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TKC 365 TeleRead Editor Chris Meadows Jul 31, 2015

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Editor of TeleRead Interview starts at 11:26 and ends at 37:11 Even if all the publishers remove DRM from every eBook they sell tomorrow, I would be the vast majority of Amazon Kindle customers would go right on being Amazon Kindle customers, just because it’s so easy to tap the button and start reading the book. News “Amazon Kindle Voyage to be Released November 2015” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E-Reader - July 7, 2015 “Amazon Top Pick for Contract to Create N.Y.C. Schools’ e-Book Marketplace” by Michele Molnar at Education Week - July 30, 2015 “City partners with Amazon for $30 million e-book contract” by Eliza Shapiro at Capital New York - July 29, 2015 Tech Tips Send to Kindle app for Mac and PC Interview with Chris Meadows “Chris Meadows becomes Editor of TeleRead; Juli Monroe to remain Editor-in-chief” by David Rothman at TeleRead - July 17, 2015 TeleRead articles by Chris Meadows TeleRead articles by Founder David Rothman and Editor-in-chief Juli Monroe Links including “950 million Android phones can be hijacked by malicious text messages” Ars Technica story (scroll down to the fourth item in this post) Calibre eBook management calibre2opds script Baen books Humble Bundles Book Bub (and an even better choice for eBook bargain emails: Stephen Windwalker's BookGorilla) Steam videogames The recently launched TeleRead Podcast, hosted by Chris Meadows TeleRead Podcast interview with author Diane Duane (click on episode 5) - July 25, 2015 Closed Circle Publications, the independent eBook retailer created by authors C. J. Cherryh, Lynn Abbey, and Jane Fancher Author Doranna Durgin’s website Pottermore “Macmillan Parent Company Holtzbrink Abandons DRM in Germany” by Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader - July 20, 2015 Author Earnings Report - May, 2015 Gen Con - July 30 - August 2, 2015 in Indianapolis Amazon Game Studios “Whither the PDA (or iPhone) D&D?” by Chris Meadows at TeleRead - January 28, 2009 DriveThruRPG and Paizo Content Awesome Indies book reviews Awesome Indies review of The Ribs and Thigh Bones of Desire by Sandra Hutchinson Comments Amazon PowerFast adapter for Kindle and Fire Prime Music Next Week’s Guest Carie Harling, whose Clippings.io and Evernote video details a terrific way to organize your Kindle notes and highlights

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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!

TKC 364 David Gaughran Jul 24, 2015

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Author of Let’s Get Digital and Let’s Get Visible Interview starts at 16:56 and ends at 44:39 If you look at stores like Barnes and Noble and Kobo and Apple, I don’t think they’ve even caught up to where the Kindle Store was in 2011 or 2012 yet, let alone approaching where it is now in 2015. I still think they haven’t grasped the core part of Amazon’s philosophy, which is that they will always seek to recommend that they think you are most likely to purchase—not the one that a company has paid a certain amount, so they’ll shove it under your nose. News Amazon’s second-quarter earnings release - July 23, 2015 “Investors React to Amazon’s Shocking Earnings Beat” at Zack.com - July 24, 2014 “Another wake-up call from Amazon as they serve author interests better than publishers have” at The Shatzkin Files - July 23, 2015 About Amazon Follow FAQ from Amazon on anti-trust settlement credits Tech Tip How to use Kindle FreeTime to manage your child’s reading content The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer Interview with David Gaughran Joanna Penn’s interview with David Gaughran (video) at YouTube - January 22, 2012 “The Great Amazon Hysteria… Part 31” by David Gaughran at his blog - June 26, 2015 Author Earnings Open Road Media Content Books by David Gaughran: Mercenary, an historical novel Let’s Get Digital: How to Self-Publish, And Why You Should : Updated Second Edition Let’s Get Visible: How to Get Noticed and Sell More Books Next Week’s Guest Chris Meadows, editor of TeleRead

