Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

Interview Starts at 18:51

As Amazon, you want to say to people, “We really don’t care what device you own. Now, we have a few devices that we’re going to give you that are optimized for your Amazon customer relationship.” It could be an eReader, it could be a tablet, and it could be a mirror, and it could be whatever else might come down the road. But in the long run, Amazon needs to send the message that we don’t really care whose device you own. We just care that our app is on it.

Show Notes and Links:

News
Kindle for iPad app update
“Kindle for iOS Accessibility Gestures – Quick Reference Guide”- free at Kindle Store
“‘Opportunity of a Lifetime’ says Amazon worker on Obama’s visit” by Mike Pare at timesfreepress.com – July 31, 2013
“Amazon Creates More than 5,000 New Full-Time Jobs Across Growing U.S. Fulfillment Network; Hiring Starts Now” - Amazon press release – July 29, 2013
“Amazon hits 97,000 employees, more than tripling in size in three years” by Todd Bishop at GeekWire – July 25, 2013
“From kindling to inferno: Full specs for next-gen Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets – Amazon to combine powerhouse specs and affordable prices in bid to scorch the competition” by Zach Epstein at Boy Genius Report – July 30, 2013
“Want to sell Kurt Vonnegut fan fiction? Amazon can make it happen” by Elisabeth Donnelly at The Los Angeles Times – August 1, 2013
Amazon press release on Kurt Vonnegut license – August 1, 2013
“Stephen King: Writing is Hypnosis” - video from CNN Money - October 6, 2010

Tech Tip
More on how to use your Kindle in a book group discussion
Three Degrees of Justice by John Bobo – $2.99 at the Kindle Store

Interview with James McQuivey
Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation by James McQuivey – $5.99 at the Kindle Store

Content 
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle – Not available on Kindle. HumbleBundle offer is unfortunately over.
The Cowboy and the Cossack by Clair Huffaker (A Nancy Pearl Book Lust Rediscovery) – $4.99 on Kindle
Harpo Speaks by Harpo Marx – $13.20 on Kindle
“Three Ideas on the Future of Reading from Eric McLuhan” by Kevin Eagan at Critical Margins – July 29, 2013
“President Barack Obama: The Kindle Singles Interview”by David Blum – free at the Kindle 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.

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