Interview starts at 10:46 and ends at 44:02

If people were evolving away from reading long-form reading, we would not have series. But right now people will say, “Oh yes, that’s great. It’s a 200-page book, but I want a thousand pages about this character. So I think you can make an argument that people are more into long-form reading that they were in the past.

“Mall CEO claims Amazon Books will open up to 400 physical storefronts” by Sam Machkovech at ars technica - February 2, 2016

“Amazon Plans Hundreds of Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores, Mall CEO Says” by Greg Bensinger at The Wall Street Journal - February 2, 2016

Business Insider photos of Amazon’s Seattle Book Store - February 3, 2016

“Unsubstantiated Rumor: Amazon to Open as Many as 400 Bookstores” by Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader - February 2, 2016

Woody Allen interview in May, 2015 in which he whines about Amazon deal

 

“Amazon’s Echo speaker can finally order you an Uber” at The Verge - February 5, 2016

“Amazon’s Kindle e-readers are getting a big software update soon” by Sam Byford at The Verge - February 3, 2016

5.7.2 Software update pages at Amazon.com for Kindle Voyage, Paperwhite (6th Generation), and Kindle

I Love My Kindle blog

I Love My Kindle blog subscription for Kindle - 99 cents a month

The Measured Circle blog by Bufo Calvin

“How an e-book is like a treadmill at the gym” by Bufo Calvin

Winter Men by Jesper Bugge Kold, an AmazonCrossing translation into English. Available as a free advance download for Prime members through Kindle First if you have not already downloaded a Kindle First book for February.

 

Len Vlahos, new owner of The Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver