The Kindle Chronicles
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2TKC2 Darlene versus Kindle 5.13.7
The Kindle Chronicles
09/18/21 • 34 min
On the Cambridge Lanai with Sophie
Links
Kindle Oasis
“New Kindle Software Update 5.13.7 Brings User Interface Changes” by Nathan at eBookreader.com
The Edge of the Road podcast (recently updated after a two-year hiatus)
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TKC 548 James McQuivey
The Kindle Chronicles
10/12/19 • 52 min
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.
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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.
TKC 483 David Ignatius
The Kindle Chronicles
11/04/17 • 44 min
Author of The Quantum Spy
Interview starts at 12:12 and ends at 34:00
“Jeff Bezos has been a great owner for The Post. He invested in our business. He has generally stayed away and let the editors and our publisher, Fred Ryan, run the business. He intervenes only occasionally. The first meeting he had when he came to The Post, he said, ‘I don’t know what’s going to work, but I want to lengthen the runway, so you have more time to experiment and take off.’ And we have begun to take off. We’re not rolling in money, but The Post is profitable again. I wondered if I’d ever see that. Our web traffic keeps exploding.”
News
All-New Kindle Oasis ships on Halloween
“All-New Kindle Oasis survives ocean dunking” by David Rothman at TeleRead - October 31, 2017
“Is the Kindle Oasis Really Worth It?” - my video review of the original Oasis in 2016
Interview with David Ignatius
The Quantum Spy by David Ignatius
Other novels by David Ignatius at Amazon.com
Body of Lies, the 2008 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, based on the novel by David Ignatius
“Our Villains, Ourselves: A Thriller Roundup” by Marisha Pessel at The New York Times - October 25, 2017
Content
PBS NewsHour profile of author Jesmyn Ward - October 27, 2017
Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
Comments
Calibre
My video review of the new Kindle Oasis - October 31, 2017
Outro
Bufo Calvin’s “Because of the Kindle” project
Next Week’s Guest
Carlina Duan, author of I Wore My Blackest Hair, a debut poetry collection that will be published on November 14th by Little a, the literary imprint of Amazon Publishing.
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.
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TKC 520 The Inspiring Success of Author A. G. Riddle
The Kindle Chronicles
07/21/18 • 44 min
Author of Departure, The Extinction Files
and The Origin Mystery
Interview starts at 13:07 and ends at 43:36
“I feel very lucky about the timing. The Kindle had just come out. I would go home from work and read my Kindle every night, and I thought, ‘There’s got to be a bunch of people like me that are doing this that I could write a story for.’ And that’s kinda what I got to.”
News
“Amazon reportedly had a 300-person conference call to deal with Prime Day glitches” by Rachel Sandler at Business Insider - July 20, 2018
Tech Tip
reMarkable website
reMarkable tablet at Amazon.com
“How to Buy a Kindle as a Gift for More Than One Person” by Saikat Basu at Make Use of - July 12, 2018
“Why You Should Read a Book with a Stranger” by Nick Douglas at Lifehacker - July 19, 2018
“Monitor Amazon Prices on Your Mac With This Menu Bar App” by Emily Price at Lifehacker4 - July 7, 2018
“How to install a new launcher on Amazon’s Fire tablet” by Chris Meadows at TeleRead - July 7, 2018
PriceAlert for Amazon app for Macintosh ($2.99)
Interview with A G Riddle
Books by A G Riddle
The Origin Mystery series: The Atlantis Gene, The Atlantis Plague, and The Atlantis World
The Extinction Files series: Pandemic and Genome
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
Wool Omnibus Edition [Kindle in Motion] (Silo series Book 1) by Hugh Howey
David Gatewood, freelance editor
Content
“Amazon Publishing’s Abigail Strom, author of Tell Me, Wins Romance Writers of America 2018 RITA Award” press release July 20, 2018
“Amazon Publishing Author Christine Bell Wins International Thriller Writers’ 2018 Thriller Award for Grievance” press release July 14, 2018
Next Week’s Show
A 10th anniversary look back at the first episode of The Kindle Chronicles on July 26, 2018, and what we've been talking about since then, with excerpts from interviews with Jeff Bezos and others.
