Chief Marketing Officer at Open Road Integrated Media Interview starts at 9:51 and ends at 38:35 “I do think we’re unusual in that we consistently continue to market these books day in and day out for many years. I think that’s the benefit we bring to our partners in the Open Road Ignition program, that we are taking those eBooks that they don’t have time or resources to market in an ongoing way and doing it on their behalf.” News “Amazon, to Win in Booming Rural India, Reinvents Itself” by Eric Bellman at The Wall Street Journal - December 31, 2018 Russ Grandinetti interviewed for Amazon’s Day One Blog - November 14, 2017 “Hiring for Amazon’s Alexa team massively outpaces that of Apple’s Siri” by James Mattone at Thinknum - January 3, 2019 “Alexa, what’s a screen pass? Amazon speaker can teach football to casual NFL fans” by Edward C. Baig at USA Today - January 3, 2019 Tech Tip Alexa voice commands for Hulu Interview with Mary McAveney Open Road Integrated Media “New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out” by Alexandra Alter at The New York Times - December 29, 2018 Cane: A Library of America eBook Classic by Jean Toomer ($9.99 on Kindle) Content “The 50 Best TV Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now” at Paste - January 3, 2019 Comments 2019 Goodreads challenge The Autobiography of Mark Twain: Deluxe Modern Classic Echo Spot - $130 at Amazon.com Next Week’s Guest Dave Addey, author of Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies 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! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.