Tag Archives: Steven Pressfield

TKC 162 Steven Pressfield

News – 1) A former Kindle customer service rep tells all in a fascinating thread at Reddit. Key takeaway: Be nice to the reps and don’t be shy about asking for a replacement Kindle. (Thanks to Nick Todd for alerting me to this one!) 2) TechCrunch’s MG Siegler has held one in his hands and [...]

TKC 160 Steven Lewis

News – 1) Amazon releases its impressive Kindle Cloud Reader, with audio from Cali Lewis and a review by Jason Snell. 2) Timothy Ferriss signs a deal to publish his next blockbuster, The 4-Hour Chef, with Amazon’s upstart New York publishing arm, as reported by The New York Times. 3) Take that, you Kindle spammers! [...]

TKC 145 T. J. Waters

Interview – Author T.J. Waters has created an answer to his own question, one which I bet some of you have asked yourselves: “How come the tech world can put a man on the moon and I can’t sign an eBook?” His solution is Autography LLC, which will debut at BookExpo America its system for [...]

TKC 143 Steven Pressfield

Interview – Steven Pressfield, the bestselling author of The Legend of Bagger Vance and six military history novels, published The War of Art: Break Through Your Blocks & Win Your Creative Inner Battles nine years ago.  Since then he has continued to write about overcoming resistance to creativity in the “Writing Wednesdays” column of his [...]

TKC 142 James McQuivey

Interview (Starts at 3:08) – I spoke with James McQuivey, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, by Skype today (April 8, 2011) by Skype, about all things e-book and tablet in 2011.  As usual, he offers clear insights into trends shaping the e-book revolution. News – J.K. Rowling’s spokesman tells The Scotsman that [...]