Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group Interview starts at 5:19 and ends at 36:00 “With respect to blockchain, there’s an opportunity to--I wouldn’t necessarily say disrupt--but to create an alternative to the closed ecosystems that Amazon has with Kindle and that other online platforms have and to provide peer-to-peer trading as well as easier e-commerce networks for publishers. It might be a pipe dream, and it might be that Amazon beats us to the punch and creates something that works on blockchain but is more effective for the consumer.” News All-new Fire HD 8 tablet with hands-free Alexa Tech Tip Alexa and Cortana demo Here's How to Use Cortana with Alexa (and Vice Versa) To use Cortana on an Echo device: Open the Alexa app. You can log into your Amazon account here, or create one for free. Enable the Cortana Alexa skill. ... To Use Alexa on a Cortana device: Open Cortana. ... Say "Hey Cortana, open Alexa." Interview with Brian O’Leary Book Industry Study Group Author Earnings Digital Book World in Nashville October 2-4, 2018 Blockchain panel (YouTube) at BookNet Canada - March 23, 2018 Open Publication Distribution Service Len Vlahos of the Tattered Cover Bookstore on TKC 467 - July 14, 2017 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.