The Kindle Chronicles is a podcast focused on—as you might expect from the show title—the Kindle. Host Len Edgerly describes himself as “an enthusiastic early adopter of the Kindle” and has been running the show himself since 2008.
I’m delighted to count myself among one of his guests, on Episode 390. One of the issues we talk about is whether Amazon is good or bad, but our conversation is wide-ranging and at times personal.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
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