The Kindle Chronicles

Author of the new short story collection, Nameless "Once I came to that decision and came to Amazon, it has been so far one of the finest experiences I've ever had, working with the people in Amazon Original Stories and Amazon Publishing at Thomas & Mercer. Writers can't ask for more supportive, more interesting people to work with. So it turned out to be the right decision." Links DeanKoontz.com Dean Koontz's author page at Amazon.com The Nameless short story collection at Amazon Devoted by Dean Koontz - Available for pre-order with delivery March 31, 2020 Ricochet Joe by Dean Koontz My previous interview with Dean Koontz on January 13, 2018 - TKC 493 Next Week's Guest: Natalia Montuori, GM Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading at Amazon Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day's entry by saying, "Alexa, what's new?" Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author, Editor, Professor & Speaker Links "The Best Amazon early Black Friday deals: Here's what's hot" by Rick Broida at CNET - November 7, 2019 Jane Friedman's blog and newsletters, Electric Speed (free) and The Hot Sheet (paid subscription) How to Reform Capitalism by The School of Life The Business of Being a Writer by Jane Friedman Next Week's Guest: Dean Koontz, author of the six-story Nameless series that will be released by Amazon Publishing on November 12, 2019 Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day's entry by saying, "Alexa, what's new?" Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

The Yorkie Claire June 7, 2005 - October 24, 2019 Links Kindle Kids Edition - $110 at Amazon.com YouTube video of Claire picking John Aga as the winning entry for a Fire Tablet nine years ago Instagram photos of our Yorkie Claire, RIP All the Dogs of My Life by Elizabeth Von Arnim Video of Claire chasing a ball on Christmas, 2015 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 Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! This episode is dedicated to the memory of our Yorkie Claire, peacefully departed from this world here in Maine yesterday. Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day's entry by saying, "Alexa, what's new?" Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Director, Kids and Family at Amazon Interview starts at 13:20 and ends at 40:57 Links Amazon Go store locations "Report of Amazon Go Coming to Airports Is a Sign of Far Greater Change to Come" by Chris Walton at Forbes - October 10, 2-019 Amazon's Leadership Principles Kindle Kids Edition Rick Riordan author's page at Amazon.com Primed Podcast from KUOW in Seattle Land of the Giants podcast from Vox "Introducing the News app on Fire TV" by Puneet Puri at the Fire TV blog - October 22, 2019 The Daily Recount Instagram photos of our Yorkie Claire, RIP 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 Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! This episode is dedicated to the memory of our Yorkie Claire, peacefully departed from this world here in Maine yesterday. Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day's entry by saying, "Alexa, what's new?" Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Retired Elementary School Teacher in Upton, Wyoming Interview starts at 5:31 and ends at 33:07 Links "Millions of Amazon Echo and Kindle Devices Affected by WiFi Bug" by Lawrence Abrams at Bleeping Computer - October 17, 2019 Christi Ross Crain interviewed as Teacher of the Year in 2012 (YouTube) Upton, Wyoming Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence by Bill O'Reilly Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel and Reamde: A Novel by Neal Stephenson Neal Stephenson's author page at Amazon.comMusic 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 Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day's entry by saying, "Alexa, what's new?" Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Interview starts at 13:04 and ends at 51:49 "We don't want to be constantly wired. We don't want brain implants. We just want the ability to get information and communication when we need it and the way we need it. Amazon is essentially saying, 'in your car, on your ear, in your pocket? Sure. In your environment, your home. We're just going to thread all this together, so that you can use it when you need it, and it just disappears in the background when you don't.'" Links "Is Amazon Unstoppable?" by Charles Duhigg at The New Yorker - October 10, 2019 "Jeff Bezos's Master Plan" by Franklin Foer at The Atlantic - November, 2019 Amazon Fire HD 10 (2019) vs. Fire HD 10 (2017) by Simon Hill at Digital Trends - October 7, 2019 All-new Kindle Kids Edition ($110) at Amazon.com - Available October 30, 2019 Kindle with Audible Narration books List of 10,000+ Whispersync for Voice-enabled books for children ages 9-12 IndieWire review of "Jexi" - October 11, 2019 Oura heartrate monitor ring LOOMO personal robot - $1,799 at Amazon.com Neal Stephenson's author page at Amazon.com Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel and Reamde: A Novel by Neal Stephenson The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe Apollo by Catherine Bly Cox and Charles Murray 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 Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day's entry by saying, "Alexa, what's new?" Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of The Book Business: What Everyone Needs to Know Interview starts at 15:54 and ends at 49:25 Links LEGOLAND in Boston "Why You should Remove All Color on Your iPhone" (YouTube) by All I Talk Is Tech - October 27, 2018 Echo Glow - $30 "Why you may have to wait longer to check out an e-book from your local library" by Jenny McGrath at Digital Trends - September 13, 2019 Macmillan CEO John Sargent's letter announcing change in eBook sales to public libraries - July 25, 2019 "Why Angry Librarians Are Going to War with Publishers over E-Books" by Heather Schwedel at Slate - September 11, 2019 The Book Business: What Everyone Needs to Know by Mike Shatzkin and Robert Paris Riger The Shatzkin Files Mike Shatzkin's essays about climate change and other topics at Medium "Cheap Words: Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books?" by George Packer at The New Yorker - February 4, 2014 Books recommended by Mike Shatzkin: Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe by Roger McNamee Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Perilous Quest for Pizza and Redemption by Ed Levine The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts by Jill Abramson Echo Flex - $25 Next Week's Show James McQuivey, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research 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 Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Your Host in front of the Spheres at Amazon in Seattle Amazon press releases related to media briefing on September 26, 2019: 8 New Echo Devices Devices and Services for Smart Home My Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa - Enable it, then ask "Alexa, what's new?" to hear my daily audio journal on your Echo devices. Next week's guest: Mike Shatzkin 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 Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Host of the Solopreneur Hour Podcast Links Solopreneur Hour Podcast The Art of the Interview Course Agents of Change conference in Portland, Maine Flyte New Media, founded by Rich Brooks Jen Lehner Media Jen Lehner's Alexa Flash Briefing course Soundup Next Week's Show Mike Shatzkin, creator of The Shatzkin Files 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 Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Director of Deaf Ministries, Baptist International Outreach Note: I am very grateful to David Peach for covering Digital Book World on his own for The Kindle Chronicles this year, which enabled me to spend important time with my family. Links Baptist International Outreach Joshua Tallent of Firebrand Technologies Eda Gimenez of Buncee Paul Frank of The Bloom Library American Library Association's take on the Macmillan issue: Buncee Dave Gunn of the DAISY Consortium Bloom Library National Book Foundation Next Week's Show Agents of Change conference in Portland, Maine 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 Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.