The Kindle Chronicles

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TKC 227 Evan Ratliff Dec 07, 2012

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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 nonfiction narrative we usually mean stories that are either some sort of adventure or mystery-some set of [...]

TKC 226 Russ Grandinetti Nov 30, 2012

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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 the Chase American Giving Awards. The deadline is Tuesday, December 4. Worldreader is [...]

Amazon Adds $1.5 Million Seasonal Bonus for KDP Select Authors Nov 29, 2012

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Amazon today served up a jolly seasonal bonus for Kindle Direct Publishing authors who are taking advantage of the Kindle Select program. At midnight Seattle time, the company announced that it will pay an additional $1.5 million to participating authors in the three-month period from December through February. The bonus payment, available to authors who [...]

Will Kobo Save Indie Bookstores? My Thoughts on the ABA's Latest Digital Initiative… Nov 27, 2012

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(Cross Post of my Kindle Nation Daily Contributing Editor's Column) November 23, 2012 The general manager of Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, remembers two women who came into the store and said, "We'd like to talk to your children's specialist about what books we should buy for our granddaughter for her Kindle." "I took [...]

TKC 225 Neil Strandberg Nov 23, 2012

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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't find a Kobo app at Amazon's Apps for Android [...]

New Options for Serious Journalists: How Brian Mockenhaupt's Powerful Tale of 3 Marines Found an Audience via Byliner Nov 20, 2012

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(Cross Post of my Kindle Nation Daily Contributing Editor's Column) But for eBooks, war fatigue might have kept Brian Mockenhaupt from publishing a story that should never be forgotten. A former Army infantryman who served two tours with the 10th Mountain Division in Iraq, Mockenhaupt is a contributing editor at Reader's Digest and Esquire and [...]

TKC 97 J. A. Konrath May 29, 2010

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25 Leslie Nicoll Jan 10, 2009

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News - Is the Kindle adding $9 billion to Amazon's market valuation? I hope so!Tech Tip - How to offer your blog to the Kindle Store for subscriptions. Thanks to Charles Hugh Smith , author of Weblogs & New Media: Marketing in Crisis, for the question.Interview - Leslie Nicoll, an author of The Amazon Kindle FAQ and a leading light at the Kindle Boards forum, answers questions everyone has about the Kindle. She also owns an editorial services business, Maine Desk. Quote - From Cash Magazine, a 2009 economic forecast from one of the rare analysts who foretold the crash.Comments - Will DeLamater, Steven Schwindt, Mary, Karen, Rebecca, Bob Cope, Paul Higginbotham, Linda Hopkins, Joe D. Clark and a really great Tweet from Coleenis.At the end of the show, I drew the name of a member of the Kindle Chronicles Email Alert List to win a $10 Amazon gift certificate. If you'd like to join the list, simply send me an email at PodChronicles@gmail.com .To make an audio comment, please call 206-666-2713. Next week's guest will be podcasting pioneer Michael Geoghegan, who is a Kindle enthusiast and now a Kindle author, since the second edition of his excellent Podcast Solutions book is available in Kindle edition.

24 Mike Elgan Jan 02, 2009

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News - My own exclusive scuttlebutt which leads me to believe Amazon will start shipping the new version this month, ahead of the official announcement in February. Tech Tip - Ever wonder how much further you have to read before reaching the end of a chapter? This tip will help you find out.Interview - Mike Elgan, widely read tech blogger and columnist, who puts the Kindle's phenomenal success in perspective and looks ahead to huge profits for Amazon from the Kindle. (Part 1 of the interview is in this podcast, and part 2 follows in a Kindle Chronicles EXTRA.)Quote - from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Downloaded from MobileReadComments - Rebecca, Nicholas Schutz,and Linda Hopkins (Amazon's Best of 2008 List)If you'd like to be on the Kindle Chronicles Email Alert List, please send me an email at PodChronicles@Gmail.com . I'll be doing a drawing for a $10 Amazon gift certificate, to be awarded at random to someone on the list. Next week's interview: Leslie Nicoll, author of The Amazon Kindle FAQ.You can leave an audio comment at 206-666-2713 or a text comment at PodChronicles@gmail.com

EXTRA - Mike Elgan Interview - Part 2 Jan 02, 2009

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The second half of my interview on Dec. 31, 2008 with tech blogger and columnist Mike Elgan.Part 1 is contained in episode 24 of the Kindle Chronicles.

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