CEO of Safari Books Online

Interview starts at 20:55

I don’t have any firsthand knowledge about how things have looked on the Kindle Unlimited side, though it’s certainly notable that for now, at least, I don’t think any of the Big Five trade publishers are participating.

News

“ComiXology now offers DRM-free comic backups, but only from select publishersâ€Â by Sean Buckley at Engadget – July 25, 2014

“Comixology CEO Explains New DRM-Free Backup Programâ€Â by Brigid Alverson at comicbookresources.com – July 24, 2014

Wool: The Graphic Novel by Hugh Howey – at ComiXology

Paperwhite software update – 5.4.5

Read While Your Book Ships feature of new Paperwhite 5.4.5 software update

Amazon Books Team update on Hachette Impasse – July 29, 2014

“The Industry View – Amazon vs. Hachetteâ€Â Q&A with Irish author David Gaughran

Fire Phone vs. iPhone 5s – Why I made the switch

Todoist list app for Fire

Tech Tip

OtterBox Defender protective case for Paperwhite – $59.99 at Amazon.com

Clippings.io – in progress, a potentially very helpful way to access your Kindle annotations

Interview with Andrew Savikas

My interview with Andrew Savikas in February, 2010, for The Reading Edge podcast

“Digital Books and the New Subscription Economy†- Book Industry Study Group

Content

The Painter by Peter Heller – $10.99 on Kindle

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller – $8.26 on Kindle

High as the Horses’ Bridles by Scott Cheshire, noted at Omnivoracious

How You Can Win a Nexus 7

If you have not signed up to receive the free Kindle Chronicles email updates, you might want to do so in time to be eligible for a free, very slightly used Nexus 7 tablet. I plan to draw a winner next week from among the names of everyone who is subscribed to the list. You will see the signup form in the right column of this page.

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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