The Kindle Chronicles

TKC 336 John Ashbery

10 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Author of 17 poetry collections recently formatted for eBook readers Interview starts at 12:49 and ends at 37:24. The Internet seems to have changed t...

TKC 335 Gregg Levoy

03 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Author of Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion Interview starts at 9:20 and ends at 41:50. It takes courage and vigilance and diligence to...

TKC 334 Jeffery Deaver

26 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Author of The Starling Project Interview starts at 12:16 and ends at 44:00. I don't have any issue aesthetically with the eBooks like some people do. ...

TKC 333 Richard Hollick

20 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Author of the Making Book blog Interview starts at 21:05 What I've decided is going on in publishing is that genre fiction, however widely you want t...

TKC 332 Pamela Paul

13 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Editor of The New York Times Book Review Interview starts at 11:41 Many people who bought an eReader of some kind or another will use it for some thin...

TKC 331 Peter Hudson

06 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Co-founder and CEO of BitLit.com Interview starts at 14:02 We do continue to see growth [in eBooks reading] amongst more of the older generation, the ...

TKC 330 Otis Chandler

29 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Co-founder and CEO of Goodreads Interview starts at 22:02 The world is really moving fast towards mobile, and Goodreads is no exception. We've seen hu...

TKC 329 Sara Nelson

22 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Editorial Director at Amazon.com Interview starts at 11:43 There are all kinds of books in the world, and there are all kinds of people in the world, ...

TKC 328 Scott McNulty

15 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Author of The Amazon Fire Phone Interview starts at 23:07 I read an interview where some Amazon exec in Europe talked about how they are learning from...

TKC 327 Mike Langlois

08 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Author of Reset: Psychotherapy & Video Games, 2nd Edition Interview starts at 14:24 I think that kids that don't get to play video games are missing o...

TKC 326 Aaron Goldfarb

01 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Author of The Guide for a Single Man and The Guide for a Single Woman Interview starts at 19:11 It’s a lot of effort to get one book, but two simult...

TKC 325 Donald Katz

25 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Founder and CEO of Audible, Inc. Interview starts at 8:05 I think we've done a lot to change the quality of the performances, and the perception of t...

TKC 324 Peter Heller

18 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Author of The Dog Stars and The Painter Interview starts at 13:42 Nobody, not even artists, understood art. What speed has to do with it. How much wor...

TKC 323 Maik Maurer & Frank Waldman

10 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Co-Founders of Spritz Interview starts at 10:52 We see this as a technology where people are reading on the go. I have the Kindle app on my iPhone, an...

TKC 322 Paul Biba

04 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter Curator of eBook/ePublishing/eLibrary news Interview starts at 14:25 Many of the things that the authors and the publishers complain about are...

TKC 321 Joshua Tallent

26 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Chief eBook Architect at Firebrand Technologies Interview starts at 14:14 I think that, because self-publishing has gotten easier, because the tools h...

TKC 320 Amazon's NYC Briefing on New Devices

19 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Show Notes and Links: If you use these links to purchase one of the new devices, it will provide Amazon Associates commission revenue to support the p...

TKC 319 Jim Duncan

13 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Executive Director of the Colorado Library Consortium Interview starts at 16:26 We could go back as a group of libraries, hundreds of libraries across...

TKC 318 Sara Nelson

06 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Editorial Director of Amazon.com Interview starts at 20:43 On the Amazon book team's pick for September's spotlight debut title, Fives and Twenty-Five...

TKC 317 Julie Blattberg

30 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Open Road Media's executive director of consumer engagement Interview starts at 15:13 Who put the "social” in social media? That's one human being m...

TKC 316 Ripley MacDonald

22 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon's Director of Student Programs Interview starts at 15:59 Everything that's available on Amazon is available at the Purdue Student Store. The wa...

TKC 315 Jason Boog

16 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Author of Born Reading (with daughter Olive) Interview starts at 11:27 I knew then that I had come up with a pretty good mix. I knew she had a print b...

