Photo by Cynthia E. Wood

Author of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

Interview Starts at 22:04

I see him [Jeff Bezos] being very actively involved in Amazon for many years. His goal is to build a lasting company, and it’s now so diversified a company it’s not quite clear anybody else can run it. And from everything we see, going right up until a couple of weeks ago where he was personally demo-ing the new Kindle Fires to groups of journalists, he’s extremely involved.

News

E Ink web site

“Billerica welcomes E Inkâ€Â by Rick Sobey at The Lowell (MA) Sun – October 23, 2013

“E Ink Innovation Center opens in Billericaâ€Â by Chris Reidy at The Boston Globe – October 22, 2013

E Ink press release on ribbon cutting ceremony – October 22, 2013

Yota Phone web site

Tech Tip

Kindle Software Updates

Kindle Paperwhite (first generation) software update to version 5.3.8.1

Note: Kindle Paperwhite (latest generation) software is 5.4.0 – no updates listed at Amazon.com

Kindle Fire HDX Mayday button TV commercials

Interview with Brad Stone

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone – $10.99 on Kindle

Content

Spider Woman’s Daughter (Leaphorn and Chee) by Anne Hillerman – $12.80 on Kindle

Louvre HD app – $1.99 at Apps for Android Store

MP3 albums at Amazon by Laurie Z

YouTube recording (audio only) of Laurie Z  in 1999 (PUBLISHED on May 27, 2013) at Barnes & Noble Store, Berkeley, California.  “Young Girls Discovering Books for the First Time†begins at 37:25 (Used as outro this episode by permission from Janet Cucinotti, president of WorldSound Productions)

Laurie Z’s web site

Michael’s Song, from Roots The Solo Piano Songbook by Laurie Z – 99 cents on Kindle

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.