Author of 17 poetry collections recently formatted for eBook readers

Interview starts at 12:49 and ends at 37:24.

The Internet seems to have changed things for the better. You can’t stop people from looking things up these days. They’re usually doing it in front of you while they’re talking to you. So, even though it’s cheating, it’s resulted in a somewhat different position for the would-be communicator, i.e. the poet.

News

“Kindle sales have ‘disappeared’, says UK’s largest book retailer†by Andrew Trotman at The Telegraph – January 6, 2014

My interview with Jason Bailey, co-owner of JJ Books in Bothell, Washington in December, 2013

“The Real Story Behind Jeff Bezos’s Fire Phone Debacle and What It Means for Amazon’s Future†by Austin Carr at Fast Company – January 6, 2014

Amazon Fire Phone press conference (video) – June 18, 2014 . Dynamic perspective demo starts at 37:30.

Tech Tip

“How to install Google Play apps (non-Amazon apps) on a Kindle Fire HD / HDX†by Andrys Basten at A Kindle World blog – January 3, 2015

1Mobile Market

Interview with John Ashbery

Rivers and Mountains

Chinese Whispers

The rest of John Ashbury’s Ashbery’s new poetry volumes from Open Road at the Kindle Store

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

Interview with John Ashbery at Open Road Media

Breezeway, John Ashbury’s next volume of poetry, available for pre-order with delivery on May 12, 2015

Related Interview with Joshua Tallent of eBook Architects, a service of Firebrand Technologies, begins at 37:29 and ends at 38:23

Content

The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir

Upcoming Guests

Next week’s show will originate from New York City, where I will bring you interviews and observations from a blockbuster Digital Book World conference.

My guest for TKC 338 on Friday, January 23, 2015, will be Andy Weir, author of The Martian, described by Guy Kawasaki in a recent Facebook post as “the most enjoyable book I have ever read.”

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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