The Kindle Chronicles

BookRiot contributor who writes about romance novels Interview starts at 10:59 and ends at 42:21 We're sort of worshipping at the temple of love, the same way that religion can help us make sense of human experience and help us to feel there's good in the world—there's a structure that is bending towards the good. Romance can impart that feeling and help you feel like you're participating in the goodness of the fabric of the world. And I think that's a real draw. News "Mysterious 'Project X' points to Amazon drive-up grocery store in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood" by Nat Levy and Todd Bishop at GeekWire - August 19, 2016. Amazon Fresh "Reinventing the Work-Life Ratio for Tech Talent" event scheduled by Amazon in Seattle for August 25. "Amazon experiments with tech teams consisting entirely of part-time employees, with full benefits" by Monica Nickelsburg at GeekWire - August 17, 2016 "Amazon Plans to Produce Virtual Reality Originals, Job Offer Reveals" by Janko Roettgers at Variety - August 18, 2016 Amazon Studios job listing for VR Experience Development Executive Next-generation Gear VR headset at Samsung Tech Tip An item from Steve in Hawaii related to Kindle Owners Lending Library Interview with Jessica Tripler "Why Romance Readers Love Digital Books" by Jessica Tripler at BookRiot - August 11, 2016 Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James Romance Writers of America A Natural History of the Romance Novel by Pamela Regis Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Novels by Molly O'Keefe The Bechdel Test Novels by Courtney Milan "Romancing the Data" presentation by AuthorEarnings analyst Data Guy at Romance Writers of America - July 15, 2016 Happily Ever After: the Romance Story in Popular Culture by Catherine M. Roach Novels by Nora Roberts Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James Novels by Beverly Jenkins Novels by Farrah Rochon Content Goodreads All Time Favorite Romance Novels Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James Next Week's Guest Chad Post, head of the University of Rochester's Open Letter press and a champion of literature in translation. 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! My Instagram feed is here, with photos from our stay in Maine this summer. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

VP & Executive Editor, HarperCollins Publishers Interview starts at 18:58 and ends at 43:28 There are a lot of very serious readers at Amazon, and honestly I think that that's something that is not understood. They don't all work on the editorial team vetting books for Best of the Month, but we did and I assume they still are using a lot of readers from the rest of the company who are not technically on the editorial team but who are passionate about reading and who read a lot. There were some really wonderful readers and reviewers that we cherry-picked from around the company. Book love is very much alive at Amazon. News Om Malik on This Week in Tech - August 7, 2016 Wal-Mart press release on purchase of Jet.com - August 8, 2016 Om Malik's web site "The best reason for reading? Book lovers live longer, scientists say" by Amy Ellis Nutt at The Washington Post - August 9, 2016 Tech Tip Kindle Owners' Lending Library Kindle Unlimited Interview with Sara Nelson "Sara Nelson Heading to HarperCollins" by Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly - June 28, 2016 HarperCollins press release announcing Sara Nelson's hiring - June 28, 2016 Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance Commonwealth: A Novel by Ann Patchet - available for pre-order with delivery September 13, 2016 Moonglow: A Novel by Michael Chabon - available for pre-order with delivery November 22, 2016 Behold the Dreamers: A Novel by Imbolo MBUE - available for pre-order with delivery August 23, 2013 Content The Phil Hendrie Show YouTube video of Phil Hendrie recording his podcast - February 10, 2015 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Next Week's Guest Jessica Tripler, author of "Why Romance Readers Love Digital Books" at BookRiot - August 11, 2011 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!

