The Kindle Chronicles

With Kevin Keith in 2022 at the launch of Kindle Scribe Links Note: I will add links to new Kindles as soon as I can after the news embargo lifts at 9 am ET. You may find the updated Kindle info yourself by clicking here. Kevin Keith (Linkedin) Amazon Kindle Livescribe Kindle "Ask This Book" and "Recap" features "Goodbye to the Amazon Kindle Oasis" by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - February 21, 2024 Amazon introduces a completely redesigned Kindle family (Amazon, Oct. 1, 2026) My earlier conversations with Kevin Keith: TKC 500 and TKC 698 "The inside story of how the Kindle was born" (About Amazon) "The Kindle Oasis will be discontinued as Amazon says goodbye to page-turn buttons" (Engadget, October 2024) Kindle Scribe AI features, including Refine writing (About Amazon) Why Amazon named a building "Fiona" (About Amazon) Meet the Host of The Kindle Chronicles Podcast video (Amazon News) - 2023  

Via ChatGPT, a graphic illustrating the sleuth-like intestigations that resulted in Chris Bailey's new book, Intentional: How to Finish What You Start LINKS Intentional: How to Finish What You Start by Chris Bailey "There are just 12 basic values" by Chris Bailey - September 4, 2025 Core Values Test: If you click on this link you will be able to take the test, which takes about 12 minutes, for $25--a 50% discount. Thank you, Chris! Chris's three previous books: The Productivity Project (2016), Hyperfocus (2018), and How to Calm Your Mind (2022) My previous Kindle Chronicles interviews with Chris in 2021 and 2023 Time & Attention, Chris's podcast co-hosted with his wife, Ardyn Nordstrom "The Book I've Been Waiting to Write for 15 Years" by Tiago Forte - November 11, 2025 Getting Things Done by David Allen

                  The New Colorsoft, with Sophie and Darlene's sister Gail Links Click here for today's release of three new Kindle Scribe tablets, including the amazing Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, which Darlene's sister Gail talked about with me for today's episode. Click here for the 15-minute video I uploaded to YouTube about the Scribe Colorsoft. I focused on what it will mean for my decades-long journaling practice.   

                                                     Panos Panay, SVP Devices & Services at Amazon Links Coverage of today's media event in NYC: About Amazon "Amazon Finally Did the Damn Hardware Right" by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy at The Verge "The 5 Hottest AI Features from Amazon's September Hardware Reveal" by Eric Hal Schwartz at Techradar "Everything Amazon Announced Today at Its Fall Hardware Event" by Julian Chokkattu at Wired Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of Etiquette for Lovers and Killers Photo © Chris Doody Links Anna Fitzgerald Healy's website The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette: 50th Anniversary Edition "The Vampire Facial" by Anna Fitzgerald Healy, reprinted in Dark Matter Magazine Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Audiobook preview for Etiquette for Lovers and Killers (YouTube) Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Wood Island Lighthouse Amazon page for Alexa+ "More Than a Million People Now Have Alexa Plus" by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy at The Verge - June 10, 2025 To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter,  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Author of The Day Makes the Year Links The Day Makes the Year (Makes a Life): Transform Your Work and Life with One-Day Success by Doug Fleener Doug's web site See You at the Top: 25th Anniversary Edition by Zig Ziglar The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage by Richard Rohr To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter,  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

                                                               Kindle Chronicles staff at Alexa+ Event in NYC Links Alexa+ The Outsiders "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost Meet the New Alexa To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter,  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

                                                              Author of A Devil Went Down to Georgia                                                           Photo by Matt H. King Links A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton by Deb Miller Landau Deb Miller Landau's web site Simon & Schuster page "29 Best True Crime Books That'll Make You Want to Sleep with the Lights on" (Oprah Daily) - August 28, 2024 YouTube Interviews with Deb Miller Landau: KATU Lifestyle, Georgia Center for the Book, Once Upon a Crime Podcast To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter,  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

                                                  Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research Links James McQuivey's Forrester Research page ChatGPT How to create custom GPT's (YouTube) Delphi AI Clone Grok by xAI NotebookLM Humane AI Pin Rabbit R1 Claude by Anthropic Apple Vision Pro Apple Vision Pro on eBay Meta Quest 3 headset Palm Pilot (Wikipedia) To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter,  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

                                 Author of Lose Your Critic for Good: A Step-by-Step Process for Reclaiming Your Spirit Links Lose Your Critic for Good at Amazon (available for pre-order with release on January 14, 2025) Practical Spirituality, Sue Erhart's blog Sue's Practical Spirituality Podcast and Courses 1:1 Coaching with Sue Valeria Teles's interview with Sue at Fit for Joy (YouTube) - December 26, 2025 Sue's interview with Lacey Jones on the Elevate the Individual podcast - September 28, 2025 Click here for YouTube version of this interview To hear my Morning Journal flash briefing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, say, "Alexa, enable Morning Journal." Then each morning say, "Alexa, flash." I also include the Morning Journal audio files on those same days at my Substack Newsletter,  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.