The Kindle Chronicles

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 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

Lisa Unger's home page

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Red Hunter and Crazy Love You by Lisa Unger

Dark Corners, an Amazon Original Stories collection including "The Sleep Tight Motel" by Lisa Unger

Hush, an Amazon Original Stories collection including "Let Her Be" by Lisa Unger

Nameless by Dean Koontz: A Killer Serial (Season 1) and The Killer Finale (Season 2--available for preorder with release starting on June 10, 2021)

Confessions on the 7:45: A Novel by Lisa Unger (2020)

Available for pre-order with release on October 5, 2021: The Last Girl Ghosted: A Novel by Lisa Unger

Next Week's Guest

Jaimal Yogis, author of Mop Rides the Waves of Change: A Mop Rides Story available for pre-order with release on July 13, 2021

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.

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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 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

Matter, a social reading app currently in private beta on iOS

"The Institutional Yes" by Julia Kirby and Thomas A. Stewart at Harvard Business Review - October, 2007 (An revealing interview with Jeff Bezos)

"Amazon's future beyond Jeff Bezos" at The Economist - May 22, 2021

"D.C. attorney general brings antitrust lawsuit against Amazon" by Cat Zakrzewski and Rachel Lerman at The Washington Post - May 25, 2021

Amazon and MGM press release - May 26, 2021

"Ereader screens are about to get a big upgrade" by Sharmista Sarkar at Techradar - May 25, 2021

"Amazon looking at opening pharmacy stores in U.S." at Reuters - May 26, 2021

Next Week's Guest

Lisa Unger, author of House of Crows, a four-part Amazon Original Stories series released on May 27, 2021

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 "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of Pandemic and other thrillers

Interview starts at 16:27 and ends at 49:33

Note: I will be discussing my Gerry Riddle interview Monday May 24, 2021 at 1 pm EDT 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

"Amazon Publishing, DPLA Ink Deal to Lend E-books in Libraries" by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - May 18, 2021

"Amazon will distribute ebooks to public libraries" by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - May 19, 2021

Digital Public Library of America press release - May 18, 2021

DPLA Exchange

SimplyE library E-Reader app for iOS and Android

"Amazon Prime Day 2021: These are the deals we think you'll see" by Russell Holly at CNET - May 21, 2021

Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen) at Amazon.com

Novels by A. G. Riddle

Next Week's Guest

Paul Rudnick, author of Playing the Palace, available for pre-order with release on May 25, 2021

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 "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire

Interview starts at 2:00 and ends at 34:00

Note: I will be discussing my Brad Stone interview Monday May 17, 2021 at 1 pm EDT 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

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone (2013)

The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World by Brad Stone (2017)

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on the David Rubenstein Show (YouTube)- September 19, 2018

Steve Jobs: A Biography by Walter Isaacson

Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that changed Everything by Steven Levy

Next Week's Guest

A.G. Riddle, author of Pandemic and other science-based thrillers

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 "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of The Last Green Valley

Interview starts at 6:34 and ends at 49:20

Note: I will be discussing my Mark Sullivan interview Monday May 9, 2021 at 1 pm EDT 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

"Amazon Partners with Tile to take on Apple AirTags" by Jon Fortt and Fahiemah Al-Ali at CNBC - May 7, 2021

Kevin Kelly recommends Push to Kindle on Recomendo - $2/month on patreon gets uo 100 credits a month to use with Push to Kindle. 20 credits are apparently free each month.

Mark Sullivan's web page

Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel by Mark Sullivan

Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, MT

Sleeping Bear: A Thriller by Connor Sullivan (Mark's son) - available for preorder with release on July 6, 2021. James Patterson's blurb for the book: "Sleeping Bear is one of the very best thrillers you'll read this year. It's one of those rare novels that keeps getting better and better and better. Remember the author's name—Connor Sullivan."

"Amazon Unbound: Brad Stone on Amazon and Jeff Bezos" - Clubhouse event hosted by Steven Levy on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 8:30 Pm (EDT)

Next Week's Guest

Brad Stone, author of Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire - available for pre-order with release May 11, 2021

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.

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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, Curtis Sittenfeld, Yiyun Li, Tom Perrotta, Cristina Henríquez
• Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman
• Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes) by Mindy Kaling
• YOU ARE READY FOR TAKEOFF by Susan Orlean
• Take the Lead by Jessica Simpson
• HUSH (a collection) with some of today's most popular and award-winning crime writers including Lisa Unger
• The Viking Hondbók: Eat, Dress, and Fight Like a Warrior by Kjertsi Egerdahl

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 "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

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, 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 "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

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

Amazon Publishing is celebrating World Book Day by offering 10 Kindle books from around the world for FREE. Deal ends at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 24, 2021. Check it out!

Next Week's Guest

James McQuivey, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester

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.

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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! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show.

Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

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 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 "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.