The Elitzr.com eBook Podcast

Episodes

1. 19

   Elitzr 17: Henrik Berggren of Readmill

   (http://elitzr.com/wp-content/uploads/henrik-150x150.jpg)Our newest podcast is a conversation with Henrik Berggren, the cofounder and CEO of Readmill. Readmill is a social reading startup creating a platform for sharing, annotation and in-book conversatio

   Dec 20, 2011

   28m
2. 18

   Elitzr #16: Hugh McGuire

   (http://elitzr.com/wp-content/uploads/hugh-dan-glasses-long-1024x467-150x150.jpg)We're back! After a little time off, we have some new shows in the hopper, and the first of these is my discussion with Hugh McGuire of PressBooks.Many of you know Hugh from

   Dec 12, 2011

   29m
3. 17

   Elitzr #15: Richard Nash

   This week's podcast is a must listen for anyone who wants to know where the future of indie and digital publishing is headed. Â I talk to Richard Nash, longtime pioneer in the world of indie publishing from his time with Softskull, and more recently with

   Jul 26, 2011

   43m
4. 16

   Elitzr #14: Goodreads’ Otis Chandler

   This week's podcast in an interview with Otis Chandler, the founder of Goodreads, the 5 million user social reading network. Â My conversation with Otis covered alot of ground:* Social reading: since Goodreads is really the leader today in what I would ca

   Jun 29, 2011

   24m
5. 15

   Elitzr #13: Mark Coker

   This week I catch up with Mark Coker, the CEO of Smashwords. Mark, who has been a guest on the podcast before, gives up an update on the latest from Smashwords in the month of its three year anniversary, as well as where he sees the company going. We also

   Jun 21, 2011

   46m
6. 14

   Elitzr #12: Booklending.com

   One of the early shortcomings of e-books was that it was hard to lend an e-book to a friend. After all, reading is social, and the most fundamentally social thing we do with books is share them. If we couldn't share our e-books, digital reading would alw

   Jun 15, 2011

   25m
7. 13

   Elitzr #11: 24 Symbols

   (http://elitzr.com/wp-content/uploads/24symbols-150x150.png)Back after a long layoff, this week's Elitzr podcast features a conversation with Justo Hidalgo, cofounder of a startup out of Spain called 24 Symbols. I wrote about 24 Symbols a little while bac

   Jun 5, 2011

   30m
8. 12

   Elitzr Podcast #10: Alex Ljung of Soundcloud

   This week I talk to Alex Ljung, CEO of Soundcloud. Â Just as the world of e-books is rapidly evolving due to democratizing platforms such as Smashwords, Scribd and Amazon, music is experiencing disruption anew more than a decade after being the first medi

   Apr 11, 2011

   22m
9. 11

   Elitzr #9: Robin Sloan

   This week I talk to Robin Sloan, author, long-time blogger and employee of Twitter where he works as part of the media partnership team.I knew Robin from a panel we participated on at the NewTeeVee Live conference last fall on the intersection between soc

   Mar 28, 2011

   27m
10. 10

    Elitzr Podcast #8: Angela James

    This week's podcast features Angela James, Executive Editor for Carina Press, the digital-first imprint that was launched by Harlequin in June of 2010. Â Angela has an interesting perspective on the evolving e-book and digital publishing market since she'

    Mar 21, 2011

    39m
11. 9

    Podcast #7: Nathan Bransford

    This week I talk with Nathan Bransford, well-known blogger (http://nathanbransford.com/), former agent and social media guru for CNET.I met Nathan last year at a future of publishing panel and webcast I put on for GigaOM. I enjoyed my time with Nathan an

    Mar 11, 2011

    20m
12. 8

    Elitzr Podcast #6: Seth Godin

    This week's podcast features Seth Godin, long-time author-entreprenuer. Â Godin has been pushing the digital publishing envelope for a decade - ever since he released Unleashing The Ideavirus for free on the Internet in 2000 - so naturally I was happy to

    Mar 2, 2011

    21m
13. 7

    Elitzr Podcast #5: Lisa Lutz

    (http://elitzr.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture-126-150x150.png)This week's podcast is a good one, as I interview Lisa Lutz, the author behind the popular Spellman mystery series.I met Lisa at Boucheron last October at a bizarre Lee Child party which ended

    Feb 22, 2011

    45m
14. 6

    Elitzr.com Podcast #4: Robert Pratten and Simon Wood

    After a long absence, the Elitzr podcast is back this week as I interview transmedia pioneer Robert Pratten and mystery author Simon Wood, the two creative forces behind Lowlifes.tv (http://www.lowlifes.tv).The call was a good one. I'm able to ask Robert

    Feb 16, 2011

    46m
15. 5

    Elitzr Podcast #3: Brad Inman, CEO of Vook

    Today's interview is with serial entrepreneur Brad Inman, the CEO of Vook, one of the leading companies helping to define the enhanced eBook market.In our conversation, Brad talks about a number of different things, including:* The explosion in interest i

    Aug 9, 2010

    15m
16. 4

    Elitzr Podcast #2: Mark Coker, CEO of Smashwords

    Today's interview is with Mark Coker, CEO of  Smashwords, the popular cross-platform eBook publishing service for independent authors and small presses.My conversation with Mark spans a number of topics, including:* The origin of Smashwords * The challen

    Jul 27, 2010

    25m
17. 3

    Author Paul Levine: The Full Interview

    Earlier this week I posted (http://elitzr.com/2010/07/levine1/) a few slices (http://elitzr.com/2010/07/paul-levine-authors-are-talking-about-the-future-of-publishing/) of my interview with Paul Levine, but today I wanted to share the entire interview in

    Jul 9, 2010

    14m
18. 2

    Paul Levine Discusses “Hotel Lobby” Conversations About the Future of Publishing

    In the second installment of my interview with author Paul Levine, I ask Paul why he decided to put To Speak for the Dead into Kindle format. The response was interesting, not only because Paul does a good job of summarizing the larger trends at play in d

    Jul 6, 2010

    1m
19. 1

    Paul Levine on Negotiating Book Contracts in the Age of eBooks

    (http://elitzr.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture-65.png) I recently had a chance to catch up with Paul Levine, author of the Jake Lassiter series. Â Paul recently re-released (http://www.paul-levine.com/content/jake-lassiter.asp) the first Jake Lassiter nove

    Jul 5, 2010

    2m