Senior Editor, AmazonCrossing Interview starts at 17:02 and ends at 38:04 [Ayse Kulin] is one of many distinguished voices from diverse cultures that we've had the pleasure of publishing, and I think she's actually a really great example of what it is that we're trying to do here at AmazonCrossing News "Amazon Resumes Selling Amazon's Gadgets Four Years After Rift" by Shannon Pettypiece at Bloomberg - August 4, 2016 "Amazon to test drone delivery in partnership with UK government" by Nicky Woolf and Samuel Gibbs at The Guardian - July 25, 2016 Dromida Kodo drone Amazon Prime Air (YouTube video) - December 1, 2013 "Amazon's 'Prime Air' Cargo Plane is Ready to Deliver Your Packages" at NBC - August 5, 2016 "See Amazon's Massive New 'Prime Air' Cargo Jet Plane" at Time - August 5, 2016 "Amazon's latest weapon in the e-commerce wars: Its own air force" by Sarah Halzack at The Washington Post - August 5, 2016 Holy Stone RC dump truck at Amazon.com Tech Tips Kindle Unlimited audiobooks "7 Ways to Take Full Advantage of Your Kindle" by Joel Lee at MakeUseOf.com - August 4, 2016 Interview with Gabriella Page-Fort "How Amazon came to dominate fiction in translation" by Alison Flood at The Guardian - December 9, 2015 Love in Exile by Ayse Kulin, translated into English by Kenneth Dakan Other books translated from Turkish into English by Kenneth Dakan Last Train to Istanbul: A Novel by Ayse Kulin, translated into English by John W. Baker Books by Louise Erdrich Escape by Perihan Magden, translated by Kenneth Dakan Ali and Ramazan by Perihan Magden, translated by Ruth Whitehouse Farewell: A Mansion in Occupied Istanbul by Ayse Kulin, translated into English by Kenneth Dakan Content Rage by Zygmunt Miloszewski, translated into English by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and available for free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription Vellum - a Mac app for formatting eBooks "Vellum Review: App offers a sleeker way to build ebooks" by Serenity Caldwell at Macworld - January 8, 2014 "Last Call for Summer Reading: 9 Books You'll Kick Yourself for Not Picking Up" by Adrian Liang at Amazon's Omnivoracious blog - July 28, 2016 Next Week's Guest Sara Nelson, Amazon's editorial director who last month moved to HarperCollins as vice president, executive editor and special advisor to the publisher. 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!

Founder and CEO of Amazon.com Interview starts at 12:44 and ends at 32:05 Only when I read a truly great novel do I feel that I have lived an alternate life that might actually teach me some lessons, so that I don't have to learn them myself. My favorite book is Remains of the Day. When I read Remains of the Day I feel like I understand extreme life regret in a way that I hopefully will never experience in my own life—I don't want to. You get to live somebody else's life, and it's very hard to get that emotional closeness, I think, from any other media type, still. So I think there is a place for great books and will continue to be, hopefully forever. My interview with Jeff Bezos on July 26, 2016 at Amazon.com in Seattle Kindle Kindle Oasis Kindle Direct Publishing Kindle Unlimited Amazon Books Seattle store information page My interview with Jane Friedman, chairman of Open Road Media - June 24, 2016 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Samsung Gear 360 camera My interview with Donald Katz, founder and CEO of Audible - October 24, 2014 Jeff Bezos on The Kindle Chronicles 4th anniversary show - July 26, 2012 Other Links Amazon free-banana stand Amazon Whispercast Amazon Books store in Seattle Next Week's Guest Gabriella Page-Fort, content acquisitions manager at AmazonCrossing. She will relay answers to my emailed questions from Turkish novelist Ayse Kulin, author of Love in Exile. 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!

