Interview starts at 18:58 and ends at 43:28

 

There are a lot of very serious readers at Amazon, and honestly I think that that’s something that is not understood. They don’t all work on the editorial team vetting books for Best of the Month, but we did and I assume they still are using a lot of readers from the rest of the company who are not technically on the editorial team but who are passionate about reading and who read a lot. There were some really wonderful readers and reviewers that we cherry-picked from around the company. Book love is very much alive at Amazon.

Om Malik on This Week in Tech - August 7, 2016

Wal-Mart press release on purchase of Jet.com - August 8, 2016

Om Malik’s web site

“The best reason for reading? Book lovers live longer, scientists say” by Amy Ellis Nutt at The Washington Post - August 9, 2016

 

“Sara Nelson Heading to HarperCollins” by Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly - June 28, 2016

HarperCollins press release announcing Sara Nelson’s hiring - June 28, 2016

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

Commonwealth: A Novel by Ann Patchet - available for pre-order with delivery September 13, 2016

Moonglow: A Novel by Michael Chabon - available for pre-order with delivery November 22, 2016

Behold the Dreamers: A Novel by Imbolo MBUE - available for pre-order with delivery August 23, 2013

The Phil Hendrie Show

YouTube video of Phil Hendrie recording his podcast - February 10, 2015

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

 

Jessica Tripler, author of “Why Romance Readers Love Digital Books” at BookRiot - August 11, 2011

 

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. 

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