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.
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TKC 513 Nick Wingfield
The Kindle Chronicles
06/02/18 • 44 min
Senior Editor, The Information
Interview starts at 11:36 and ends at 43:50
“[Amazon’s HQ2 decision] will be before the end of the year, unless something radical changes. I don’t think it’s imminent. It’s probably--I’m guessing here--but it’s probably months away. I would guess like towards the end of the summer, early fall. That’s really not based on hard facts but kind of reading between the lines.”
News
Data Guy’s presentation to the 2018 Science Fiction Writers of America conference
“Amazon Publishing Has Signed with Patricia Cornwell for an Exclusive New Series” by Adam Rowe at Forbes - May 29, 2018
“Where Will Amazon HQ2 Go? Ranking Puts Raleigh on Top, Boston at Bottom” by Alexandre Tanzi at Bloomberg - May 30, 2018
Tech Tip
My current stylus for Kindle and tablet reading
Interview with Nick Wingfield
“‘The Information’ hires NY Times’ Wingfield” by Chris Rouh at Taking Biz News - May 15, 2018
Next Week’s Guest
Jade Chang, a contributor to the first Amazon Original Stories collection, titled The Real Thing: A Bundle of Love Stories.
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.
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TKC 490 Mark Jarvis
The Kindle Chronicles
12/23/17 • 44 min
Doubledecker Bus Driver in London
Interview starts at 11:20 and ends at 39:30
“The [Fire HD] 8 will be my Kindle that travels with me. I take it to work. We’re not allowed to have them in the cab for fairly good reasons. They don’t want anything that will distract you from the job of driving.”
News
“The Kindle changed the book business. Can it change books?” by David Pierce at Wired - December 20, 2017
Mosaic app at iTunes Store
Tech Tip
Echo Connect and how to set one up
Alexa Voice Remote for Amazon Echo and Echo Dot
Interview with Mark Jarvis
Transportation for London (TfL)
All-New Kindle Oasis
The Verb Podcast (BBC) - Jorie Graham interview
“Advertising Standards considers inquiry into Amazon Prime” at BBC - December 18, 2017
Amazon Key in-home delivery
Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Edition (Audible) read by Stephen Fry
The Quantum Spy: A Thriller by David Ignatius
The Theseus Paradox (Detective Inspector Jake Flannagan Series Book 1) by David Videcette
by Diarmuid Jeffreys
The Miniaturist: A Novel by Jessie Burton
The Poisonous Seed: A Frances Doughty Mystery by Linda Stratmann
by Max Hastings
Podcasts recommended by Mark Jarvis: History Extra (BBC) and 9yrspodcast (iTunes)
The Guardian and The Independent
Content
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!
TKC 536 Indie Author Michael C. Grumley
The Kindle Chronicles
11/10/18 • 44 min
Author of the Breakthrough series
Interview starts at 9:36 and ends at 40:28
News
Amazon to split HQ2 between two cities (Wall Street Journal)
Amazon announces free shipping with no minimum purchase for the holidays
My video of a dunk test for the all-new Kindle Paperwhite plus Darlene’s comments
Interview with Michael C. Grumley
Breakthrough series by Michael C. Grumley: Breakthrough, Leap, Catalyst, and Ripple
“Could we speak the language of dolphins?” TED2013 talk by Denise Herzing
“Can we really do it? The language of dolphins could be translated by 2012” by Michael C. Grumley - May 8, 2017
Content
Amazon Book Review podcast
The Washington Post recommends 10 books to read in November
Comments
CZUR scanner
Next Week’s Guest
Chris Schluep, Amazon’s Senior Editor for books, talking about his team’s picks for the best books of 2018.