TKC 314 Juli Monroe

09 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Editor of TeleRead Interview starts at 18:34 I think Amazon has done a better PR job. I think that they're going to end up getting what they want, bec...

TKC 313 Andrew Savikas

02 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

CEO of Safari Books Online Interview starts at 20:55 I don't have any firsthand knowledge about how things have looked on the Kindle Unlimited side, t...

TKC 312 Stephen Windwalker

25 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Creator of Kindle Nation Daily and BookGorilla Interview starts at 9:23 I don't think their market [for Fire phone] is people who don't have a smartph...

TKC 311 Linda Grant

19 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Novelist, Journalist, Author of "I Murdered My Library" Interview starts at 23:05 I was sitting, reading this novel on my Kindle. And I thought, actua...

TKC 310 David H. Rothman

12 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Creator of TeleRead and LibraryCity Interview starts at 15:48 Everyone, I think, would be better off if we replaced DRM [Digital Rights Management] wi...

TKC 309 David P. Vandagriff

05 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Contracts Attorney and Creator of The Passive Voice blog Interview starts at 22:32 "Predatory pricing" sounds good to people who don't really understa...

TKC 308 My Grandson James

28 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

An 8-year-old Kindle reader Interview starts at 15:56 You can take a photo and put it on the Kindle of yourself. You would never get to do that to a b...

TKC 307 Fire Phone Launch

19 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Limp, Senior Vice President – Amazon Devices Interview starts at 27:17 A good example of a use case on reading, whether it's the autoscroll in ...

TKC 306 Russ Grandinetti

14 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Senior Vice President – Amazon Kindle Interview starts at 18:20 We have made an experience that has helped people feel actually like they're getting...

TKC 305 Stephen Windwalker

06 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Creator of Kindle Nation Daily and BookGorilla Interview starts at 15:56 Amazon has built this colossus in the retail industry by having the best pric...

TKC 304 Ed Park

31 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Senior Editor for Literary Fiction at Amazon Publishing Interview starts at 10:22 One of the things when I was teaching is I would have these student...

TKC Test Episode

15 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I am tweaking my podcast feed, using Libsyn as my central control point for meta data, graphics, and audio. It's supposed to post automatically to Wor...

TKC 237 Darlene

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

My Wife, Darlene, and the Yorkie Claire at Ocean Park, Maine It depends on how you read. I think the basic Kindle is perfect if you don't need that li...

10 Vacation Tips for Your Kindle

12 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Darlene and I returned last night to Boston after a storm-extended stay on St. John, USVI. Thank you, Blizzard of 2013! We have been going to Maho Bay...

TKC 236 Jaimal Yogis

08 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Author of The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing…and Love Interview Starts at 4:55 Fear is going ...

A Well-Done Kindle Paperwhite Manual is Free Today

02 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I just spotted this promotion of today's one-day free price for a well-done guide to the Kindle Paperwhite by author Shelby Johnson. The title is Kin...

TKC 235 Peter Meyers

02 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Vice President for Editorial and Content Innovation Semi-Linear, creator of the Citia app Interview Starts at 22:16 What we're doing at Semi-Linear wi...

NEWS FLASH: The Yorkie Claire Selects a Winner in the TKC Kindle Fire Sweepstakes!

30 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this video, you will find out which of the 23 entrants in the Kindle Fire Sweepstakes is our winner. With encouragement from Darlene, our Yorkie Cl...

Kindles Aweigh! Prepping a shipment headed for USS Germantown

30 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This morning I am doing final preparation on 32 donated Kindle Keyboards for shipment to Marines aboard the USS Germantown. If I've done my Googling c...

Next Week's Interview Takes Us on a Deep Dive Into Fear, with Amazing Benefits

29 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I have interviewed scores of authors about their books for the Kindle Chronicles podcast, but I can't remember a book that has excited me as much as t...

TKC 234 James McQuivey

26 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Vice President / Principal Analyst at Forrester Research and author of the forthcoming Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation Int...

