Founder and CEO of Audible, Inc.

Interview starts at 8:05

I think we’ve done a lot to change the quality of the performances, and  the perception of the performances in the entertainment, and the learning and the retention values and everything that causes people to want to read.

News

“Amazon Closes Muliti-Year Deal With Simon & Schuster, The Other Big Five Publisher It Was in E-Book Pricing Negotiations withâ€Â by Julian D’Onfro at Business Insider – October 20, 2014

“Amazon Deal With Simon & Schuster Raises Questions for Other Publishersâ€Â by Lynn Neary on National Public Radio – October 21, 2014

“Speculation on the Amazon-Simon & Schuster Dealâ€Â by Hugh Howey – October 21, 2014

“Amazon again delivers soaring sales but posts a huge lossâ€Â by Sarah Halzack at The Washington Post – October 24, 2014

“Amazon Down 10%: The Real reason why and how to trade itâ€Â by Jeff Macke at Yahoo Finance – October 24, 2014

Tech Tip

Using the Kindle for iOS app with an Audible title for near-immersion reading

Interview with Donald Katz

Audible.com

Ralph Ellison’s author page at Amazon

Whispersync for Voice at Audible

Audible’s commitment to Newark

Content

Home Fires: An Intimate Portrait of One Middle-Class Family in Postwar America by Donald Katz

The Big Store: Inside the Crisis and Revolution at Sears by Donald Katz

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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