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) Next week’s guest: Jason Diakité, author of A Drop of Midnight: A Memoir Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day’s entry by saying, “Alexa, what’s new?” Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player....
Mar 14, 2020•47 min
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 Steven Levy (2011) “‘Facebook: The Inside Story’ author Steven Levy on how the company compares to Apple and Google” by Casey Newton at The Verge - February 26, 2020 “The Social Network” - 2010 movie on Prime Video “The Alternate Universe Where Facebook Bought Twitter” by Steven Levy at Wired - March 6, 2020 Click here to for access to Steven Levy’s ...
Mar 07, 2020•45 min
Executive Director of Digital Book World Links “Amazon’s top spokesman: We want to question Trump over ‘blatant political interference’ in Pentagon cloud contract decision” by Annie Palmer at CNBC - February 12, 2020 “Why Bernie Sanders Praised Amazon” by Jay Carney at The New York Times - February 10, 2010 “Amazon Kindle to include more options in the font menu” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - February 19, 2020 Kindle software updates Bradley Metrock This Week in Voice podcast Digital B...
Feb 28, 2020•54 min
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 Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day’s entry by saying, “Alexa, what’s new?” For my political podcast, please check out Edge Cast . Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player....
Feb 21, 2020•44 min
Technical Editor at Microwave Journal Interview begins at 5:40 and ends at 47:00 Links Readwise app for Kindle highlights Articles by Gary Lerude at Microwave Journal “Introducing Amazon Sidewalk” at The Amazon Blog - September 27, 2020 Gary’s Podcast Recommendations: The Daily , Post Reports , The Daily 202 , On Being , Secular Buddhism , Timber Hawkeye My Asynchronous Dialog with Austin Kleon at The Kindle Chronicles - May 4, 2019 The Pomodoro Technique Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled Pand...
Feb 15, 2020•50 min
Author of Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes Interview begins at 20:20 and ends at 47:20 Links “Digital Book World Bans Macmillan Employees in Response to Library Embargo” by Bradley Metrock at Digital Book World website - January 28, 2020 American Library Association launches campaign against e-book embargo - September 11, 2020 Report on ALA Midwinter 2020 meeting by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - January 26, 2020 Washington Post coverage of Digital Book World ban of Macmillan eBooks...
Feb 08, 2020•50 min
James and his Bengal cat, Serena Links Arlington Street Church , Boston Sumbul Siddiqui , Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins Internment by Samira Ahmed Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day’s entry by saying, “Alexa, what’s new?” Next Week’s Guest Kathleen West, author of Minor Dramas and other Catastrophes - available for pre-order with delivery February 4, 2020 For my politi...
Jan 31, 2020•48 min
Your host with Stacey Helbig and Elissa Mekel Links Staples Connect Staples Connect grand opening invitation February 5, 2020 Staples Studio RODEcaster Pro Podcast Production Studio Pro Audio Design Thomas G. Stemberg (1949 - 2015), founder of Staples iHeart Radio We Edit Podcasts Everything Coworking podcast with Jamie Russo Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day’s entry by saying, “Alexa, what’s new?” For my political...
Jan 25, 2020•47 min
Founder of The Creative Penn and author of Audio for Authors Links Audio for Authors: Audiobooks, Podcasting, and Voice Technologies (Books for Writers Book 11 ) by Joanna Penn - Available for pre-order with delivery March 6, 2020 Books by Joanna Penn Books by J. F. Penn The Creative Penn podcast Welcome to Night Vale Digital Book World - September 14-15, 2020 in Nashville Bradley Metrock World War Z by Max Brooks Audible and storytel Audiobooks by Steven Erikson BookBub Smashwords ACX Kobo Writ...
Jan 18, 2020•49 min
Author of Eightysomethings: A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding Unexpected Happiness Links Books by Katharine Esty: Eightysomethings: A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding Unexpected Happiness - 2019 Twenty-Seven Dollars and a Dream: How Muhammad Yunus Changed the World and What It Cost Him - 2014 Workplace Diversity: A Manager’s Guide to Solving Problems and Turning Diversity into a Competitive Advantage (Paperback only) - 1995 The Gypsies: Wanderers in T...
Jan 10, 2020•51 min
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 shy and slightly nervous--febrile, slightly feverish is how I described him, and maybe he was. We got right down to business. We talked for a couple of minutes, and he told me about this business and the packing of the books and so on, and how there was this opportunity to sell books. He was already talking about being able to have a better margin, b...
Jan 04, 2020•51 min
Retired Science Editor of The Christian Science Monitor Links Cowan honored with Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) - May 31, 2001 Karl Taylor Compton , president of MIT 1930-1948 Agnes de Mille (1905-1993) An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavsky Prince Louis de Broglie , one of the founders of quantum physics Edward Teller , known as “the father of the hydrogen bomb” “A Long-ago moment with Edward Teller” by Robert C. Cowen at The Christian ...
Dec 28, 2019•53 min
At the Acropolis with Sonja and Anthony Recorded on Crete December 18, 2019 Uploaded from Cambridge December 20, 2019
Dec 21, 2019•41 min
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 listen to it.
Dec 13, 2019•48 min
--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 blog Robin Cook TEDx talk (YouTube) at his alma mater, Wesleyan University - September 17, 2019 Books by Robin Cook: Coma , Cell , Pandemic , Marker CRISPR-Cas9 Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day’s entry by saying, “Alexa, what’s new?” Right-click here and then click "Sav...
