TKC 491 Katie Ernst

The Kindle Chronicles

Co-founder of Select A Story

Interview starts at 8:33 and ends at 33:40

“An interactive story is essentially a series of interlocking short stories. I think a lot of authors kind of forget about that, and they end up writing a story where at the end of it, it’s like ‘Okay, you saw a spaceship, and then you thought to call the police and then you decided whether you should call your friend, and then you decided whether you should take a picture and put it on Instagram and then you went on the spaceship and you met the aliens, and it was fine. The end.’ Well, yeah, you had a number of choices, but they were all very similar to one another and that is not a story that anyone would write by itself.”

Tech Tip

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Interview with Katie Ernst

Select a Story website

Select a Story skill for Alexa

Cinder/Charming (Select a Story Book 1) Kindle format

“The Magic Door,” an Alexa-powered interactive adventure with original stories

“Alexa Skills Challenge Offers $250,000 in Prizes for Best Kid Skills” at Amazon Alexa blog - October 25, 2017

Content

Ricochet Joe by Dean Koontz

Comments

Fintie Folio Case for 9th Generation (7-inch) Kindle Oasis - $16.99

News

Amazon press release on holiday sales

“Amazon’s Alexa Won Christmas This Year” by Steve Kovach at Business Insider - December 26, 2017

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