Stephen King's New Kindle Single on Guns: More of an Original Mind Trip Than a Rant

25 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I finished Stephen King's Kindle Single, Guns, over lunch. It's a highly original take on the debate over gun control, so I don't think it was fair of...

Stephen King's Essay/Rant about Guns Gets Speedy Publication at Kindle Singles

25 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The press release announcing Stephen King's new 99-cent Kindle Singles essay, "Guns," emphasizes how fast a major author can get his or her ideas into...

Amazon Puts Its Money Where Its Text-to-Speech Is

24 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I remember that one of the first things I noticed about the Kindle Fire HD was how much better the text-to-speech voice was on it, compared with text ...

Good Kindle News for Canada!

23 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon today announced that the Kindle Paperwhite WiFi and 3G models and the basic Kindle are available to customers in Canada at the Amazon.ca site. ...

TKC 233 Digital Book World Conference

18 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Start times for interviews: Jeremy Greenfield - 6:27 Mike Shatzkin - 8:46 Michael Tamblyn (Kobo) - 7:14 Heather Severson - 8:22 Paul Biba - 17:30 Mich...

Libraries Panel at Digital Book World – Live Blog

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Last panel at Digital Book World is named "Libraries: More Important than Ever for Discovery." The moderator is Barabara A. Genco, manager, special pr...

Making Content Searchable Panel – DBW Live Blog

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This panel is titled "Making Content Searchable, Findable, and Shareable: Tools and Best Practices to Improve Discoverability." Panelists are Matt Mac...

Panel on Author-Publisher Relationships – Live Blog at DBW

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This panel at Digital Book World's conference is titled "The Evolving Author-Publisher Relationship: how Publishers Are Powering-and Empowering-Author...

Looking back and looking forward – DBW panel live blog

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Shatzkin moderates the final plenary session at Digital Book World. The panelists are Chantal Restivo Alessi, chief digital officer at HarperColl...

Book Consumer Trends as viewed by Bowker and BISG – Live Blog at DBW

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Next up, Sharon Lubraro , general manager and VP at Bowker, and Len Vlahos, executive director at Book Industry Study Group (BISG). Click on headline ...

Barnes & Noble's eBook VP at DBW Conference – Live Blog

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Good to hear from Barnes & Noble today at Digital Book World. Here is what Jim Hilt, VP of eBooks at B&N has to say about discovery. Click on headlin...

Peter Hildick-Smith on eBook Discovery – Live Blog from DBW conference

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Hildick-Smith is founder and CEO of the Codex Group. He is talking about how people find books. "We talk to book buyers all day long." Click on ...

The Kobo Story at DBW – live blog

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Tomblyn, chief content officer at Kobo is next at Digital Book World. Click on headline of this post to see updates.

Hugh Howey, author of WOOL, and his agent talk about self-publishing – live blog from DBW

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hugh Howey, author of WOOL, and Kristin Nelson, agent at Nelson Literary Agency, interviewed by Mike Shatzkin at Digital Book World in New York City. ...

Authors' View of Publishing – Live Blog at Digital Book World conference

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Day 2 of the DBW conference begins with a survey by Writer's Digest of thousands of authors. The presenter is Phil Sexton, publisher and community lea...

Obama Campaign Wizard Teddy Goff's Tips for Publishers – Live Blog

16 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I'm gearing up for the final session of Day One at the Digital Book World conference in New York City. Teddy Goff, digital director for Obama for Amer...

Digital Book World Live Blog from NYC

16 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hello from the New York Hilton, where the Digital Book World conference is under way. I will live blog the sessions this morning, featuring presentati...

Live Blog for Digital Book World Conference

16 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I plan to live blog here for the upcoming sessions at the Digital Book World conference here in New York. To see the live updates, you will have to cl...

Kindle Screens in Sunlight – A Comparison

14 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

YouTube viewer BobbyKempBigBand has asked how the Kindle Fire HD looks in sunlight as a reading device, so I did a comparison of it with the Paperwhit...

