Author of Elsewhere Interview starts at 19:22 and ends at 55:16 Links “Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets” by Majority Staff Report of House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary ( PDF ) Steven Levy’s Plaintext newsletter - October 9, 2020 “House’s Antitrust Verdict on Big Tech: The Information’s Tech Briefing” - October 6, 2020 “Fringe notions on antitrust would destroy small businesses and hurt consumers” at Amazon’s Day One...
Oct 10, 2020•56 min
Author of Pandemic and other science-based thrillers Interview starts at 14:04 and ends at 47:39 Links “Amazon One lets you pay at stores with the palm of your hand” by Stan Schroeder at Mashable - September 29, 2020 Amazon One home page “The first Amazon Fresh grocery store with smart Dash carts opens in LA” by Maggie Tillman at Pocket-Lint - September 17, 2020 Amazon Halo Health and Wellness Band “Amazon Quietly Expands Large-Scale Covid Testing Program for Warehouses” by Paris Martineau at Th...
Oct 03, 2020•52 min
Darlene and Sophie at the table where we discussed Amazon's new products, announced yesterday at virtual press event Other coverage of Amazon's new-products event: Day One blog Business Insider The Washington Post The Wall Street Journal...
Sep 26, 2020•45 min
Author of Repairing Jefferson’s America: A Guide to Civility and Enlightened Citizenship Interview starts at 6:37 and ends at 48:46 Links “Amazon is developing the Kindle Paperwhite 5 with Glowlight” by Michael Kozlowski at Good EReader.com - September 17, 2020 Amazon Book Clubs early access “Amazon FreeTime Unlimited rebranded as Kids Plus with more videos, music” by Alison DeNisco at CNET - September 15, 2020 Amazon Kids announced at Day One Amazon blog - September 14, 2020 “Amazon Alexa can n...
Sep 19, 2020•53 min
Author of House Lessons: Renovating a Life and The Scent Keeper Interview starts at 2:10 and ends at 41:18 Links Erica Bauermeister’s web site and virtual book launch for House Lessons Erica’s books at Amazon.com My August 29, 2020 interview with Joe Lemay , Founder and CEO of Rocketbook Livescribe Click Here and request an invitation to the Len's Birthday Bash Facebook group in order watch the Jim Robitaille Trio's performance at my birthday party on August 30. Enjoy! Next Week’s Guest Clay Jen...
Sep 11, 2020•53 min
Author of Interference Interview starts at 14:05 and ends at 49:17 Links FAA certifies Prime Air for drone delivery tests New life for the nook? The Creative Penn podcast with Len Edgerly interview Amazon Driver a Hero in Ohio Fire TV Stick 4K - $39.99 at Amazon.com How to Quiet Your Devices Brad Parks’s web site Essex Public Library library friends virtual book launch party for Interference Chad Zunker’s web site Hilary Davidson’s web site Unthinkable by Brad Parks - available for pre-order wit...
Sep 05, 2020•51 min
Co-founder and CEO of Rocketbook Interview starts at 13:35 and ends at 54:00 Links Amazon Halo - Early Access special price of $64.99 “Amazon unveils Halo to battle Apple Watch and Fitbit — tracks activity, body fat, emotions” by Christina Farr at CNBC - August 27, 2020 Echo Frames - $179.99 at Amazon.com “How to Make Alexa talk faster (or slower)” by Hugh Langley at the ambient - July 8, 2020 Rocketbook web site FriXion pen by Pilot Rocketbook Panda Planner (executive size, includes FriXion pen...
Aug 29, 2020•56 min
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 Retiring Jeff Wilke” by Matt Day at “Executives who work for Amazon’s logistics kingpin Dave Clark become ‘Dave Whisperers’” by Rachel Premack at Business Insider - August 21, 2020 “Prime Day 2020? Amazon kicks off huge sale with deals on 38 Amazon devices” by Elyse Betters Picaro at ZDNet - August 18, 2020 Porter Anderson’s Linkedin page The Bookseller an...
Aug 21, 2020•56 min
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 $219.99 plus shipping Echo Frames - $179.99 at Amazon.com “ Amazon and Mall Operator Look at Turning Sears, J.C. Penney Stores Into Fulfillment Centers ” by Esther Fung and Sebastian Herrera at The Wall Street Journal - August 9, 2020 JoAnna Hunt at Linkedin “A commitment to accessibility and inclusion” at Amazon’s Day One blog - July 15, 2020 Reading Rule...