Dec 07, 2019•45 min
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 will love or--in a non-pushy way-- should love.” Links “Alexa’s voice can now express disappointment and excitement” by Jay Peters at The Verge - November 26, 2019 Alexa Skills Kit Blog post on new Emotions and Speaking styles - November 26, 2019 Sarah Gelman’s posts at The Amazon Book Review Amazon’s Best Books of 2019 ( amazon.com/bestbooks201...
Nov 28, 2019•52 min
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 trying to do is make a service that is valuable and compelling, to delight readers.” Links “Amazon Has Become America’s CEO Factory” by Dana Mattioli at The Wall Street Journal - November 20, 2019 “Amazon’s smart speakers outship Google’s by almost triple, Canalys says” by Corinne Reichert at CNET - November 13, 2019 Amazon Black Friday Countdown d...
Nov 23, 2019•51 min
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 I’ve ever had, working with the people in Amazon Original Stories and Amazon Publishing at Thomas & Mercer. Writers can’t ask for more supportive, more interesting people to work with. So it turned out to be the right decision.” Links DeanKoontz.com Dean Koontz’s author page at Amazon.com The Nameless short story collection at Amazon Devoted by...
Nov 16, 2019•33 min
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 Jane Friedman’s blog and newsletters, Electric Speed (free) and The Hot Sheet (paid subscription) How to Reform Capitalism by The School of Life The Business of Being a Writer by Jane Friedman Next Week’s Guest: Dean Koontz , author of the six-story Nameless series that will be released by Amazon Publishing on November 12, 2019 Click here to enable...
Nov 09, 2019•53 min
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 winning entry for a Fire Tablet nine years ago Instagram photos of our Yorkie Claire, RIP All the Dogs of My Life by Elizabeth Von Arnim Video of Claire chasing a ball on Christmas, 2015 Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A J...
Nov 01, 2019•50 min
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 Airports Is a Sign of Far Greater Change to Come” by Chris Walton at Forbes - October 10, 2-019 Amazon’s Leadership Principles Kindle Kids Edition Rick Riordan author’s page at Amazon.com Primed Podcast from KUOW in Seattle Land of the Giants podcast from Vox “Introducing the News app on Fire TV” by Puneet Puri at the Fire TV blog - October 22, 2019 The D...
Oct 25, 2019•53 min
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 Affected by WiFi Bug” by Lawrence Abrams at Bleeping Computer - October 17, 2019 Christi Ross Crain interviewed as Teacher of the Year in 2012 (YouTube) Upton, Wyoming Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence by Bill O’Reilly Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel and Reamde: A Novel by Neal Stephenson Neal Stephenson’s author page at Am...
Oct 18, 2019•42 min
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’t want brain implants. We just want the ability to get information and communication when we need it and the way we need it. Amazon is essentially saying, ‘in your car, on your ear, in your pocket? Sure. In your environment, your home. We’re just going to thread all this together, so that you can use it when you need it, and it just disappears in th...
Oct 12, 2019•52 min
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 All Color on Your iPhone” (YouTube) by All I Talk Is Tech - October 27, 2018 Echo Glow - $30 “Why you may have to wait longer to check out an e-book from your local library” by Jenny McGrath at Digital Trends - September 13, 2019 Macmillan CEO John Sargent’s letter announcing change in eBook sales to public libraries - July 25, 2019 “Why Angry Libra...
Oct 04, 2019•53 min
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 Devices and Services for Smart Home My Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa - Enable it, then ask "Alexa, what's new?" to hear my daily audio journal on your Echo devices. Next week's guest: Mike Shatzkin Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "V...
Sep 28, 2019•51 min
Host of the Solopreneur Hour Podcast Links Solopreneur Hour Podcast The Art of the Interview Course Agents of Change conference in Portland, Maine Flyte New Media , founded by Rich Brooks Jen Lehner Media Jen Lehner’s Alexa Flash Briefing course Soundup Next Week’s Show Mike Shatzkin , creator of The Shatzkin Files Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective...
Sep 21, 2019•50 min
Director of Deaf Ministries, Baptist International Outreach Note: I am very grateful to David Peach for covering Digital Book World on his own for The Kindle Chronicles this year, which enabled me to spend important time with my family. Links Baptist International Outreach Joshua Tallent of Firebrand Technologies Eda Gimenez of Buncee Paul Frank of The Bloom Library American Library Association’s take on the Macmillan issue: Buncee Dave Gunn of the DAISY Consortium Bloom Library National Book Fo...
Sep 13, 2019•50 min
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, their international expansion, and AWS and the explosion in the Amazon Marketplace and then of course society coming to grips with this technology giant in its midst.” News “E Ink is working on new color e-paper solutions” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - August 31,2019 Digital Book World 2019 tickets sold out in Nashville Tech Tips Fintie ...
Sep 07, 2019•44 min
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 taking. Even though I think that functionality has improved over the years, typing on the keypad on the Kindle doesn’t work great for me. So depending on what I want to do and the type of book determines whether I want to go print version or read it on the Kindle.” News “Aggressive Amazon tactic pushes you to consider its own brand before you click ‘bu...
Aug 31, 2019•51 min
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 Stephanie Edgerly Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Outro Music for this episode is performed by my niece Fran Betly...
Aug 24, 2019•53 min