Tea for Two Pots – Guest Post by Kindle Chronicles Listener Jean Remple

13 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Note from Len: I am pleased to pass along this email from my friend Jean Remple on the topic of how to brew a perfect pot of tea. When I told Darlene ...

Update on Reading Kindles in a Salt Room: Don't Do It!

12 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I want to highlight the following comment that I received this morning from MitchM regarding my deep Kindle reading in a salt room this week: Wow, wha...

TKC 232 Seth Godin

12 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Author of The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? Interview Starts at 21:15 Walking through Union Square Market in New York or in an airport, no ...

If You Are Enjoying a New Kindle, Please Consider Donating Your Previous One to a U.S. Soldier Deployed Overseas!

11 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

(Cross Post from E-Books for Troops)     Incoming Kindles in Denver awaiting preparation for shipment to Troops overseas   During 2012, we distribu...

Kindle Tips: Welcome to the One-Page Kindle Home Club!

11 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The home screen of my Kindle Paperwhite comprises a single page (see above.) Hidden in my collections are three novels, two inspirational books, eight...

From Tolstoy, With Love

10 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Is it really going to take a year for me to read a single book? Apparently so, when the book is War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. I purchased my 99-cent K...

More on Tea: Our Ambivalent Visit to Celestial Seasonings in Boulder

09 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

First, I want to thank Kindle Chronicles listener Guven Witteveen for his email recommending that Darlene and I take a tour of the Celestial Seasoning...

Love Your Kindle? Try Taking it for a Deep Read in a Room Made of Salt

08 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

If you are a book lover who prefers an E Ink device to a tablet, I bet it's because there are fewer distractions on a Kindle Paperwhite 3G or other d...

How to Publish Your Book for Kindle – Guy Kawasaki to the Rescue!

07 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I have started reading a new book by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch titled APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur - How to Publish a Book and it looks ter...

Ode to Tea: Keep Calm and Carry On

06 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A month ago I switched from coffee to tea. Darlene and I were at a cooking class taught by Warren Kramer in Brighton, Mass. As an aside, Warren made a...

TKC 231 Shantanu Bala

05 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Shantanu Bala, creator of Ebook Glue, a new tool for creating eBooks Interview Starts at 18:15 A lot of writers are already formatting their content a...

TKC 230 Garrett Riley

29 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Garrett Riley, creator of A Tech Grab Bag Interview Starts at 16:21 The great thing (about Kindle FreeTime Unlimited) is that you can set time limits....

TKC 229 David Lynn

21 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

David Lynn, editor of The Kenyon Review Interview Starts at 18:16 What I realized a couple of years ago about my mission with The Kenyon Review is not...

TKC 228 Jeremy Greenfield

14 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Greenfield, editorial director, Digital Book World Interview Starts at 17:19 I think publishers right now are focused more on their authors an...

Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ is $50 Off – Today Only

10 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Today only, Amazon is selling the Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ for $50 off. Click here for details. You simply enter promotional code FIREHD89 at checkout. T...

Notes for the Microsoft Surface Review Video that I Uploaded Earlier Today

09 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Click Here to see the video. 1. How to get the Kindle for Microsoft 8 App on your Microsoft Surface Store - Search for Kindle - Install - Register to...

Microsoft Surface Review: How Well Does It Handle Kindle Content Compared with iPad and Kindle Fire HD 8.9″?

09 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

I've had a ball playing with the Microsoft Surface, which I like quite a lot. Any time a gadget forces me to learn a new interface, I get excited. I'm...

An Idea Amazon Thought Would Enhance Kindle Device Ownership Has Turned Out Rather Well for Authors and Readers Alike

09 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Cross-Post of my Kindle Nation Daily Contributing Editor's Column November 30, 2012 A blind alley is closed at one end. It leads nowhere. Why on earth...

TKC 227 Evan Ratliff

07 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Evan Ratliff, cofounder, CEO and editor of Atavist Interview starts at 18:53 We publish through the Kindle Singles program, usually. Our stories are a...

TKC 226 Russ Grandinetti

30 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

News - 1) Amazon announces record Kindle sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. 2) Just in time for the holidays, a $1.5 million bonus is added for K...

