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How to Publish Your Book for Kindle – Guy Kawasaki to the Rescue! Jan 07, 2013

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I have started reading a new book by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch titled APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur - How to Publish a Book and it looks terrific. I have been a big fan of Kawasaki's ever since I saw him on stage at South by Southwest in 2009 when he interviewed Chris Anderson, former editor [...]

Ode to Tea: Keep Calm and Carry On Jan 06, 2013

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A month ago I switched from coffee to tea. Darlene and I were at a cooking class taught by Warren Kramer in Brighton, Mass. As an aside, Warren made a statement that nudged me to action. All it took were four simple words. Here they are, perhaps arriving on a day that will nudge you, [...]

TKC 231 Shantanu Bala Jan 05, 2013

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Shantanu Bala, creator of Ebook Glue, a new tool for creating eBooks Interview Starts at 18:15 A lot of writers are already formatting their content and arranging their content for their blogs and for their websites. To me, it doesn't really make sense why they should have to re-do that entire process for another device. It [...]

TKC 230 Garrett Riley Dec 29, 2012

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Garrett Riley, creator of A Tech Grab Bag Interview Starts at 16:21 The great thing (about Kindle FreeTime Unlimited) is that you can set time limits. I know a lot of parents listening to this agree with this: Once you hand them the device, it's like it goes into a time warp. You can tell [...]

TKC 229 David Lynn Dec 21, 2012

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David Lynn, editor of The Kenyon Review Interview Starts at 18:16 What I realized a couple of years ago about my mission with The Kenyon Review is not to make money but to have the great work we publish read by as many people around the world as possible. And so I use a variety of [...]

TKC 228 Jeremy Greenfield Dec 14, 2012

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Jeremy Greenfield, editorial director, Digital Book World Interview Starts at 17:19 I think publishers right now are focused more on their authors and more on authors in general than they have been in a little while, because they realize that they're not the only game in town any more. Aside from competing with each other [...]

Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ is $50 Off – Today Only Dec 10, 2012

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Today only, Amazon is selling the Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ for $50 off. Click here for details. You simply enter promotional code FIREHD89 at checkout. There is a limit of one per customer, U.S. customers only. The discount is valid on all versions of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9″. So that includes the 16GB model which normally [...]

Notes for the Microsoft Surface Review Video that I Uploaded Earlier Today Dec 09, 2012

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Click Here to see the video. 1. How to get the Kindle for Microsoft 8 App on your Microsoft Surface Store -> Search for Kindle -> Install -> Register to your Amazon account 2. What you can do on Surface, iPad and Fire HD 8.9" Access books in cloud – Whispersync to last place read [...]

Microsoft Surface Review: How Well Does It Handle Kindle Content Compared with iPad and Kindle Fire HD 8.9″? Dec 09, 2012

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I've had a ball playing with the Microsoft Surface, which I like quite a lot. Any time a gadget forces me to learn a new interface, I get excited. I'm not tempted to replace my 11-inch MacBook Air with this contender, but I am impressed. For this video, I focused on reading with the Surface [...]

An Idea Amazon Thought Would Enhance Kindle Device Ownership Has Turned Out Rather Well for Authors and Readers Alike Dec 09, 2012

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Cross-Post of my Kindle Nation Daily Contributing Editor's Column November 30, 2012 A blind alley is closed at one end. It leads nowhere. Why on earth would you ever want to go down one? Russ Grandinetti (photo at right), Amazon's Vice President of Kindle Content, puts it this way: "We like going down blind alleys, [...]

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