The Kindle Chronicles

Senior Editor at Amazon Original Stories Interview starts at 16:40 and ends at 51:54 Note: I will be discussing my Kjersti Egerdahl interview Monday May 2, 2021 at 1 pm EDT (Note the new day and time) on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links “LinkedIn Names Amazon No. 1 Company Where Americans Want to Work in 2021” - Amazon Press Release April 28, 2021 All New Fire HD 10 and Fire HD 10 Plus press release - April 27, 2020 Fire HD10 Productivity Bundle Kjersti Egerdahl (Linkedin) The Last Girl by Joe Hart   Amazon Original Stories         YOUNG BLOOD by Andrew Barrer         Nameless Season 1 by Dean Koontz         EMERGENCY SKIN by N.K. Jemison         ZIKORA by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie         TURNING POINT: A Short Story by Jeffery Deaver         Currency Collection featuring Kiley Reid, Jia Tolentino, Emma Cline, Justin Torres, Cur

Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Interview starts at 9:33 and ends at 51:30 Note: I will be discussing my James McQuivey interview Saturday April 24, 2021 at 4 pm EDT on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Amazon updates Echo Buds (CNBC) Pre-order Echo Buds (2nd Gen) here at reduced price Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire by Brad Stone - available for preorder with delivery May 11, 2021 James McQuivey’s blog posts at Forrester.com Jeff Bezos’s last letter to shareholders as CEO - April 15, 2021 The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich The “Big Five” human personality traits (Psychology Today) “The Clubhouse Party is Over” by Nick Bilton at Vanity Fair - April 23, 2021 Next Week’s Guest Kjersti Egerdahl, senior editor at Amazon Original Stories Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology

Author of Young Blood, an Amazon Original Series trilogy Interview starts at 21:00 and ends at 58:16 Photo by Jason Robbins Note: I will be discussing my Andrew Barrer interview Saturday April 17, 2021 at 4 pm EDT on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Young Blood trilogy (Young Blood, Blue Dog and Crescent Moon) by Andrew Barrer - free to Prime members and Kindle Unlimited subscribers, includes free audio narration. “Can Blood from Young People Slow Aging? Silicon Valley Has Bet Billions It Will” by Adam Piore at Newsweek - April 7, 2021 Germantown Academy Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) on Prime Video Die in a Gunfight - to be released this summer A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Audible version narrated by Maggie Gyllenhaal) Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan (Audible version) Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck Amaz

Zooming with the author of Vanishing Asia Note: I will be discussing my Kevin Kelly interview Saturday April 10, 2021, at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Kevin Kelly’s Kickstarter page for Vanishing Asia Kevin Kelly’s web page “Making a Fairie Door” video at Kevin’s TRY YouTube Channel Next Week’s Guest Andrew Barrer, author of the Young Blood Trilogy, published by Amazon Original Stories Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings

Len, Darlene, Sophie and Deb at our second rental on Sanibel Island Note: There will be no Clubhouse gathering tomorrow, because we are still on our drive from Sanibel to Cambridge, Mass. The weekly post-podcast Clubhouse salon will resume on April 9, 2021. Links Island Inn web cam on Sanibel Len’s Newsletter Posts on Substack: Travels with Sophie - April 2, 2021 Leaving Sanibel - March 30, 2021 Whelk versus iPhone - March 13 The preferred hotel chain of The Kindle Chronicles is Marriott Courtyard! Next Week’s Guest Kevin Kelly, author of Vanishing Asia, a set of 3 books comprising 1,000 pages that captures Asia’s disappearing traditions and vanishing designs, in 35 countries. Click here for Kickstarter page. Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash brief

City Manager of Sanibel, Florida Interview starts at 19:29 and ends at 58:23 Note: I will be discussing my Judith Zimomra interview Saturday March 27, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Amazon Halo Band “Bose announces Sleepbuds II” by Chris Welch at The Verge - September 22, 2020 Amazon hiring spree during pandemic by Nick Wingfield at The Information - March 18, 2021 “Amazon picks Twitter fight with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren amid union campaign” by Irina Ivanova at CBS News - March 26, 2021 Judith A. Zimomra, Sanibel City Manager City of Sanibel website Southern Living’s selections for “The South’s Best Beach Towns 2021” - March 9, 2021 Judie’s camera equipment includes a Nikon D3400 body and Tamron zoom lens Judie’s Facebook photos including this one of an Ibis in flight Email from Tom on Kindle software updates: Recent Kindles and Kindle for iOS have h

