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TKC 287 Hugh Howey
Author of Peace in Amber Interview Starts at 20:51 This is a case where I had two fears operating against me. One, I was writing in the world of Kurt Vonnegut, and the other was writing about 9/11. I don’t think I could have done either one without
TKC 286 Daniel Ankele
Creator, with his wife Denise, of fine art books for Kindle Interview Starts at 13:32 Right now we have so much work that we can do on the Kindle. The nice thing about Kindle is that they’ve branched out where they have iPad software, Android. So our
TKC 285 Keith Mastorides
Principal at Clearwater High School in Clearwater, Florida Interview Starts at 24:02 I think eventually what you’ll see is the school will buy X number of devices for those that don’t have or can’t afford them, and then kids will be bringing thei
TKC 284 New Media Expo
Show Notes and Links: News Major update for Kindle for iPad and iPhone, version 4.1, released ForeSee customer satisfaction survey for 2013 holiday season press release - January 7, 2013 Tech Tip Lightening deals for Kindle The Daughters of Mars by Th
TKC 283 Mark Roberts
Preacher at Westside church of Christ in Irving, Texas Interview Starts at 21:06 …the Bible has gone through a number of shifts already. It began as a scroll. It then went on to become a codex, and now it is digital. It began in a time when it was n
TKC 282 Jason Bailey
Co-Owners of JJ Books in Bothell, Washington Interview Starts at 20:17 We have blended in the coffee shops into the bookstores and the gathering places. Now with this [Amazon Source] you have the ability for the people who are buying the electronic rea
TKC 281 Greg Pronevitz
Executive Director of the Massachusetts Library System Interview Starts at 15:10 What I’d like to see is an acquisitions module like the Amazon platform, where any publisher could upload their collection. They could choose from a menu of license term
TKC 280 Meg Griswold
Upper School English Teacher at Harpeth Hall in Nashville Interview Starts at 19:39 I was really excited about the potential for social media, specifically Twitter—that students can highlight and tweet. How cool it would be if we could all follow eac
TKC 279 Richard Hollick
Book publishing veteran and creator of the Making Book blog Interview Starts at 18:43 We decided, because we couldn’t get it together that we wouldn’t, and we didn’t. And of course now we live with the consequences, which is Amazon constantly,
TKC 278 Jeff Belle
Vice President of Amazon Publishing Interview Starts at 18:11 Kindle First is a little bit book club and a little bit advance copy distribution, and I think we’re off to a good start on this. Success over time would mean creating a larger conversati