TKC 363 Amy Edelman Jul 18, 2015

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Founder and President of IndieReader.com Interview starts at 11:46 and ends at 41:02 It’s very hard to tell a self-published book these days from one that is traditionally published. News David Pogue’s must-see Alexa demonstration and review (video) at Yahoo Tech - July 16, 2015 Tech Tip Amazon page on Cloud Collections Interview with Amy Edelman “Self-publishers flourish as writers pay the tab” by Motoko Rich at The New York Times - January 27, 2009 “Books Gone Wild: The Digital Age Reshapes Literature” by Lev Grossman at Time Magazine - January 21, 2009 Still Alice by Lisa Genova The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry Amanda Hocking’s books at the Kindle Store “How Amazon Saved my Life” by Jessica Park at IndieReader - June 15, 2012 “If You Liked ‘Grey’, You’ll LOVE…” by Keri English at Indie Reader - July 15, 2015 Blue Ink Review Kirkus Reviews “Television That’s Worth Digesting” by Michiko Kakatuni at The New York Times - December 3, 2012 Fifty Shades of Grey and Grey by E. L. James Manless in Montclair by Amy Holman Edelman The Little Black Dress by Amy Holman Edelman Deadly Lies by Chris Patchell YA titles by Abbi Glines Colleen Hoover Jasinda Wilder Content IndieReader lists: bestselling indie titles , art and photo books, zines, and small batch books 12 books that Jeff Bezos hopes to read Next Week’s Guest David Gaughran, blogger and author of Let’s Get Digital and Let’s Get Visible 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. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!

TKC 362 Darlene Jul 11, 2015

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My wife the amazing art quilter and Kindle enthusiast Interview starts at 14:08 and ends at 39:48 A friend of mine said, “How many times have you dropped a Paperwhite in the tub?” And she’s right. I never have. And so at that point I decided that I was just going to hold the Kindle, and if it fell into the tub I would deal with it. News “Half of Net Proceeds Is the Fair Royalty Rate for E-Books” at the Authors Guild - July 9, 2015 “Bread and Roses” by Hugh Howey at The Wayfinder - January 24, 2014 “Opinion: Apple Watch sales plunge 90%” by Brett Arends at MarketWatch - July 8, 2015 “Apple Watch Sales Aren’t Looking So Hot” by Aaron Tilley at Forbes - July 1, 2015 “After crushing rival smartwatch sales, Apple Watch portrayed as doomed by CNBC” by Daniel Eran Dilger at Apple Insider - June 28, 2015 Apple WatchCast episode 18 My 2014 interview with the cofounders of Spritz in TKC 323 Bigger than Black Friday? Amazon Prime Day - July 15, 2015 Prime Music $100,000 Sweepstakes Tech Tip How to disable Kindle Word Wise on your Paperwhite: 1. Start at the home screen 2. Tap on the menu icon at upper right. 3. Tap on Settings. 4. Tap on Reading Options. 5. Tap on Language Learning. 6. Turn Word Wise off. You can also turn off Vocabulary Builder. Interview with my wife Darlene Goodreads Newsletters (To receive the Goodreads email newsletters, click on your Goodreads Profile page and choose which ones you want.) Authors discussed in the interview: Harry Bingham’s Fiona Griffiths books - 1. Talking to the Dead: A Novel 2. Love Story, With Murders: A Novel 3. The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths - $2.51 on Kindle 4. This Thing of Darkness (available for pre-order for $3.99 with delivery July 30, 2015) Julie Hyzy's White House Chef Mysteries Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs Mystery series Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley J. A. Jance’s Ali Reynolds series and J.P. Beaumont series Dance of the Bones: A J.P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker Novel by J. A. Jance - available for Kindle preorder for $15.99 (!) with delivery on September 8, 2015, price set by the publisher, HarperCollins The Rise & Fall of Great Powers: A Novel by Tom Rachman Stephen White’s Alan Gregory series Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire Mysteries Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series and the Bosch Amazon Original Series C J Box's Joe Picket series Lee Child’s Amazon page Content “Reading War and Peace on my iPhone” by Clive Thompson at BookRiot Comments Next Week’s Guest Amy Edelman, founder and president of IndieReader

