The Kindle Chronicles

Director of Business Development at BookBub   Interview starts at 5:64 and ends at 16:18   BookBub definitely got off the ground with self-published authors. They’re often the first people in the industry to experiment with a new marketing channel, and they were much more comfortable discounting their books four years ago than a lot of traditional publishers were. Over the course of the past four years we’ve started working with all the major publishers, and we’ve gotten to the point where it’s fifty-fifty. We’ve actually maintained that breakdown for a while now, and we’re very comfortable with it.   News “Amazon’s Third Bookstore Will Be in Portland” by Leena Rao at Fortune - June 15, 2016   Interviews at BookExpo America   Katie Donelan, Director of Business Development at BookBub (5:64 to 16:18)      “Introducing BookBub New Release Alerts” at BookBub blog - January 4, 2016      BookGorilla   David Hemphill, publisher of Coralstone Press (16:54 to 24:26)      The Good Dog by Todd Kessler, illustrated by Jennifer Gray Olsen      Blue’s Clues on Nikolodeon (Amazon Prime Instant Video)   Christina York, co-founder and CEO of Spellbound (24:46 to 29:26)      “Spellbound uses augmented reality to turn children’s books into digital pop-up books” by Chris Meadows at TeleRead - May 12, 2016   Scott Dikkers, founder of The Onion (29:27 to 39:53)      Trump’s America: The Complete Loser’s Guide by Scott Dikkers - available in Kindle, paperback, and audio formats      The Comedy Insider Podcast, a serious conversation about comedy - hosted by Scott Dikkers (See Episode 13 for the Andy Borowitz interview)      Micro Publishing Media   Tech Tip “Kindle firmware v5.8.1: It’s all about dots and sharing” by Chris Meadows at TeleRead - June 16, 2016   Content Buzz Books 2016 (free) “Five Curious Ways to Find New Books to Read” by Mihir Patkar at MakeUseOf - June 14, 2016   Next Week’s Guest Jane Friedman, chairman of Open Road Media   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 Persepctive" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD.    Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!