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Author of Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything

Interview Starts at 17:39

Physical books will be something for specialists. People will like them maybe the way some people like vinyl records now, but certainly they will not be the mainstream way that people do their reading.

Show Notes and Links:

 News

“Amazon Publishing Finally Giving Big Publishers Run for their Money?â€Â by Jeremy Greenfield at Forbes – February 5, 2013

The Barkeep by William Lashner – $4.99 at Kindle Store

“Major Expansion Ahead at The Washington Postâ€Â by Ravi Somaiya at The New York Tiimes – January 29, 2014

“Amazon Anarchist: Jeff Bezos is reshaping the Washington Postâ€Â by Jeremy Lott at The American Spectator – February 7, 2014

“Sony to Close E-bookstore, Move Customers to Koboâ€Â at Publishers Weekly – February 6, 2013

Tech Tip

“Scribd expands its subscription app to Kindle Fireâ€Â by Jacob Kastrenakes at The Verge – January 29, 2014

Navigate to download page for Scribd Kindle Fire app from your Kindle Fire, then click on “Installâ€

Oyster book subscription page

Interview with Steven Levy

Books by Steven Levy:

     Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything (1994) – $4.99 on Kindle (Click here for Audible version narrated by the author, for $13.96 or one credit.)

     In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives - Selected by Amazon editors as best Business & Investing book of 2011

     Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution – 25th Anniversary Edition - $4.84 on Kindle

Articles by Steven Levy:

     “The Trend Spotter,â€Â a Wired profile of Tim O’Reilly – October, 2005

     “How the NSA Almost Killed the Internetâ€Â - Wired, January 7, 2014

“The 30-Year-Old Macintosh and a Lost Conversation with Steve Jobs†by Nick Bilton at The New York Times – January 24, 2014

Content

Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student by Richard Bach at Kindle Singles for $2.99

Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) by Richard Bach – $8.84 on Kindle

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach – $5.99 on Kindle

Press Release announcing Kindle Single exclusive for Illusions II

Amazon editors’ picks of 100 Books to read in a Lifetime

100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers’ Picks - Goodreads rankings

 Next Week’s Guest:

David Blum, editor of Kindle Singles

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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