TKC 361 John Sullivan Jul 02, 2015

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Project Manager and TKC Listener Interview starts at 13:52 and ends at 39:03 I have the books that I read, and I read the books that I have. The ones that I collect now are meaningful to me. News “Apple Loses Appeal, E-book Decision is Affirmed” by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - June 30, 2015 US Court of Appeals affirmation of verdict against Apple (PDF)- June 30, 2015 Frequently Asked Questions about eBooks lawsuit Amazon press release on Alexa Skills Kit - June 25, 2015 Amazon Opens Alexa Voice Service to Third Party Hardware Makers - July 25, 2015 “Amazon Introduces the Alexa Fund: $100 Million in Investments to Fuel Voice Technology Innovation” - Amazon press release June 25, 2015 Tech Tips Information and download link for new Kindle Paperwhite 1st Generation software update Interview with John Sullivan John Sullivan’s favorite mystery writers: Elmore Leonard, Michael Connelly, Tyler Dilts (author of The Pain Scale), Sue Grafton. Other writers mentioned: Rick Bragg, Kurt Vonnegut Kindle First Getting Things Done by David Allen “The 10 Most Cryptic Project Management Expressions” by John Sullivan at Tech Republic - July 7, 2010 Justified on Prime Instant Video The Sopranos on Prime Instant Video Get Carter by Ted Lewis Joyland by Stephen King Still Foolin’ ‘Em by Billy Crystal (Audible) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Books on the Nightstand podcast Content Blinkist.com Next Week’s Guest My wife Darlene

TKC 360 Kindle Senior VP Russ Grandinetti Jun 25, 2015

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Amazon’s Senior Vice President - Kindle Interview starts at 10:17 and ends at 42:35 My guess is that if you asked all the publishers with whom we’ve reached agreement in the last year they would tell you that they had to compromise some things they didn’t love. And we’ve had to compromise some things we didn’t necessarily choose on our own. And that’s okay. That’s business. News Amazon Echo aka Alexa - now available to anyone for $179.99 “Amazon echo owners now able to write reviews on Amazon” by Bufo Calvin at the I Love My Kindle blog - June 19, 2015 Amazon Fire Phone - unlocked 32GB $179.00 My Paperwhite 3 video review = June 18, 2015 “Under the Hood of Kindle’s New Typesetting Engine” - my new video at YouTube - June 21, 2015 Tech Tips Future Crimes: Everything is Connected, Everyone is Vulnerable and What we Can Do About It by Marc Goodman Interview with Russ Grandinetti About Kindle Unlimited Kindle Scout Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi Past interviews with Russ Grandinetti at The Kindle Chronicles Content tech.book(store) at Amazon.com

TKC 359 Daniel Cubias Jun 20, 2015

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Author of Barrio Imbroglio Interview starts at 14:24 and ends at 38:38 There’s an incentive for Amazon on two levels to say, “Hey, let’s try to bring in readers.” And one way of bringing in readers is you get more writers. And so they’re definitely reaching out to Spanish-language authors in America and in Latin Americas to get their work up on Kindle. News “Amazon updates Kindle Paperwhite with a high res screen in India” (video) at Digit - June 18, 2015 Neuer Kindle Paperwhite 3 Test (video in German) - June 19, 2015 Unboxing Kindle Voyage and new Paperwhite 3 (video in Spanish) - June 19, 2015 “Does Anyone Care About Amazon Publishing Contracts?” by Michael Kozlowski at Good EReader - June 19, 2015 Tech Tip Reminder from Andrys Basten that 3G eInk Kindles get 24/7 free eG access to Wikipedia Interview with Daniel Cubias Barrio Imbroglio (An Abraxas Hernandes Mystery Book 1) by Daniel Cubias Books at Amazon.com by Jo Nesbo Daniel Cubias’s blog Telemachus Press Daniel Cubias’s columns at The Huffington Post “Are e-Books a Good Idea for Latino Authors?” by Daniel Cubias at The Huffington Post - June 4, 2015 Open Road Media, publisher of poetry by John Ashbery in eBook format Content “Amazon deal brings 12,000 Marvel comics to the Kindle Store” by Rich McCormick at The Verge - June 19, 2015 “Marvel Renews Agreement with Comixology and Expands to Amazon” at Marvel.com - June 18, 2015 Marvel single issues now available at the Kindle Store Captain America: The First Avenger #1: First Vengeance - free from Marvel Comments Bufo Calvin, creator of the I Love My Kindle blog Tom Semple Next Week’s Guest Russ Grandinetti, Amazon’s senior vice president - Kindle