Amazon Adds $1.5 Million Seasonal Bonus for KDP Select Authors

29 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon today served up a jolly seasonal bonus for Kindle Direct Publishing authors who are taking advantage of the Kindle Select program. At midnight ...

Will Kobo Save Indie Bookstores? My Thoughts on the ABA's Latest Digital Initiative…

27 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

(Cross Post of my Kindle Nation Daily Contributing Editor's Column) November 23, 2012 The general manager of Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachu...

TKC 225 Neil Strandberg

23 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

News - This week marked the fifth anniversary of the introduction of the first Kindle. Five years later, The Los Angeles Times reports on a prediction...

New Options for Serious Journalists: How Brian Mockenhaupt's Powerful Tale of 3 Marines Found an Audience via Byliner

20 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

(Cross Post of my Kindle Nation Daily Contributing Editor's Column) But for eBooks, war fatigue might have kept Brian Mockenhaupt from publishing a st...

TKC 97 J. A. Konrath

29 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

25 Leslie Nicoll

10 Jan 2009

Contributed by Lukas

News - Is the Kindle adding $9 billion to Amazon's market valuation?  I hope so!Tech Tip - How to offer your blog to the Kindle Store for subscriptio...

24 Mike Elgan

02 Jan 2009

Contributed by Lukas

News - My own exclusive scuttlebutt which leads me to believe Amazon will start shipping the new version this month, ahead of the official announcemen...

EXTRA - Mike Elgan Interview - Part 2

02 Jan 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The second half of my interview on Dec. 31, 2008 with tech blogger and columnist Mike Elgan.Part 1 is contained in episode 24 of the Kindle Chronicles...

23 Starbuck in Iraq

27 Dec 2008

Contributed by Lukas

News - New subscriptions available for the Kindle: USA Today and Narrative Magazine.  Also, new Kindle market intelligence from The New York Times. ...

22 Joshua Tallent

20 Dec 2008

Contributed by Lukas

News - Rand McNally introduces a Road Atlas specifically designed for the Kindle. Featuring a brief telephone interview with Joel Minster, Rand McNall...

21 Steve Shaw

13 Dec 2008

Contributed by Lukas

News - Publisher's Weekly puts Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on its cover as "Person of the Year."Tech Tip - No worries, yet, about ever being cha...

20 Will DeLamater

05 Dec 2008

Contributed by Lukas

News - Via Mike Elgan and HotelChatter.com , we learn that the famed Algonquin Hotel in New York City is loaning Kindles to guests.  Jan Zlendich of ...

19 Linda Hopkins

28 Nov 2008

Contributed by Lukas

News: The Kindle is sold out just in time for Christmas.  Will the one I ordered today turn out to be a Kindle 2.0? Should Amazon say so? Also, a sec...

18 Sriram K. Peruvemba

22 Nov 2008

Contributed by Lukas

News - In a TechFlash Q&A, Ian Freed says no to video on the Kindle. Tech Tip -Igor Skochinsky's motherload of Kindle tech stuff.Interview - Sriram K....

17 Jason Pontin

14 Nov 2008

Contributed by Lukas

News: Thanks to listener Linda Hopkins, we learn from Amazon that Kindle samples are NOT designed to timeout.Tech Tip: How to put [20,000] 2,000 class...

16 Darlene - II

08 Nov 2008

Contributed by Lukas

News: Case of the disappearing Kindle Store sample, from Joe Wikert's Kindleville blog. Tech Tip: From David Emberson's Kindle Cookbook, a clever keyb...

15 Dave Emberson

31 Oct 2008

Contributed by Lukas

News: The Motley Fool asserts that Oprah has saved Amazon.Tech Tip: What are those white boxes to the right of some items on the home screen?Interview...

14 Evan Schnittman

24 Oct 2008

Contributed by Lukas

Kindle News: Oprah gets behind the Kindle in a big way, including a $50-off coupon good till November 1st. Also, Amazon reports that 10 percent of its...