The Kindle Chronicles

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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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January 9, 202651 min

TKC 730 Chris Bailey's New Book About Intentions

Via ChatGPT, a graphic illustrating the sleuth-like intestigations that resulted in Chris Bailey's new book, Intentional: How to Finish What You Start LINKS Intentional: How to Finish What You Start by Chris Bailey "There are just 12 basic values" by Chris Bailey - September 4, 2025 Core Values Test: If you click on this link you will be able to take the test, which takes about 12 minutes, for $25--a 50% discount. Thank you, Chris! Chris's three previous books: The Productivity Project (2016), Hyperfocus (2018), and How to Calm Your Mind (2022) My previous Kindle Chronicles interviews with Chris in 2021 and 2023 Time & Attention, Chris's podcast co-hosted with his wife, Ardyn Nordstrom "The Book I've Been Waiting to Write for 15 Years" by Tiago Forte - November 11, 2025 Getting Things Done by David Allen

December 10, 202523 min

TKC729 Kindle Scribe Colorsoft Release Today

The New Colorsoft, with Sophie and Darlene's sister Gail Links Click here for today's release of three new Kindle Scribe tablets, including the amazing Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, which Darlene's sister Gail talked about with me for today's episode. Click here for the 15-minute video I uploaded to YouTube about the Scribe Colorsoft. I focused on what it will mean for my decades-long journaling practice.

October 1, 202559 min

TKC 728 Amazon Devices Event in NYC

Panos Panay, SVP Devices & Services at Amazon Links Coverage of today's media event in NYC: About Amazon "Amazon Finally Did the Damn Hardware Right" by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy at The Verge "The 5 Hottest AI Features from Amazon's September Hardware Reveal" by Eric Hal Schwartz at Techradar "Everything Amazon Announced Today at Its Fall Hardware Event" by Julian Chokkattu at Wired Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

July 20, 202535 min

TKC 727 Anna Fitzgerald Healy

Author of Etiquette for Lovers and Killers Photo © Chris Doody Links Anna Fitzgerald Healy's website The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette: 50th Anniversary Edition "The Vampire Facial" by Anna Fitzgerald Healy, reprinted in Dark Matter Magazine Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Audiobook preview for Etiquette for Lovers and Killers (YouTube) Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Wood Island Lighthouse Amazon page for Alexa+ "More Than a Million People Now Have Alexa Plus" by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy at The Verge - June 10, 2025 To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter, Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

March 4, 202547 min

TKC 725 Doug Fleener

Author of The Day Makes the Year Links The Day Makes the Year (Makes a Life): Transform Your Work and Life with One-Day Success by Doug Fleener Doug's web site See You at the Top: 25th Anniversary Edition by Zig Ziglar The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage by Richard Rohr To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter, Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

February 27, 2025Episode 72450 min

TKC 724 Meet Alexa+

Kindle Chronicles staff at Alexa+ Event in NYC Links Alexa+ The Outsiders "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost Meet the New Alexa To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter, Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

February 11, 2025Episode 72346 min

TKC 723 Deb Miller Landau

Author of A Devil Went Down to Georgia Photo by Matt H. King Links A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton by Deb Miller Landau Deb Miller Landau's web site Simon & Schuster page "29 Best True Crime Books That'll Make You Want to Sleep with the Lights on" (Oprah Daily) - August 28, 2024 YouTube Interviews with Deb Miller Landau: KATU Lifestyle, Georgia Center for the Book, Once Upon a Crime Podcast To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter, Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

February 2, 202549 min

TKC 722 James McQuivey

Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research Links James McQuivey's Forrester Research page ChatGPT How to create custom GPT's (YouTube) Delphi AI Clone Grok by xAI NotebookLM Humane AI Pin Rabbit R1 Claude by Anthropic Apple Vision Pro Apple Vision Pro on eBay Meta Quest 3 headset Palm Pilot (Wikipedia) To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter, Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

January 5, 2025Episode 72137 min

TKC 721 Sue Erhart

Author of Lose Your Critic for Good: A Step-by-Step Process for Reclaiming Your Spirit Links Lose Your Critic for Good at Amazon (available for pre-order with release on January 14, 2025) Practical Spirituality, Sue Erhart's blog Sue's Practical Spirituality Podcast and Courses 1:1 Coaching with Sue Valeria Teles's interview with Sue at Fit for Joy (YouTube) - December 26, 2025 Sue's interview with Lacey Jones on the Elevate the Individual podcast - September 28, 2025 Click here for YouTube version of this interview To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter, Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

October 16, 2024Episode 7201 hr 7 min

TKC 720 Four New Kindles

New Kindle Colorsoft, Scribe, Paperwhite 12th Gen, and Basic I will post this special episode of The Kindle Chronicles Tuesday October 16, 2024 at 9 a.m. EDT, when the embargo lifts on yesterday's Amazon briefing here in New York City. Later I will update this page with links. The big news is, at long last, a color Kindle. It is available for pre-order today for $279.99 with delivery October 30th. There is also a new Kindle Scribe, available for pre-order today for $399.99 with delivery December 4th. It has some cool new annotation features and Generative AI smarts. The "all-new" Paperwhite and basic Kindle are available for shipment today. Those changes are incremental but not trivial. I'm glad to see Amazon's new head of devices and services, Panos Panay, is all in for the Kindle!