TKC 358 Michelle Miller Jun 12, 2015

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Author of The Underwriting Interview starts at 19:39 and ends at 39:40 I was a first-time novelist; I didn’t have a name at all. So it was a great way to find my audience before I tried to find an agent and a publisher. I think that is such a daunting process for writers, to find someone to pay attention and beyond paying attention to understand their work and let them maintain their vision. News “Bezos’s obsession translates to this honor for Amazon” by Andria Cheng at MarketWatch - June 4, 2015 “Up the Amazon with the BS Machine” by Ursala K. LeGuin at Book View Cafe - June 1, 2015 Tech Tips “I have seen the future of reading on the internet, and it is glorious” by Ezra Klein at Vox - June 11, 2015 Interview with Michelle Miller The Underwriting by Michelle MillerMichelle Miller interviewed on Bloomberg (video) - May 29, 2015“How Serialized Fiction is Rewriting the Book” - at South by Southwest Interactive 2015 Content “29 Books You Should Definitely Bring to the Beach This Summer” by Lincoln Thompson at BuzzFeed Books - June 8, 2015

TKC 357 Prof. Krystine Batcho Jun 06, 2015

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Professor at Le Moyne College Interview starts at 17:02 and ends at 44:15 If it keeps your attention, and you’re enjoying it, and it’s making you think—that’s the book for you. News “Trade Sales Fell in February” by Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly - June 5, 2014 BEA panel on Publishing in China “China and Publishing: The Best of Times, or the Worst of Times?” by Rachel Aydt at Publishing Perspectives - May 29, 2015 “Shelf 2.0: Neil Strandberg to Join Shelf Awareness” - June 4, 2015 “Neil Strandberg to Leave ABA in July” - June 4, 2015 Russ Grandinetti interviewed on China Central Television May 27, 2015 “Discovery Challenges Mount in a Reader-Driven World” at Digital Book World - May 27, 2015 Tech Tip Version 4.9 of the Kindle for iOS app Interview with Prof. Krystine Batcho “Pros and Cons of Constant Communication” panel - March 13, 2015 at South By Southwest Le Moyne College website Articles by Krystine Batcho at Psychology Today “Nostalgia: A Mental Time Machine” by Krystine Batcho at Psychology Today - May 6, 2014 Spritz reader Books mentioned: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut and anything by Albert Camus. Next Week’s Guest Michelle Miller, author of The Underwriting Congratulations …to Neil Strandberg, named this week Director of Technology and Operations at Shelf Awareness

TKC 356 Denver Comic Con May 30, 2015

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Intro Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback, 1993) by Scott McCloud Interviews at Denver Comic Con (Times show when each interview begins) Andy Mithun of the Stubby Shillelaghs (6:25) Critical Fail Kickstarter campaign Clayton Kauffman, 12, of Brush, Colorado (12:20) Dale Roberts of Dale Roberts Comics (13:56) Megan Sullivan, director of communications, Aurora Rise (17:23) “Alex Sullivan, one of 12 Aurora victims, died on 27th birthday” by Ethan Sacks at The Daily News - July 21, 2012 All C’s Collectibles in Aurora, Colorado Barry Sandoval, director of operations-comics, Heritage Auctions (23:05) Recommended graphic novels: Saga, Dark Knight, Mouse, Watchman Wayne Winsett, owner of Time Warp Comics in Boulder, Colorado (25:05) Michael Sheyahshe of Native Americans in Comic Books (28:42) Native Americans in Comic Books: A Critical Study by Michael Sheyahshe Super Indian at ComiXology Native Realities Press Gabe Llanas of Thinking Outside the Long Box podcast Content Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) #244 at ComiXology “Amazon Discounts Two ‘Game of Thrones’ Graphic Novels!” at Me and My Kindle - May 29, 2015 Next Week’s Guest Prof. Krystine Batcho of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, one of my favorite speakers at South by Southwest. I look forward to continuing the conversation we started there about the difference between reading on the Internet and reading books, and other topics that I hope will be of interest to you.

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