazon Devices Joerg ...