The Kindle Chronicles

The Kindle Chronicles


Latest Episodes

TKC 570 Author Lauren Mechling
July 05, 2019

Author of How Could She: A Novel Interview starts at 17:29 and ends at 45:54 “This book is about female friendship and how devastating and wonderful it can be.” (Photo Copyright by Nina Subin) News “50 Million Americans Are Queuing Up For...

TKC 569 Chris Schluep & Erin Kodicek
June 28, 2019

Just a few of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year So Far Interview starts at 12:58 and ends at 45:20 “(Erin Kodicek:) So June is the halfway marker for the year, and it’s also a time when a lot of people are going on vacation. So they’re going to...

TKC 568 Noah Magel in Munich
June 21, 2019

Co-founder of N2Kindle Interview starts at 19:21 and ends at 49:24 “The thing that we’re doing is we’re changing the newsletter into a Kindle-friendly format, and then we forward them automatically. It would be a huge hassle to do that by...

TKC 567 Neal Thompson
June 14, 2019

Manager of the Amazon Literary Partnership Interview starts at 15:41 and ends at 52:45 “I feel strongly that everyone has a story, and everyone deserves to have the opportunity to tell their story. The rest of us don’t have an obligation to buy...

TKC 566 Amazon Previews the Future at re:MARS
June 07, 2019

Your Host beside the Blue Origin capsule Links Excerpts from Jeff Bezos’s fireside chat at re:MARS on June 6, 2019 AI Today podcast hosted by Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer of Cognilytica Next Week’s Guest Neal Thompson, director of the Amazon...

TKC 565 Author John Rossman
June 01, 2019

Author of Think Like Amazon: 50 ½ Ideas To Become a Digital Leader Interview starts at 2:38 and ends at 35:46 “I don’t think that part of the story of Amazon and Bezos gets told enough, about how he bet on himself and on the idea of Amazon. They...

TKC 564 Kindle Tips from Tracy Schultz
May 24, 2019

Amazon’s Head of Product for Kindle Reading Interview starts at 18:29 and ends at 47:37 News “How creepy is your smart speaker” in The Economist - May 11, 2019 Alexa Guard “Amazon Alexa’s New ‘Guard’ Can Help Keep Your Home Safe While...

TKC 563 Technology for the Blind
May 17, 2019

Peter Tighe, my cousin who lives in Austin Interview starts at 11:09 and ends at 38:27 News Amazon updates the Fire 7 Tablet - press release on May 16, 2019 Tech Tip Nadene Laird’s review of the MobiScribe E Ink tablet Interview with Peter Tighe...

TKC 562 Tech Writer Tim Carmody
May 09, 2019

Editor of The Amazon Chronicles newsletter Interview starts at 16:32 and ends at 49:27 “You can imagine an Amazon without Alexa that is still very successful, but Alexa is a huge key to Amazon’s future.” Intro Aira glasses for the blind News ...

TKC 561 An Asynchronous Dialog w/ Austin Kleon
May 03, 2019

Author of Keep Going at Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver Dialog starts at 5:33 and ends at 40:34 “So we all like to think that if we could just change our circumstances we’d be more creative. I could just move to Paris, rent a light-filled...