The Kindle Chronicles

The Kindle Chronicles


Latest Episodes

TKC 227 Evan Ratliff
December 07, 2012

Evan Ratliff, cofounder, CEO and editor of Atavist Interview starts at 18:53 We publish through the Kindle Singles program, usually. Our stories are all nonfiction. They are between 5,000 and 30,000 words, and they generally cost about $1.99….By nonfic

TKC 226 Russ Grandinetti
November 30, 2012

News - 1) Amazon announces record Kindle sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. 2) Just in time for the holidays, a $1.5 million bonus is added for Kindle Direct Publishing authors enrolled in KDP Select. 3) Click here to vote for Worldreader.org in th

TKC 225 Neil Strandberg
November 23, 2012

News - This week marked the fifth anniversary of the introduction of the first Kindle. Five years later, The Los Angeles Times reports on a prediction that the Kindle Fire HD will outsell Apple's iPad mini by a margin of two to one. Tech Tip - You won'

TKC 224 Brian Mockenhaupt
November 16, 2012

News - 1) First impressions of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9". 2) The Waterstones-Kindle partnership unfolds in the U.K. with a free hour of reading eBooks in the stores. CORRECTION 11/17/12- Eolake Stobblehouse points out that I probably was not comparing app

TKC 223 Richard Mason
November 09, 2012

News - Not much shaking this week. Go directly to Tech Tips. Tech Tips - How to highlight over multiple pages on a Kindle Paperwhite, and a tip from Jean Remple on buying apps for your Kindle Fire in France. Interview (starts at 7:33) - Richard Mason

TKC 222 Chris Brogan
November 03, 2012

News - I offer my impressions of the newest eReader in town--the sleek, slim, and incredibly light iPad mini. I bought mine at a very low-key launch at the Apple Store in Cherry Creek Mall, Denver, and my report in the podcast includes a man-in-the-mall i

TKC 221 David Risher
October 27, 2012

News - 1) Amazon reports disappointing earnings. 2) Kindles arrive at Waterstones in the U.K. 3) Apple unveils the iPad Mini. Tech Tips - The Kindle Fire HD gets updated software, version 7.2.1. "How to Touch a Kindle Paperwhite" will be the title of t

TKC 220 Guven Witteveen
October 19, 2012

News - 1) Amazon is the first to send "good news" emails regarding credits for past purchases of eBooks as a result of  a settlement between several eBook publishers and the Attorney Generals of most states (sorry Minnesota). Later, I received one from

TKC 219 Stephen Windwalker
October 12, 2012

  Intro Links - Zeo and the Zeo sleep monitor I have been using for two years, available (with Associates commission for TKC) at Amazon. News - 1) Jeff Bezos goes to the U.K. and France to bring glad tidings of Kindle Paperwhite and Fire HD availabil

TKC 218 Yael Goldstein Love
October 05, 2012

News - 1) Tech bloggers like Joshua Topolsky of The Verge have raved about the Kindle Paperwhite, but I have also heard from quite a few listeners who are disappointed in the newest E Ink Kindle. What's YOUR opinion? Please leave a comment here or email