Nov 22, 2018
Vice Principal and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research
Interview starts at 2:28 and ends at 38:32
“Nobody can see the future, but what we can see from the past is that it unfolds according to certain properties. What [Virginia Postrel, author of The Future and Its Enemies] wrote that was so compelling was that...
Nov 17, 2018
Amazon Books Senior Editor
Interview starts at 12:44 and ends at 39:11
“We often talk about accessibility. We start there. We talk about quality of writing. The story is important, obviously. Maybe the thing that gets you over the line is your visceral reaction to the book. How much are you willing to argue for it?...
Nov 10, 2018
Author of the Breakthrough series
Interview starts at 9:36 and ends at 40:28
News
Amazon to split HQ2 between two cities (Wall Street Journal)
Amazon announces free shipping with no minimum purchase for the holidays
My video of a dunk test for the all-new Kindle Paperwhite plus Darlene’s comments
Interview with
Nov 2, 2018
Vice President, Macmillan Podcasts & QDT
Interview starts at 9:43 and ends at 40:01
“We can think of podcasting as an entry point to audiobooks. They are less of a commitment, they are free, they can actually give you great insights into book discovery. Podcasts can move at a more rapid pace.”
News
Oct 26, 2018
Site Reliability Engineering Lead at Shopify
Interview starts at 10:07 and ends at 43:36
“If someone were to come around with some hardware that was even 50 percent worse than the Kindle but was opened up for easy highlight consumption, making it easier to see what highlights my friends have done, and all these sorts...