Aug 15, 2020•54 min
Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Interview starts at 7:43 and ends at 49:35 Links Rocketbook reusable notebook (mini) - $13.56 at Amazon.com James McQuivey’s website Nicholas A. Christakis “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox” by Lina M. Khan at The Yale Law Journal - January 2017 Jeff Bezos’s opening statement to Congress (YouTube) - July 29, 2020 The Media Monopoly by Ben H. Bagdikian (paperback only) Burpee Challenge Wim Hof website The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal,...
Aug 07, 2020•55 min
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) - July 29, 2020 “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox” by Lina M. Khan at The Yale Law Review - January 2017 “Amazon confirms Prime Day delay in the US” by Jon Porter at The Verge - July 21, 2020 reMarkable 2 tablet - available for pre-order at $399 iPad Pro - starting at $749 To request inclusion on Richard Bruno’s free email list for weekly poems, please em...
Aug 01, 2020•53 min
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 indefinitely postponed” by Rachel Kraus at Mashable - July 24,2020 “How to convert a PDF file for your Kindle” at The Verge Baratunde Thurston’s website Live On Lockdown "We're Having a Moment" podcast Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay Baratunde’s Patreon Page and TED talk (2019) Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Al...
Jul 25, 2020•54 min
Author of Pandemic and other thrillers Links “Amazon pilots opening health care centers near its fulfillment centers” at Day One Blog - July 14, 2020 “What’s Ailing an Amazon Health Venture” By Paris Martineau at The Information (paywall) - July 16, 2020 Click here to subscribe to The Information Instapaper A.G. Riddle’s website A. G. Riddle’s store at Amazon.com 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,...
Jul 18, 2020•47 min
Founder and CEO of @Skilltype Links Skilltype Tony Zanders at Boston University Libraries The Quantified Self movement “Why the Amazon Kindle is a bibliophile’s digital must-have” by Whitson Gordon at NBC News - July 9, 2020 Pocket to Amazon Kindle ( P2k ) Len’s “How to Choose a Kindle” YouTube video - June 2019 Amazon adds hands-free activation to Alexa app via GeekWire - July 7, 2020 “How to use Alexa on the Apple Watch” by Conor Allison at Wareable - January 8, 2020 Echo Frames at Amazon.com ...
Jul 11, 2020•49 min
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 the Year So Far Next Week’s Guest Tony Zanders , Founder & CEO of Skilltype 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 my flash briefing?” Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or M...
Jul 04, 2020•49 min
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 Life: A Story of Mindfulness and Surfing by Jaimal Yogis and Matt Allen - available for pre-order, with release on June 30, 2020 Jaimal Yogis’s web site , including these videos: How to Surf Your Emotions , 1-Minute Meditation For Kids (And Kids at Heart) , Guided Ocean Meditation for Sleep and Relaxation Previous books by Jaimal Yogis: Saltwater Buddh...
Jun 27, 2020•50 min
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 ‘jumpstart sales’ after coronavirus crunch” by Annie Palmer at CNBC - June 2, 2020 “Amazon introduces ‘Distance Assistant’” by Brad Porter at Day One blog - June 16, 2020 LEGO NINJAGO Ninja Tuner Car kit (419 pieces) - $32 at Amazon.com Wonder Workshop Dash robot for Kids 6+ ($150 at Amazon.com) Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French Pete the Cat: Snow Daze by ...
Jun 20, 2020•50 min
Photo Credit: Fortune Magazine Author of Bezonomics: How Amazon is Changing Our Lives and What the World’s Best Companies Are Learning from It Interview starts at 14:21 and ends at 49:03 Links “Jeff Bezos’s Instagram Posts Are a Lesson in How to Respond to a Crisis” by Minda Zetlin at Inc. - June 10, 2020 Echo Frames Echo Buds “Amazon launches two new Kindle Paperwhite colors” by Jay Peters at The Verge - June 10, 2020 Kindle Paperwhite “Amazon Fire HD 8 has one tiny feature I’d love to see in n...
Jun 13, 2020•52 min
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 bundled with Wireless Charging Dock “You can Now Permanently Delete Kindle eBooks on Kindle Devices” by Nathan at theebbookreader.com - July 2, 2020 OverDrive app for Fire tables Books in the Jack Sharpe series by David Pepper: The People’s House (Book 1), The Wingman (Book 2), and The Voter File (Book 3) David Pepper at Linkedin , Twitter , and Facebook N...
