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 proactive customer obsession on the part of any of those companies could probably make it so that Amazon decides to go elsewhere.”
News
“Kindle will evolve new forms of online literature: Sanjeev Jha, Director of Kindle Content India” by Rahul Sachitanand at The Economic times - December 10, 2017
Amazon announces expansion of Prime free same- and one-day shipping in time for Christmas (press release) - December 13, 2017
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“Amazon to start selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast” by Ben Fox Rubin at CNET - December 14, 2017
Tech Tip
“Amazon Alexa can now wake you up with music” by Sarah Perez at TechCrunch - December 11, 2017
Interview with James McQuivey
“Amazon Brings a Knife to a Mud Fight” at The Reading Edge - February 1, 2010
The Stormlight Archive Book Series (including The Way of Kings) by Brandon Sanderson
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
Content
“2017 This Year in Books” - Amazon’s information from Charts
Next Week’s Guest
Longtime London listener Mark Jarvis
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