{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"TKC 435 Cynthia Manson","description":"Head of Cynthia Manson Literary Agency Interview \u202astarts at 14:30 and ends at 41:06 &quot;The trick is that if you have an author that is struggling to find that audience, to find that readership--Alan [Russell] is a perfect example, because he always got wonderful reviews, is a fantastic writer, still has a great relationship with his former editor at St. Martins, but there was always a struggle to find that readership. Amazon [Publishing]&amp;nbsp;was able to do that through their own algorithms and their own customized ways of doing e-mails and finding those readers. I do think it\u2019s just a different technique. Probably authors like Lee Child wouldn\u2019t necessarily benefit from that, because we know that Lee Child is a major bestseller with Random House. He knows&amp;nbsp;who his readers are.&quot; News \u201cReducing Friction on Mobile,\u201d a&amp;nbsp;Manifesto 2016 talk by Kintan Brahmbhatt, Director of Prodcut &amp;amp; Program Management for Amazon Prime Music\u201d (video) - April 8, 2016  \u201cAmazon Plans Premium Alexa Speaker With Large Screen\u201d by Mark Gurman at Bloomberg - November 29, 2016  \u201cAmazon Wants Alexa to Take Control of Your Smart Home\u201d by Greg Bensinger at The Wall Street Journal - May 17, 2016  \u201cAlexa, Tell Me Where You\u2019re Going Next\u201d by Steven Levy at Backchannel - November 30, 2016 Amazon  press release on holiday shopping weekend record - November 29, 2016 Tech Tip Check here for all&amp;nbsp;Kindle and Fire&amp;nbsp;software updates Software&amp;nbsp;Update 5.8.7&amp;nbsp;for Kindle Oasis (8th Generation), Kindle (8th Generation), Kindle (7th Generation),&amp;nbsp;Kindle Voyage (7th Generation), and Kindle Paperwhite (7th Generation), Paperwhite (6th Generation)  \u201cKindles finally get all-text bold\u201d by David Rothman at TeleRead - December 1, 2016 Interview with Cynthia Manson Sterling Lord&amp;nbsp; Books by Naomi Novik Kindle Direct Publishing Thomas &amp;amp; Mercer&amp;nbsp;books at Amazon.com Arctic Fire by Stephen Frey Red Cell (3 Book Series) by Stephen Frey Books by Alan Russell Books by Robert Masello Content Aubrey\/Maturin Novels (21 Book Series) by Patrick O\u2019Brien, beginning with Master and Commander - &amp;nbsp;$199.27 on Kindle Master and Commander by Patrick O\u2019Brien - $1.99 on Kindle Comments  \u201cAuthor Ian McEwan: \u2018Very few novels earn their length\u2019\u201d by Keith Perry at The Telegraph - September 1, 2014 Next Week\u2019s Guest Bryan Hudson, senior&amp;nbsp;pastor of New Covenant Church in Indianapolis Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named &quot;Well, You Needn't.&quot; This version is &quot;Ra-Monk&quot; by Eval Manigat on the&amp;nbsp;&quot;Variations in Time: A Jazz  Perspective&quot; CD by Public Transit Recording&quot;&amp;nbsp;CD.&amp;nbsp; Please Join the&amp;nbsp;Kindle Chronicles group&amp;nbsp;at Goodreads! &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Kindle Chronicles","author_url":"https:\/\/thekindlechronicles.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4882397\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/4882397"}