Senior Editor for Literary Fiction at Amazon Publishing

Interview starts at 10:22

 One of the things when I was teaching is I would have these students who had a lot of promise, and I would encourage them. I would try to find magazine editors or agents for them on occasion. But what if I could actually be the person to publish them myself?

Intro

Denver Chalk Art Festival on Larimer Square

News

 “Publishers Weekly to Integrate Self-Published Reviews in Book Reviews Sectionâ€Â by Dianna Dilworth at Media Bistro – May 29, 2014

“How the Amazon-Hachette Fight Could Shape the Future of Ideasâ€Â by Jeremy Greenfield at The Atlantic – May 28, 2014

Commentary on the Jeremy Greenfield article by David P. Vandagriff at The Passive Voice – May 29, 2014

Tech Tip

Snippefy iPhone app for retrieving Kindle highlights and notes

Interview with Ed Park

Personal Days: A Novel by Ed Park – $9.99 on Kindle

The Believer Magazine

“The Wizard of Whimsyâ€Â by Saki Knafo in The New York Times – November 25, 2007

The New-York Ghost

Little A, Amazon Publishing’s literary fiction imprint

Chase Us – Stories by Sean Ennis – $5.99 on Kindle

The Amateur (Kindle Single) by David Goron – $1.99 on Kindle

Expo 58: A Novel by Jonathan Coe – available for $5.99 pre-order on Kindle, to be delivered on September 2, 2014

Godforsaken Idaho – Stories by Shawn Vestal – $5.99 on Kindle

Thomas & Mercer, Amazon Publishing’s mystery and thrillers imprint

Montlake Romance imprint

47North science fiction imprint

The House of Rumor: A Novel by Jake Arnott – $5.99 on Kindle

Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles – $5.99 on Kindle

Adé: A Love Story by Rebecca Walker – $2.00 on Kindle

Content

Too Good to Be True: A Memoir by Benjamin Anastas – $5.99 on Kindle

Benjamin Anastas’s Author Page at Amazon.com (Author Video at lower right)

Books on the Nightstand podcast #282: Beach Blanket Book Bingo

Click here to generate your personal summer reading BINGO card

Summer Reading BINGO thread at Goodreads

Joyland (Hard Case Crime) by Stephen King – $6.46 on Kindle

ComiXology- 20 Days 20 Free Books

“Amazon Adds Digital Comic Books to Its Content Super Teamâ€Â by Brad Stone at Bloomberg – April 11, 2014

Werewolves of Montpelier by Jason

Outro

Welcome to Books on the Nightstand listeners checking out my podcast for the first time, including Antonia Clark, author of the poem “Opera Nights.â€

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.