The Kindle Chronicles

By Len Edgerly

What's The Kindle Chronicles about?

A weekly podcast about the Kindle and eBooks with in-depth conversations with guests--authors, technology experts, book industry analysts, Amazon execs, educators, agents, readers, and more.

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The Kindle Chronicles episodes:

03.12.2024
TKC 718 Thought Partner at SXSW
In this special episode of The Kindle Chronicles, my guest is ChatGPT. I had no idea I could use OpenAI's revolutionary AI assistant as a Thought Partner. That's how Peter Deng, OpenAI's head of ChatGPT uses the tool he leads. ...
03.01.2024
TKC 717 Nyckle Sijtsma
At left, Founder of New Things Lab I spoke by Zoom today with Nyckle Sijtsma in Delft, Netherlands, about his inspiring design company. I discovered New Things via an Instagram ad for the Memo White Board, a product I...
02.25.2024
TKC 716 Matt Gallagher
Author of Daybreak: A Novel I spoke with Matt Gallagher by Zoom on February 8, 2024, in advance...
11.04.2023
TKC 715 Dwight Garner
Author of Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading Photo by Richard Bowditch YouTube video of the interview Links “Inside the NYT Book Review: Pamela Paul & Dwight Garner” (YouTube) Garner’s Quotations: A Modern...
10.19.2023
TKC 714 Neil deGrasse Tyson
Author of To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery Links Neil deGrasse Tyson’s website Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Late Show with Steven Colbert (2023) Carl Sagan on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - March 2,...
10.18.2023
TKC 713 Neil deGrasse Tyson Interview Lost in a Black Hole
Podcaster doing back flip into a black hole after interviewing Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery Links Neil deGrasse Tyson’s website Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Late Show with Steven Colbert...
10.04.2023
TKC 712 Nick Fuller Googins
Author of The Great Transition Links Nick Fuller Googins’s web site Elements Books Coffee Beer in Biddeford, Maine Alice Eliot Dark Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Rutgers Newark MFA in Creative Writing Nuuk, Greenland Green...
09.22.2023
TKC 711 Amazon New Products Event
At the closing reception yesterday at HQ2 Links Full video of Amazon’s New Products Event (YouTube) Overview of Amazon new devices and features at AboutAmazon.com - September 20, 2023 James McQuivey of Forrester Research “Previewing the future of...
07.20.2023
TKC 710 Andrew Ridker
Author of Hope: A Novel Photo © George Baier Links Andrew Ridker's website New York Times review of Hope. Interview with Andrew on WGBH Radio Boston The Altruists by Andrew Ridker Groundskeeping: A Novel by Lee Cole...
05.22.2023
TKC 709 Another Scribe Update
Kindle Scribe, next to photo of my father Click here for download link for new update
05.02.2023
TKC 708 Kevin Kelly
Author of Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier Links Kevin Kelly’s website Recomendo newsletter “The Future Will be Shaped by Optimists” - Kevin Kelly TED talk (YouTube) Vanishing Asia: Three Volume Set:...
04.24.2023
TKC 707 Scribe Update
A Rainy Day on Sanibel Island "4 new features to try out on your Kindle Scribe" by Christian de Looper at AboutAmazon.com Click here for the latest Kindle Scribe software update, 16.1.13. Release Notes for 16.1.13 Sanibel Journal...
02.27.2023
TKC 706 Kindle Scribe Update
Sample new brush tools for Scribe eWritable post on today's Kindle Scribe update Kindle Scribe at Amazon.com Kindle software updates at Amazon.com Click here for Kindle Scribe software update 5.16.1.2 Click here to download audio...
02.04.2023
TKC 705 Chris Bailey
Author of How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times Links YouTube video of this interview with Chris Bailey How to Calm Your Mind - Audible Version, narrated by the author “How to...
01.24.2023
TKC 704 James and the Scribe
My Grandson showing chemistry notes on his Kindle Scribe Links Kindle Scribe at Amazon.com How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times by Chris Bailey The Joy of Sticky Notes - YouTube video by Len...
01.10.2023
TKC 703 Why I Love the Kindle Scribe
Me and My Scribe Links Kindle Scribes for sale at discounted prices How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times by Chris Bailey Quantum Radio by A. G. Riddle - available for pre-order with shipment...
11.30.2022
TKC 702 Kindle Scribe Review
Me and My Kindle Scribe Click here to order Kindle Scribe! Necessary Errors: A Novel by Caleb Crain Note: I plan to upload a video of this episode of the podcast, recorded while I was creating the podcast audio....
11.19.2022
TKC 701 Charles Kronbach
Amazon Vice President - World Wide Publishing Links Click here to order Kindle Scribe! Amazon Publishing Kindle Direct Publishing Kindle Vella Comixology AmazonCrossing Amazon press release introducing Kindle Scribe Books by Andy Weir Lost in Time...
11.12.2022
TKC 700 Day 1 in Seattle
Kevin Keith, VP of Amazon Devices, shows me a Kindle Scribe Links Click here to order Kindle Scribe! Amazon press releases introducing Kindle Scribe, Halo Rise, and four new Echo devices plus upgrades to Echo Studio Audio....
11.07.2022
TKC 699 Darlene's Next Kindle?
Darlene and Sophie compare three Kindle models Click here to order Kindle Scribe or here to order the new basic Kindle. Follow the rebuilding efforts on Sanibel Island at MySanibel.com ### If you’d like brief updates on...
09.30.2022
TKC 698 Kevin Keith
Vice President - Amazon Devices Links Click here to order Kindle Scribe! Amazon press releases introducing Kindle Scribe, Halo Rise, and four new Echo devices plus upgrades to Echo Studio Audio. Kevin Keith on TKC 533...
09.13.2022
TKC 697 Kindle 11th Generation
Amazon’s New Kindle 11th Generation Links Click here to buy the new Kindle for $99.99 - ships October 12, 2022 Kevin Keith on TKC 533 October 19, 2018 - New Kindle Paperwhite! Steven King at launch of Kindle...
08.26.2022
2TKC19 Abdulrazak Gurnah
Author of Afterlives Photo (c) Mark Pringle Links The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 Nobel Lecture by Abdulrazak Gurnah Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel Prize in literature in 1954 for The Old Man and the Sea...
08.20.2022
2TKC18 Mark Cheverton
Author of the Gameknight999 Series Links Official Site of Minecraft Markcheverton.com The Art of War by Sun Tzu The Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan Wing Commander The Giant’s Giant by Mark Cheverton Fan Fiction page curated...
08.03.2022
2TKC17 Mohsin Hamid