Founder and CEO of the Idea Logical Company Interview starts at 8:05 and ends at 34:24 I think it's possible that we're going to wake up and say we just had another black-swan event, which is that all of the big authors that have been developed over the last five years, a big share of them are Amazon authors, because they had the runway to do that, and publishers didn't. News "Bezos Tops Buffet as World's Third-Richest on Amazon Rise" by Tom Metcalf at Bloomberg - July 21, 2016 Mark Mahaney on Amazon earnings (video) at Bloomberg - July 20, 2016 Amazon earnings webcast details for July 28, 2016 at 5:30 pm ET Jeff Bezos in next Star Trek movie Tech Tip Using Time to Read on Your Kindle at The Story Interview with Mike Shatzkin The Shatzkin Files blog Author Earnings "These Charts Show Pokémon Go's Ridiculous Growth" by Anne VanderMey at Fortune - July 21, 2016 Pokémon Go home page Leonard Shatzkin obituary - American Booksellers Association May 20, 2002 Content Kindle Singles Classics press release - July 19, 2016 "Amazon is bringing some of the best non-fiction classics to Kindle" by Nick Statt at The Verge - July 19, 2016 Julian Fellows's recommendations for Downton Abbey lovers Comments Overdrive apps for Android and iOS Tom Semple's LG Tone Infinim HBS-900 Wireless Stereo Headset - $71.86 at Amazon.com 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!

Director of Marketing and Communication at OverDrive, Inc. Interview starts at 15:18 and ends at 44:22 I'm happy to report that all of the Big Five publishers have made their titles available for library lending in eBook format. They've all been already in for their audiobook format. It's been a couple of years now that they've made their decision to add their titles on the front list, mid-list and back list available to libraries. So that's great news for readers. You'll see all the New York Times bestsellers and all the different popular lists of titles that you should be able to find in your library. News "Amazon's Prime Day is the Biggest Day Ever" - Amazon press release July 13, 2016 "Behind the Scenes of Prime Day 2016" (video) Holy Stone RC Dump Truck Remote Control Car for my grandson Jake "The 2016 Kindle is Complete Crap as an Accessible eReader" by Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader - July 10, 2016 "The 'Big Change' era in trade book publishing ended about four years ago" by Mike Shatzkin at The Shatzkin Files - July 11, 2016 Tech Tip Denver Public Library Interview with David Burleigh OverDrive web site Big Library Read A Murder in Time: A Novel (Kendra Donovan Mysteries) by Julie McElwain Next Week's Guest Mike Shatzkin, founder and CEO of the Idea Logical Company and author of a recent, highly informative blog post titled "The 'Big Change' era in trade book publishing ended about four years ago." 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!

Director, Product Management - Amazon Kindle Interview starts at 18:09 and ends at 43:26 The biggest technical challenge I would say is creating a seamless Page Flip reading experience across all of our platforms. Page Flip is available on eReaders, on Fire tablets, as well as the Kindle app for iOS and Android. Across those different experiences, we wanted to make sure that things like the performance, things like the fluidity, how it worked and how it behaved—all of those things were both tailored for the experience on the platform that it's on, but it also felt natural, it felt simple, and it felt automatic. News The new $80 Kindle at Amazon.com The Kindle Oasis "Alexa, What are Your Prime Day Deals" (press release) Amazon Prime Day is July 12, starting at midnight PT! Meghan's profile at amazon.jobs "Amazon Prime Day should be much bigger this year than it was last year" by Tonya Garcia at MarketWatch - July 8, 2016 Tech Tip The new Export Notes feature Page Flip Interview with Mike Torres Amazon's leadership principles Word Wise on Kindle Mike Torres's Refocuser blog Getting Things Done by David Allen Todoist app "Kindles Can Now Send Notes and Highlights Directly to Your Email" at The eBook Reader - July 3, 2016 The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly Content Rage by Zygmunt Miloszewski (A Kindle First selection from Amazon Publishing) "Audible Makes Some Noise" w/ Andrew Albanese at Beyond the Book podcast - July 8, 2016 Audible Channels Next Week's Guest David Burleigh, director of marketing at OverDrive 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!

