Apr 13, 2018
Creator of the Kindle Classroom Project
Interview starts at 15:29 and ends at 43:19
“I don’t think that the Kindle makes reading any more fun, but a lot of students--especially 9th Grade boys who have been turned off of reading, they get a Kindle, and the Number One thing that they do is they bump up that text size,...
Dec 23, 2017
Doubledecker Bus Driver in London
Interview starts at 11:20 and ends at 39:30
“The [Fire HD] 8 will be my Kindle that travels with me. I take it to work. We’re not allowed to have them in the cab for fairly good reasons. They don’t want anything that will distract you from the job of driving.”
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Dec 16, 2017
Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research
Interview starts at 9:06 and ends at 43:24
“I think Amazon feels pretty confident that they could attack any business they want, and the incumbents will spend four or five years resisting before they realize that they have no choice. Whereas a little...
Dec 2, 2017
CEO of Score Publishing, producer of Digital Book World 2018
Interview starts at 15:44 and ends at 43:43
“The Echo Show is an incredible glimpse into the future, because the future is going to be words come out of your mouth, and that’s how you engage the computer rather than typing on a QWERTY keyboard or moving...
Aug 18, 2017
Co-founder and CEO of ComiXology
Interview starts at 9:40 and ends at 38:47
“When we made the business plan 10 years ago--it’s hard to remember this, but iPhones didn’t exist. None of us had any idea we were going to be heading into this world of carrying big pieces of glass around in our pockets or in our bags...
