Open Road Media’s executive director of consumer engagement

Interview starts at 15:13

Who put the “social” in social media? That’s one human being making a connection with another human being—so Bill Gates read someone else’s copy of the book [Business Adventures by John Brooks] a million years ago, and it made an impression. That’s what social media is. The “media†part just amplifies it, puts it in front of an audience that didn’t see it five minutes ago.

Intro

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News

Twitch

All about Twitch

“Amazon gains valuable entertainment asset with purchase of Twitchâ€Â by Andrea Chang and Salvador Rodriguez at The Los Angeles Times – August 25, 2014

YoDa vs. Leenock (Tvt) – IEM Toronto 2014

“Freshman class at Denver’s South High go textbook-free; 9th graders to use Kindle Fire tabletsâ€Â by Eric Kahnert and Brian Hernandez at 7News Denver – August 25, 2014

Goodreads announces you can preview Kindle books (U.S. Members)

Tech Tip

Clippings.io

Interview with Julie Blattberg

Open Road Media

Jane Friedman, CEO of Open Road, on The Kindle Chronicles episode 265

Open Road Media titles available for free via Kindle Unlimited subscription

Open Road’s newsletters

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Early Bird Books on Twitter and Facebook

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Abelardo Morrell

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street by John Brooks

“The Best Business Book I’ve Ever Readâ€Â at Bill Gates’s blog – July 12, 2014

“Twitter by the Numbers: Size matters, but what about engagement?â€Â by Julie Blattberg at Publishers Weekly – September 9, 2011

Where’d You Go, Bernadette: A Novel by Maria Semple

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Content

The Big Fall Books Preview at Amazon.com

Amazon release on Big Fall Books – August 19, 2014

Next Week’s Guest

Sara Nelson, Editorial Director at Amazon.com

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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