The Kindle Chronicles

The Kindle Chronicles


TKC 321 Joshua Tallent

September 26, 2014


Chief eBook Architect at Firebrand Technologies



Interview starts at 14:14


I think that, because self-publishing has gotten easier, because the tools have gotten easier to use and there are so many more services available to self-published authors, you can compete directly with the work that’s coming out of these major publishing houses.


 


Show Notes and Links:

News


Kindle Voyage Amazon video ad


E Inc Carta specifications at E Ink web site


David Carnoy, executive editor of CNET – video from NYC Amazon launch event


Dieter Bohn, executive editor of The Verge – video from NYC event


“Andy Ihnatko wonders if he needs a new Kindleâ€Â by Andy Ihnatko at the Chicago Sun-Times – September 17, 2014


“Bookless library opened by new US universityâ€Â by Alison Flood at The Guardian – August 29, 2014


“Downton Abbey Kindle Ads: Are they spoiling the mood of the period drama?â€Â by Martin Belam at The Mirror – September 21, 2014


Amazon Prime credit for eBook or book when you choose Free No-Rush Shipping


Tech Tip


How to see Collections on your Kindle Paperwhite


[Click here to listen to Casper Fire Chief Kenneth King’s inspiring 8-minute eulogy for his fellow department member, Capt. Jeffrey P. Atkinson, son of my friend and E-Books for Troops helper Tom Atkinson.]


Interview with Joshua Tallent


eBook Architects, a service of Firebrand Technologies


eBook Ninjas training program


Firebrand’s new FlightDeck tool for preparing eBooks for sale by major retailers


Author Earnings website


Books available on Kindle by Joshua Tallent’s sister, Sarah Johnson


“One Year Later, the Results of Tor Books UK Going DRM-Freeâ€Â by Julie Crisp at Tor.com – April 29, 2013


O’Reilly Media


Spritz


Content


“Line by Line, E-Books Turn Poet-Friendly†by Alexandra Alter at The New York Times – September 14, 2014


Poetry volumes by John Ashbery at the Kindle Store, published by Open Road Media


Open Road video profile of John Ashbery


A Poet’s Progress at Bennington – Vol. 1 by Len Edgerly


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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