Author of The Last White Man Photo by Jillian Edelstein Links Mohsin Hamid’s previous novels: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) Moth Smoke (2012) How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013) Exit West (2017) “Mohsin Hamid Is Working...
07.19.2022
2TKC16 Dean Koontz
Author of The Big Dark Sky Photo by Douglas Sonders Links Dean Koontz’s web site Other Thomas & Mercer novels by Dean Koontz: Devoted (March, 2020) Elsewhere (October, 2020) The Other Emily (March, 2021) Quicksilver (January, 2022) My YouTube...
07.09.2022
2TKC15 Bruce Holsinger
Author of The Displacements: A Novel Links Bruce Holsinger’s web site Other novels by Bruce Holsinger: A Burnable Book The Invention of Fire The Gifted School The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing by Mark...
06.17.2022
2TKC14 Annabel Monaghan
Author of Nora Goes Off Script Photo by Jo Bryan Photography Links Annabel Monaghan’s web site Publisher’s Weekly starred review of Nora Goes Off Script Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?: Thoughts for moms and other tired people...
06.05.2022
2TKC13 Clare Pooley
Author of Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting: A Novel Links Clare Pooley’s web page and Amazon Author Page Mummy Was a Secret Drinker (blog) The Sober Diaries: How One Woman Stopped Drinking and Started Living (2017) The Authenticity Project:...
04.26.2022
2TKC12 Michelle Huneven
Author of Search: A Novel Photo by Courtney Gregg Links Michelle Huneven’s web page “You’ve Been Fictionalized!” by Michelle Huneven at The Paris Review - December 26, 2014 “Michelle Huneven, back on course” by Kimberly French at...
04.20.2022
2TKC11 Colleen Hubbard
Author of Housebreaking Photo by Amaal Said Links Colleen Hubbard’s web page Publishers Weekly review of Housebreaking Housebreaking trailer (YouTube) Next Week’s Guest: Michelle Huneven, author of Search: A Novel, available for pre-order with release on April 26, 2022...
04.09.2022
2TKC10 Dana Souza
City Manager of Sanibel, Florida Links Sanibel web site “City of Sanibel Welcomes New City Manager Dana Souza” - November 16, 2021 Dana Souza at Linkedin The Sanibel Plan My interview with Judith Zimomra, the retired City...
04.01.2022
2TKC9 Kristin Ilardi
Penguin Random House Director of Satellite Media Links Penguin Random House The Love of My Life: A Novel by Rosie Walsh Search by Michelle Huneven - available for pre-order with release April 26, 2022 Housebreaking by Colleen Hubbard -...
02.26.2022
2TKC8 James McQuivey
Vice President and Director of Research at Forrester Links James McQuivey’s Forrester website Living Manly newsletter by James McQuivey Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche by Bruce Feirstein If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you...
01.15.2022
2TKC7 Lisa Gardner
Author of One Step Too Far Links Lisa Gardner’s website Book Tour Events for One Step Too Far Lisa Gardner’s author page at Amazon If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along...
01.01.2022
2TKC6 A G Riddle
Author of The Extinction Trials Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
11.19.2021
2TKC5 All-New Paperwhite 11th Generation
Paperwhite Gen 11 versus Oasis Links Paperwhite Gen 11 Paperwhite Signature Edition Paperwhite Kids Edition Kindle Oasis Wireless charging dock for Paperwhite Signature Edition If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along...
10.25.2021
2TKC4 Coffee with My Father
Notes from his 10th Decade Links The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt’s Chief of Staff by Phillips Payson O’Brien “China’s Hypersonic Wake-Up Call” by The Editorial Board at...
09.28.2021
2TKC3 Meet Astro!
This is a special "flash" episode of The Kindle Chronicles with my coverage of today's Amazon products and services event. The big news was that Astro, a home robot, is being offered for invite-only purchase later this year for...
09.18.2021
2TKC2 Darlene versus Kindle 5.13.7
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) If you’d like brief...
09.10.2021
2TKC1 Cynthia Bourgeault
Mystic, Episcopal Priest, and Author Links Cynthia Bourgeault’s website Books by Cynthia Wisdom Waypoints Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) Spiritual Gifts from the Imaginal Realm, an on-demand e-course available through Spirituality & Practice Eye of the...
07.24.2021
TKC 677 Virginia Milner
Principal Product Manager, Kindle Vella Interview starts at 13:45 and ends at 49:18 Note: I will be discussing my Virginia Milner interview Tuesday July 27th, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. (Please note: audio in the podcast incorrectly...
07.17.2021
TKC 676 Rob Drake
President of the Ocean Park Association Interview starts at 2:41 and ends at 47:17 Note: I will be discussing my Rob Drake interview Tuesday July 20th, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. (Please note change from usual scheduling...
07.10.2021
TKC 675 Jessica Chiarella
Author of The Lost Girls Interview starts at 2:27 and ends at 33:08 Photo by Joanne Chiarella Note: I will be discussing my Jessica Chiarella interview Monday July 12th, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are...
07.02.2021
TKC 674 Paul Doiron
Author of Dead by Dawn, (Mike Bowditch Mysteries Book 12) Interview starts at 6:30 and ends at 53:13 Photo by Mark Fleming Note: I will be discussing my Paul Doiron interview Monday July 5th, 2021, at 1 pm EDT...
06.26.2021
TKC 673 Ben Springwater
Co-founder of Matter Interview starts at 16:06 and ends at 56:21 Note: I will be discussing my Ben Springwater interview Monday June 28, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or...
06.19.2021
TKC 672 Michele Kimpton
Digital Public Library of America’s Director of Business Development & Senior Strategist Interview starts at 13:17 and ends at 46:40 Note: I will be discussing my Michele Kimpton interview Monday June 21, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse....
06.12.2021
TKC 671 Jaimal Yogis
Author of Mop Rides the Waves of Change Interview starts at 6:32 and ends at 44:46 Note: I will be discussing my Jaimal Yogis interview Monday June 14, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a...
06.05.2021
TKC 670 Lisa Unger
Author of House of Crows, a four-part Amazon Original Stories series Interview starts at 6:32 and ends at 44:46 Note: I will be discussing my Lisa Unger interview Monday June 7, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether...
05.29.2021
TKC 669 Paul Rudnick
Author of Playing the Palace Interview starts at 26:46 and ends at 51:31 Note: I will be discussing my Paul Rudnick interview Monday May 31, 2021 at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of...