For those interested in our experience with a Tesla Model 3, I uploaded a new episode of The Edge of the Road Podcast detailing some minor problems with the car. I still love it, though.
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.
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TKC 451 Patrick Coggins
The Kindle Chronicles
03/25/17 • 44 min
Co-founder of Ask My Buddy
Interview starts at 18:45 and ends at 41:25
"In terms of users or penetration, I would say that Google Home probably represents about less than 10 percent on our network. [Alexa has the rest.] That’s just time out there, the commercials. They’re just more widely known. Also, I would say the reduction in price, coming out with the Dot for 49 bucks--that was an end all. There were millions that went out. I would say that the price point developed a stronger user base for Amazon."
Audio and links from South By Southwest
PARCO shopping mall in Japan
“Facebook debuts its first dedicated virtual reality app, Facebook 360” by Lucas Matney at Techcrunch - March 8, 2016
Ana Benitez, President, Storyrocket
Khushi Baby health monitor in India
Felix & Paul Studios (interview with Robin Lippman, content coordinator)
“Is this the future of movies?’ by Len Edgerly at Medium - March 14, 2016
“At 40 minutes, Miyubi is the first VR movie to feel like a real film” by Adi Robertson at The Verge - January 24, 2017
Deen Wright, founder of BASE, Buy and Sell Everything
Tech Tip
My Medium post which explains how to set up and use Ask My Buddy on Alexa
Interview with Patrick Coggins
Ask My Buddy website
Ask My Buddy smartphone/tablet apps for iPhone (iOS) and Android
Alexa devices from Amazon: Echo, Tap, and Dot (2nd Generation)
Mycroft open-source platform
4AFart Alexa skill
Google’s api.ai tool
Alexa web portal
“Amazon plans to release new Alexa devices that can make phone calls and work as intercoms” by Jason Del Rey at Recode - March 3, 2017
Next Week’s Guest
Timothy DeLizza, author of “Jerry (from accounting)”
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.
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TKC 438 Matthew Rubery
The Kindle Chronicles
12/24/16 • 44 min
Author of The Untold Story of the Talking Book
Interview starts at 12:44 and ends at 32:05
“There’s often a false division between audiobook listeners and print book readers, because in my experience the two are almost always the same. They’re people like me who just love reading and want to do as much of it as possible, and audiobooks are a way to do that."
News
Jeff Bezos interviewed by Walter Isaacson at The Aspen Institute (YouTube) - October, 2016
“There’s a great new way to reuse your old Amazon shipping boxes” by Kif Leswing at Business Insider - September 23, 2016
“Give Your Amazon Box New Life” at Amazon.com
“Amazon bets big on Las Vegas, rolling out nearly 5,000 Echo unites to hotel rooms” by Teena Maddox at TechRepublic - December 16, 2016
“Voice is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It” by Jessi Hempel at Backchannel - December 19, 2016
Tech Tip
Audible Channels available on Fire tablets
Fire TV software updates
Interview with Matthew Rubery
The Untold Story of The Talking Book by Matthew Rubery
Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX)
“Audiobooks were set to destroy books—but instead, they opened a new world” by Kevin Canfield at The Washington Post - December 8, 2016
Content
Link to free audible audiobook of Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime (US only)
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.
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TKC 585 Cristi Ross Crain
The Kindle Chronicles
10/18/19 • 42 min
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)
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.
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Kindle Chronicles have?
The Kindle Chronicles currently has 474 episodes available.
What topics does The Kindle Chronicles cover?
The podcast is about Publishing, Revolution, Podcasts, Books, Technology, Digital, Arts and Amazon.
What is the most popular episode on The Kindle Chronicles?
The episode title '2TKC2 Darlene versus Kindle 5.13.7' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Kindle Chronicles?
The average episode length on The Kindle Chronicles is 45 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Kindle Chronicles released?
Episodes of The Kindle Chronicles are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Kindle Chronicles?
The first episode of The Kindle Chronicles was released on Jul 27, 2008.
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