My Father and Grandson Interview starts at 23:32 and ends at 44:30 News Amazon Inspire press release - June 27, 2016 "Amazon Unveils Online Education Service for Educators" by Natasha Singer at The New York Times - June 27, 2016 "Amazon Inspire Removes Some Content Over Copyright Issues" by Natasha Singer at The New York Times - June 29, 2016 "Good News at The Washington Post" by Christopher Payne at New York Magazine - June 28, 2016 Amazon Dash Buttons press release - June 28, 2016 Amazon Prime Day - July 12, 2016 Tech Tip Page Flip, the reimagined Kindle navigation tool Interview with my father and my grandson Click here to order a Kindle cover with a photo The Boxcar Children Mysteries by Gertrude Chandler Warner – various prices for Kindle Books by Will James Two Little Savages by Ernest Thompson Seton Minecraft Books by Horatio Alger Next Week's Guest Mike Torres, Amazon's director of product management for the Kindle, who will talk about Page Flip. 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!

Co-Founder, Chairman and Executive Publisher of Open Road Integrated Media Interview starts at 15:17 and ends at 44:11 I do not think that the world of print survived and now will thrive at the expense of eBooks. I think eBooks will coexist with print, which I think is the best of all possible worlds. And I think that at the right price the revenue that one can receive from eBooks will be pretty substantial. News "Smaller, lighter $80 Kindle unveiled with rounder edges—plus new Export Notes software update" by Len Edgerly at TeleRead - June 22, 2016 All-New Kindle in white or black with or without special offers (the link includes my Amazon Associates code and will provide a commission to support the podcast if you use it—thanks!) "Apple E-book Refunds to Begin June 21" by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - June 20, 2016 "Himalayan delivery by bike for Amazon man" at Hemmel Today - June 17, 2016 Tech Tip What's Your Kindle Worth? Interview with Jane Friedman "Slavin Named CEO of Open Road; Friedman Becomes Chairman" by Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly - May 31, 2016 Open Road press release announcing new CEO - May 31, 2016 Alan Sillitoe's books at Open Road Pearl Buck's books at Open Road Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead Goerge Pat Conroy books at Open Road Homeland on Prime Instant Video The Affair (Showtime) Open Road's The Lineup site 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 Persepctive" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!

Director of Business Development at BookBub Interview starts at 5:64 and ends at 16:18 BookBub definitely got off the ground with self-published authors. They're often the first people in the industry to experiment with a new marketing channel, and they were much more comfortable discounting their books four years ago than a lot of traditional publishers were. Over the course of the past four years we've started working with all the major publishers, and we've gotten to the point where it's fifty-fifty. We've actually maintained that breakdown for a while now, and we're very comfortable with it. News "Amazon's Third Bookstore Will Be in Portland" by Leena Rao at Fortune - June 15, 2016 Interviews at BookExpo America Katie Donelan, Director of Business Development at BookBub (5:64 to 16:18) "Introducing BookBub New Release Alerts" at BookBub blog - January 4, 2016 BookGorilla David Hemphill, publisher of Coralstone Press (16:54 to 24:26) The Good Dog by Todd Kessler, illustrated by Jennifer Gray Olsen Blue's Clues on Nikolodeon (Amazon Prime Instant Video) Christina York, co-founder and CEO of Spellbound (24:46 to 29:26) "Spellbound uses augmented reality to turn children's books into digital pop-up books" by Chris Meadows at TeleRead - May 12, 2016 Scott Dikkers, founder of The Onion (29:27 to 39:53) Trump's America: The Complete Loser's Guide by Scott Dikkers - available in Kindle, paperback, and audio formats The Comedy Insider Podcast, a serious conversation about comedy - hosted by Scott Dikkers (See Episode 13 for the Andy Borowitz interview) Micro Publishing Media Tech Tip "Kindle firmware v5.8.1: It's all about dots and sharing" by Chris Meadows at TeleRead - June 16, 2016 Content Buzz Books 2016 (free) "Five Curious Ways to Find New Books to Read" by Mihir Patkar at MakeUseOf - June 14, 2016 Next Week's Guest Jane Friedman, chairman of Open Road Media 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 Persepctive" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!