Journalist, Critic & Publishing Analyst

Interview Starts at 15:51

I think that Old Publishing has good things to say to us. I think some of those houses could turn around and tell us, “Wait a minute. We are the homes of Steinbeck and Tennessee Williams. Who do you think you’re talking to? Let us give you something of what we do know. It may be bigger than you think.” But they for some reason… that cult of silence, that cult of dignity–and I know that’s how they think of it, and I do respect that–is preventing them at times from being able to defend themselves, from being able to just jump in and chat with us all, from being able to speak in an unfettered and unguarded way, as of course the insurgent side of publishing, which is of course self-publishing and digital, can do.

(Photo by Sheila Bounford, London.)

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News

Department of Justice closing argument slides (PDF)

Amazon press release announcing expansion of Kindle Worlds licenses – June 20, 2013

Kindle Worlds information page at Amazon.com

“Meet the Woolwrights: Hugh Howey’s Wool spawned a genre all its own, and these indie authors are first to the party” by Jason Gurley at medium.com – June 20, 2013

“Is Barnes & Noble Getting out of the Hardware Business ?” by Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader – June 17, 2013

Nook sale extended – Barnes & Noble website

16 GB Kindle Fire HD 7″ with Special Offers on sale at Best Buy for $169.99

Kindle Fire HD 7″ at Amazon.com – $199.99

Tech Tip

Kindle Software Updates

Update info for Kindle Touch

Interview with Porter Anderson

“Writing on the Ether: While You Were Bashing Amazon” by Porter Anderson at Jane Friedman’s blog – June 20, 2013

Porter Anderson’s columns at Publishing Perspectives

Porter Anderson’s well-tended and informative Twitter account

Content 

The Battle of $9.99: How Apple, Amazon, and the Big Six Publishers Changed the E-Book Business Overnight by Andrew Richard Albanese – $1.99 (Kindle Single)

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award page

“The Shifting Landscape of Book Reviews” by Sabrina Ricci at IndieReader – June 19, 2013

We Fancy Books

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

Audible.com narrator Gabra Zackman

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