Jun 06, 2020•51 min
Manager, Amazon Literary Partnership Interview starts at 12:49 and ends at 46:59 Links “Amazon Echo Look No More - Another Alexa Device Discontinued” by Bret Kinsella at voicebot.ai - May 29, 2020 Alexandra Woodworth at Linkedin Amazon Literary Partnership Artist Relief Deep Vellum Publishing City of Asylum LitNet Amazon Book Review Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City by Fang Fang Academy of American Poets How to suspend a Hold on OverDrive My Must Reads app Libro.fm Next Week’s Gues...
May 29, 2020•52 min
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-paper” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - May 18, 2020 PhoneSoap UV-C sanitizing devices Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir by Jennifer McGaha The Professional Book Nerds Podcast Next Week’s Guest David Pepper, author of The Voter File , available for pre-order with delivery June 2, 2020 Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash brie...
May 23, 2020•52 min
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 - May 13, 2020 “Amazon upgrades its Fire HD 8 Tablet” by David Carnoy at CNET - May 13, 2020 Readwise “The Future of Work Starts Now” by James McQuivey at Forrester Research - April 20, 2020 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...
May 16, 2020•57 min
Associate Director - instructional support and development Harvard Graduate School of Education Interview starts at 9:28 and ends at 50:27 Links DK Readers L2: Star Wars: The Adventures of BB-8 by David Fentiman Josh Bookin Harvard Graduate School of Education Harvard Graduate School of Education site on teaching remotely Harvard-wide site on teaching remotely A site from University of Michigan about online teaching Zoom Canvas Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the ...
May 09, 2020•52 min
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 Says It Will Forgo Billions in Profits to Invest into Worker Safety Measures” by Lauren Debter at Forbes - April 30, 2020 The King of Warsaw by Szczepan Twardoch translated by Sean Gasper Bye Male Fantasies, Vol. 2: Male Bodies - Psychoanalyzing the White Terror by Klaus Theweleitf Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the A...
May 01, 2020•45 min
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 Weise at The New York Times - April 22, 2020 Jay Carney interview with Brian Stelter - March 29, 2020 Jeff Bezos’s Letter to Shareholders - April 16, 2020 “Will you buy the Pocketbook Color?” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - April 23, 202 Books by A. G. Riddle Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store....
Apr 25, 2020•54 min
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 Weathering the Coronavirus Outbreak?” By Andrew Liptak at Tor.com - April 15, 2020 “Survey of Independent Bookstores Shows Coronavirus Toll” by Alex Green at Publishers Weekly - April 8, 2020 The Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver “Audiobooks and literacy: a rapid review of the literature” at National Literacy Trust in London - February 17, 2020 Link to ...
Apr 18, 2020•59 min
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 rescinding changes in eBook pricing to libraries - March 17, 2020 “Macmillan Abandons Library E-book Embargo” by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - March 17, 2020. “Macmillan lifts library ebook embargo; DBW ban ends” by Bradley Metrock at Digital Book World - March 17, 2020 Audible Captions demo (video) “Amazon extends its US and Canada re...
Apr 10, 2020•53 min
Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Links “How Employees Feel About Coronavirus: Early Results from Forrester’s PandemicEX Survey” by James McQuivey at Forrester blog - March 11, 2020 Jeff Bezos’s letter to employees In-N-Out Burger’s Coronavirus statement - March 24, 2020 More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First World War by Kenneth C. Davis (not mentioned in interview, but of possible interest) “Forrester Future Fit”: How Fit Are You?” By...
Apr 02, 2020•47 min
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 at Medium - March 24, 2020 “Amazon’s COVID-19 blog” at Day One - March 27, 2020 “What I Learned When My Husband Got Sick With Coronavirus” by Jessica Lustig at The New York Times - March 24, 2020 PSA Safe Grocery Shopping in COVID-19 Pandemic (YouTube) - March 24, 2020 “The new iPad Pro isn’t a laptop replacement. It’s better than that” by Jeremy Whit...
Mar 28, 2020•49 min
Author of A Drop of Midnight: A Memoir Links Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité on Facebook , Instagram , and Wikipedia and YouTube Jason’s performance at Harlem Sound Stage (rescheduled for October) 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 21, 2020•46 min
