Head of Cynthia Manson Literary Agency Interview ‪starts at 14:30 and ends at 41:06 "The trick is that if you have an author that is struggling to find that audience, to find that readership--Alan [Russell] is a perfect example, because he always got wonderful reviews, is a fantastic writer, still has a great relationship with his former editor at St. Martins, but there was always a struggle to find that readership. Amazon [Publishing] was able to do that through their own algorithms and their own customized ways of doing e-mails and finding those readers. I do think it’s just a different technique. Probably authors like Lee Child wouldn’t necessarily benefit from that, because we know that Lee Child is a major bestseller with Random House. He knows who his readers are." News “Reducing Friction on Mobile,” a Manifesto 2016 talk by Kintan Brahmbhatt, Director of Prodcut & Program Management for Amazon Prime Music” (video) - April 8, 2016 “Amazon Plans Premium Alexa Speaker With Large Screen” by Mark Gurman at Bloomberg - November 29, 2016 “Amazon Wants Alexa to Take Control of Your Smart Home” by Greg Bensinger at The Wall Street Journal - May 17, 2016 “Alexa, Tell Me Where You’re Going Next” by Steven Levy at Backchannel - November 30, 2016 Amazon press release on holiday shopping weekend record - November 29, 2016 Tech Tip Check here for all Kindle and Fire software updates Software Update 5.8.7 for Kindle Oasis (8th Generation), Kindle (8th Generation), Kindle (7th Generation), Kindle Voyage (7th Generation), and Kindle Paperwhite (7th Generation), Paperwhite (6th Generation) “Kindles finally get all-text bold” by David Rothman at TeleRead - December 1, 2016 Interview with Cynthia Manson Sterling Lord  Books by Naomi Novik Kindle Direct Publishing Thomas & Mercer books at Amazon.com Arctic Fire by Stephen Frey Red Cell (3 Book Series) by Stephen Frey Books by Alan Russell Books by Robert Masello Content Aubrey/Maturin Novels (21 Book Series) by Patrick O’Brien, beginning with Master and Commander -  $199.27 on Kindle Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brien - $1.99 on Kindle Comments “Author Ian McEwan: ‘Very few novels earn their length’” by Keith Perry at The Telegraph - September 1, 2014 Next Week’s Guest Bryan Hudson, senior pastor of New Covenant Church in Indianapolis 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!