Founder of Alltop, 

author of APE: Author Publisher Entrepreneur – How to Publish a Book

Interview Starts at 13:55

People say, “Well, Guy, if you’re successful and more people become self-publishers there’s going to be more crap out there.” That’s true…. You could make the case that the cave-in started when Gutenberg had a printing press. Up till then you only had scribes working for the Pharaohs and the Pope and rich people. Let’s just face it: that horse is out of the barn, and that horse is procreating already, so you ain’t going to put it back in the barn. So now more people will write, and at least now rather than six editorial committees in New York deciding what’s worth reading, now the crowd decides what’s worth reading.

Intro

Susan Carlson’s quilts

The Harpswell Inn, founded in 1761

News

Kindle for iOS update - more on accessibility improvements from Peter Tighe in Austin, Texas

“Microsoft Mulling Nook Media LLC Purchase for $1 Billion” by Eric Eldon and Ingred Lunden at Techcrunch – May 8, 2013

“Robbie Bach’s four startup lessons from Xbox and Zune” by Todd Bishop at Geekwire – May 11, 2012

“Amazon Making Smartphone with 3D Screen, Dedicated Audio Streaming Device, WSJ Reports” by Darrell Etherington at TechCrunch – May 9, 2013

Tech Tips

Goodreads blog

The Kindle Chronicles group’s tech support thread at Goodreads

Interview with Guy Kawaski

APE: Author Publisher Entrepreneur - How to Publish a Book by Guy Kawasaki – $9.99 on Kindle

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions by Guy Kawasaki – $9.99 on Kindle

What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us by Guy Kawasaki – .99 on Kindle

Web site for APE

Entrhill book-sale cards

CreateSpace print on demand by Amazon

If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence, and Spirit by Brenda Ueland – $3.99 on Kindle

Content

Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon – $7.55 on Kindle

Saints Preserve Us! Everything You Need to Know About Every Saint You’ll Ever Need by Sean kelly and Roesmary Rogers – $12.99 on Kindle

Living Dangerously: American Women Who Risked Their Lives for Adventure by Doreen Rappaport – $6.99 on Kindle

Give Her This Day: A Daybook of Women’s Words edited and compiled by Lois Stiles Edgerly – $14.38 at the Google Play store

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.

Next Week’s Guest

Vivienne Roumani, producer-director of the new documentary Out of Print

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