What's The Kindle Chronicles about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Kindle Chronicles episodes:

TKC 718 Thought Partner at SXSW

TKC 717 Nyckle Sijtsma

TKC 716 Matt Gallagher

TKC 715 Dwight Garner

TKC 714 Neil deGrasse Tyson

TKC 713 Neil deGrasse Tyson Interview Lost in a Black Hole

TKC 712 Nick Fuller Googins

TKC 711 Amazon New Products Event

TKC 710 Andrew Ridker

TKC 709 Another Scribe Update

TKC 708 Kevin Kelly

TKC 707 Scribe Update

TKC 706 Kindle Scribe Update

TKC 705 Chris Bailey

TKC 704 James and the Scribe

TKC 703 Why I Love the Kindle Scribe

TKC 702 Kindle Scribe Review

TKC 701 Charles Kronbach

TKC 700 Day 1 in Seattle

TKC 699 Darlene's Next Kindle?

TKC 698 Kevin Keith

TKC 697 Kindle 11th Generation

2TKC19 Abdulrazak Gurnah

2TKC18 Mark Cheverton

2TKC17 Mohsin Hamid

2TKC16 Dean Koontz

2TKC15 Bruce Holsinger

2TKC14 Annabel Monaghan

2TKC13 Clare Pooley

2TKC12 Michelle Huneven

2TKC11 Colleen Hubbard

2TKC10 Dana Souza

2TKC9 Kristin Ilardi

2TKC8 James McQuivey

2TKC7 Lisa Gardner

2TKC6 A G Riddle

2TKC5 All-New Paperwhite 11th Generation

2TKC4 Coffee with My Father

2TKC3 Meet Astro!

2TKC2 Darlene versus Kindle 5.13.7

2TKC1 Cynthia Bourgeault

TKC 677 Virginia Milner

TKC 676 Rob Drake

TKC 675 Jessica Chiarella

TKC 674 Paul Doiron

TKC 673 Ben Springwater

TKC 672 Michele Kimpton

TKC 671 Jaimal Yogis

TKC 670 Lisa Unger

TKC 669 Paul Rudnick