Founder and President of Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency Interview starts at 15:12 and ends at 53:38 Note: I will be discussing my Ann Rittenberg interview Saturday March 20, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Amazon Care  Long Live the Nook! Mobi, we hardly knew ye “Michael Dorman to Headline ‘Joe Pickett’ Drama Series Ordered by Spectrum Originals” by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski at Deadline - March 18, 2021 Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency Ann’s 2002 talk at Bennington, “The Successful Writer’s Personality” C.J. Box Your First Novel: An Author Agent Team Share the Keys to Achieving Your Dream by Ann Rittenberg and Laura Whitcomb Dennis Lehane Dead by Dawn: A Novel (Mike Bowditch Mysteries, 12) by Paul Doiron - available for pre-order with release on June 29, 2021 Amazon Crossing Dean Koontz’s Jane Hawk series Brad Parks The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North Ameri

Author of How to Train Your Mind: Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation, an Audible Original Interview starts at 15:54 and ends at 55:13 Note: I will be discussing my Chris Bailey interview Saturday March 13, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links “What Big Tech Antitrust Foe Lina Khan Could Do at the FTC” by Josh Sisco at The Information - March 10, 2021 “Why Tech Breakups Could be  Good for Shareholders” by Martin Peers at The Information - March 11, 2021 “Amazon staffers reportedly fear secret ‘Vesta’ robot will be a pricey flop” by Noah Manskar at the New York Post - March 10, 2021 “Amazon’s Halo fitness tracker is getting Alexa integration” by Dan Seifert at The Verge - March 4, 2021 Amazon Halo Chris Bailey’s website, A Life of Productivity Books by Chris Bailey: The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy (2

Author of Dark Sky, Book 21 in the Joe Pickett series Photo by Dave Neligh Interview starts at 19:40 and ends at 43:22 Note: I will be discussing my C. J. Box interview Saturday March 6, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links President Biden’s video on union election in Alabama Amazon EU blog on Working at Amazon “When Amazon Raises Its Minimum Wage, Local Companies Follow Suit” by Ben Casselman and Jim Tankersley at The New York Times - March 5, 2021 All-new Echo Show 10 (3rd Generation) Eink.link “Eink.link is a website directory for e-readers” by Mark Frauenfelder at boingboing - March 2, 2021 “How New E Ink Tablets Combine the Best of Kindles and iPads” by Alex Cranz at The Wall Street Journal - March 3, 2021 C.J. Box’s website C.J. Box livestream recording at The Tattered Cover bookstore - March 4, 20212 Obituary of Doug Crowe in the Casper Star-Tribune - December 4,

Author of The Other Emily Interview starts at 23:28 and ends at 55:19 Note: I will be discussing my interview with Dean Koontz Saturday February 27, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. Links Pocketbook Inkpad Color 7.8 - at Goodereader.com The all-new Echo Show 10 (3rd Generation) Instagram photo of Sophie listening to my playing guitar How to Train Your Mind by Chris Bailey, an Audible Original The Husband: A Novel by Dean Koontz (published in 2007) Nameless, a six-story collection by Dean Koontz Canine Companions for Independence Upcoming Guests Next week: C J Box, author of Dark Sky, Book 21 in the Joe Pickett series, available for pre-order with release March 2, 2021 Friday, March 12: Chris Bailey, author and narrator of How to Train Your Mind, an Audible Original Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing.

Bloomberg Opinion Columnist & Creator of the Noahpinion blog/newsletter Interview starts at 11:40 and ends at 56:07 Links Note: I will be discussing my interview with Noah Smith Saturday February 20, 2021 at 4 pm ET on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I had originally planned the Clubhouse room for 1 p.m. but now realize that’s pretty early for a Saturday morning, especially on the West Coast.  Amazon’s Day 1 Editions products “What’s Amazon’s Secret?” by Jonathan A. Knee at The New York Times - February 13, 2021 Noah Smith’s Noahpinion blog and newsletter Noah Smith on Twitter “It’s not Cancel Culture, it’s Cancel Technology” by Noah Smith at Noahpinion - February 16, 2021 (behind paywall) Brad DeLong’s Grasping Reality blog Gamergate controversy - Wikipedia “Here’s what you need to know about Clubhouse, the invite-only social app” by Tim Marcin at Mashable - January 4, 2021 “Fretting About Inflation May Be Just the Cure We Need” by Noah Smith at Bloomberg Op

A Freshman at The Cambridge School of Weston Interview starts at 14:06 and ends at 49:32 Links “Marty Baron Considers His Time at The Washington Post” by Isaac Chotiner at The New Yorker - February 7, 2021 My previous interview with James on January 31, 2020 for TKC 600 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School The Cambridge School of Weston Terrence Roberts Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor of Cambridge, Mass. Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show.  Right-click here and then click "S

Principal Product Manager & Worldwide Series Lead at Amazon Interview starts at 13:51 and ends at 52:50 Links Amazon earnings release “What to expect from Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy” by Jason Del Rey at Recode - February 3, 2021 Steven Levy on Jeff Bezos announcement - February 5, 2021 “Who is Andy Jassy? 6 things to know about Amazon’s next CEO” by Harry McCracken at Fast Company - February 2, 2021 The Joe Pickett series by C. J. Box The Dark Tower series by Stephen King The Traveler’s Gate trilogy by Will Wight The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson The Milkweed triptych by Ian Tregillis Author Follow updates from Amazon Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa

Sanibel FL Chief of Police Interview starts at 12:47 and ends at 49:04 Links “Amazon Expands Secretive Trucking Program” by Paris Marineau at The Information - January 25, 2021 “One Tale from an Amazon Seller” by Shira Ovide at The New York Times - January 27, 2021 Sanibel Police Department Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr, available for pre-order, with release on February 9, 2021 “Why (and How) Amazon Created the Kindle and Changed the Book Industry Forever” at Entrepreneur - January 27, 2021 Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podca

CEO of Project Voice Interview starts at 9:38 and ends at 56:32 Links “KindleDrip: Critical vulnerabilities in Amazon Kindle e-reader gave attackers free rein over user accounts” by Jessica Haworth at The Daily Swig - January 21, 2021 “Will Amazon release a Color Kindle in 2021?” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - January 1, 2021 Bradley Metrock’s web site Project Voice Coast to Coast Zoom Video Webinars Digital Book World 2021 “Pete Buttigieg testifies in Senate confirmation hearing for Transportation secretary” at PBS - January 21, 2021 Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only

Co-authors of “COVID-19 and Book Publishing” Interview starts at 8:35 and ends at 50:03 Links “Connecticut Investigating Amazon’s E-Book Business” by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg and Dana Mattioli at The Wall Street Journal - January 13, 2021 “When Tech Antitrust Failed: How did a case meant to lower prices instead possibly lead to higher prices?” by Shira Ovide at The New York Times - January 15, 2021 COVID-19 and Book Publishing: Impacts and Insights for 2021 by Thad McIlroy, Cliff Guren, and Steve Sieck available for free download here Panorama Project Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts.

Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT Interview starts at 3:53 and ends at 42:11 Links Greg Epstein’s  bio page at Harvard and MIT Greg’s Twitter account The Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard and MIT - Click Here to donate “My name is Greg, and I’m addicted to tech” by Greg M. Epstein at The Boston Globe - January 1, 2021 “In Memory of Tom Ferrick: America’s First Atheist Chaplain Died” by Greg M. Epstein at The Huffington Post - January 22, 2014 New York Times obit of the Rev. Peter J. Gomes - March 1, 2011 Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe by Greg Epstein My interview with Bryan Hudson, founding pastor of New Covenant Church in Indianapolis, Indiana - December 25, 2020 Smart Recovery Alcoholics Anonymous Light Phone, reMarkable tablet Amazon Halo Next Week’s Guests Thad McIlroy and Cliff Guren, co-authors (with Steve Sieck) of COVID-19 and Book Publishing: Impacts and Insights for 2021, available for free download here. Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like

Author of The Sanibel Island Lighthouse Interview starts at 10:11 and ends at 50:26 Links Typora.io Kindle software update to 5.13.4 The Sanibel Island Lighthouse: A Specialized History of Sanibel Island, Florida 1513-2014 by Charles LeBuff, available at Smashwords Sanybel Light: A Historical Autobiography by Charles LeBuff, available as a Kindle Unlimited selection at Amazon.com Other books by Charles LeBuff available at Amazon J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, Florida Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling (Wikipedia) “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society YouTube videos featuring Charles LeBuff Sanibel Historical Museum and Village Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s up?” or “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day

Patricia and Bryan Hudson, founding pastor of New Covenant Church Links Christmas greeting from Pastor Bryan and Patricia Hudson  About New Covenant Church Biblical & Social Justice: What Is It?: An Everyday Person’s Guide to Understanding Justice and the Role of the Church in Our Society by Bryan Hudson Bryan's production company, Vision Communications Bryan Hudson’s drone video of the Sanibel Island lighthouse Ecamm Live Trust by Pete Buttigieg Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you’d like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s up?” or “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 7:30 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one

Author of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Virtual Worlds: The Impact of Converging Technologies on Authors and the Publishing Industry  Links Articles and podcasts about the future by Joanna Penn: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/future/ “9 Ways That Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Disrupt Authors and The Publishing Industry” - The Creative Penn podcast - July 1, 2019 GPT-3 (Wikipedia) 1 the Road by Ross Goodwin (Hardcover) Pharmako-AI by K Allado-McDowell - Available for pre-order in the US, with delivery January 4, 2021 The Salvage Crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (written with a number of AI tools, including GPT-2, available via Kindle Unlimited) The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity by Arthur I. Miller Futurebook conference and Wired Live conference Stripe and PayPal The EU Digital Services Act Joanna (JF) Penn’s Payhip store for direct purchases of her books BookFunnel  Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence by James Lovelock The Inevitable: Understanding the 12