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Media interviews are a popular way for writers to introduce new books they hope will catch the viewer's eye and generate interest in their work. Here's a selection of forthcoming Kindle books by authors scheduled for interviews on TV and radio programs. Books are arranged in chronological order by the date of the scheduled interview.

ON FOX NEWS' HUCKABEE (17 OCT 2010):

Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny, by Marlo Thomas. Hyperion, 2010. Print Length: 400 p. Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"Thomas, star of the classic sitcom That Girl and daughter of comedy legend Danny Thomas, has taken an interesting approach to the usual Hollywood memoir. Chapters exploring her life as the daughter of comedy royalty, and her struggles to establish an independent identity for herself, alternate with profiles of contemporary comedians (Seinfeld, Leno, Stiller, Rock, Crystal, Rivers, Williams, Fey, Wright, and Colbert, among others). We see how her father inspired her, and we also see how he inspired the professionals who came after him... An engaging, highly informative memoir - definitely not the routine show-biz autobiography. - David Pitt for Booklist.

ON ABC'S GOOD MORNING AMERICA (19 OCT 2010):

Eighteen Acres, by Nicolle Wallace. Simon and Schuster, 2010. Print Length: 272 p. Kindle edition $11.99 (Hardcover: $15.00). Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
"Eighteen Acres, a description used by political insiders when referring to the White House complex, follows the first female President of the United States, Charlotte Kramer, and her staff as they take on dangerous threats from abroad and within her very own cabinet. Charlotte Kramer, the 45th US President, Melanie Kingston, the White House chief of staff, and Dale Smith, a White House correspondent for one of the networks are all working tirelessly on Charlotte’s campaign for re-election. At the very moment when they should have been securing success, though, Kramer’s White House implodes under rumors of her husband’s infidelity and grave errors of judgment on the part of her closest national security advisor. In an upheaval that threatens not only the presidency, but the safety of the American people, Charlotte must fight to regain her footing and protect the the country she has given her life to serving." - Amazon.

ON MSNBC'S MORNING JOE (19 OCT 2010):

America Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell. Simon and Schuster, 2010. Print Length: 416 p. Kindle edition $14.99 (Hardcover: $19.80). Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
"This massive book eschews the narrow, monographic approach to sociological study in favor of an older, more useful model: the sweeping chronicle of national change over time...the book explores in detail cultural developments - the boom of evangelicals in the 1970s and 1980s, largely concluded in the early 1990s; the rise of feminism in the pews; the liberalization of attitudes about premarital sex and homosexuality, especially among the youngest generations; and what may prove to be the most seismic shift of all: the dramatic increase of 'nones,' or people claiming no institutional religious affiliation. Putnam and Campbell (with their researcher, Garrett) have done the public a great service in not only producing their own mammoth survey of American religion but also drawing from many prior statistical studies, enabling readers to track mostly gradual change over time." - Publishers Weekly.

ON MSNBC'S COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMAN (21 OCT 2010):

Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowout, by Bob Cavnar. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2010. Print Length: 248 p. Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"The Deepwater Horizon blowout dominated the world's attention for months, yet Americans still lack an understanding of the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history. Disaster on the Horizon is the first comprehensive book on the causes of the disaster by expert Bob Cavnar. He delivers a hard-hitting portrait of industry and government woefully unprepared to respond. From inside the oil business - field hand to CEO - Cavnar witnessed the carelessness of the industry first hand when he was burned by a gas well fire in 1981." - Amazon.

ON NPR'S THE DIANE REHM SHOW SHOW (21 OCT 2010):

Shock of Gray, by Ted C. Fishman. Simon and Schuster, 2010. Print Length: 416 p. Kindle edition $12.99 (Hardcover: $18.15). Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
"The world’s population is rapidly aging—by the year 2030, one billion people will be sixty-five or older. As the ratio of the old to the young grows ever larger, global aging has gone critical: For the first time in history, the number of people over age fifty will be greater than those under age seventeen. Few of us under­stand the resulting massive effects on economies, jobs, and families. Everyone is touched by this issue - parents and children, rich and poor, retirees and workers - and now veteran jour­nalist Ted C. Fishman masterfully and movingly explains how our world is being altered in ways no one ever expected...With vivid and witty reporting from American cities and around the world, and through compelling interviews with families, employers, workers, economists, gerontologists, government officials, health-care professionals, corporate executives, and small business owners, Fishman reveals the astonishing and interconnected effects of global aging, and why nations, cultures, and crucial human relationships are changing in this timely, brilliant, and important read." - Amazon.

ON CSPAN'S BOOK TV (23 OCT 2010):

Madison and Jefferson, by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein. Random House, 2010. Print Length: 848 p. Kindle edition $18.42 (Hardcover: $20.47). Text-to-Speech:. Disabled.

"...historians Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg join forces to reveal the crucial partnership of two extraordinary founders, creating a superb dual biography that is a thrilling and unprecedented account of early America. The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper and noble gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson’s genius overshadowing James Madison’s judgment and common sense. But in this revelatory book, both leaders are seen as men of their times, ruthless and hardboiled operatives in a gritty world of primal politics where they struggled for supremacy for more than fifty years. In most histories, the elder figure, Jefferson, looms larger. Yet Madison is privileged in this book’s title because, as Burstein and Isenberg reveal, he was the senior partner at key moments in the formation of the two-party system. It was Madison who did the most to initiate George Washington’s presidency while Jefferson was in France in the role of diplomat. So often described as shy, the Madison of this account is quite assertive. Yet he regularly escapes bad press, while Jefferson’s daring pen earns him a nearly constant barrage of partisan attacks... Supported by a wealth of original sources - newspapers, letters, diaries, pamphlets - Madison and Jefferson is a stunning new look at a remarkable duo who arguably did more than all the others in their generation to set the course of American political development." - Amazon.

ON NBC'S TODAY SHOW (25 OCT 2010):

The Elephant to Hollywood: The Autobiography, by Michael Caine. Hodder, 2010. Print Length: 416 p. Kindle edition $15.16 (Hardcover: 18.90). Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"It's been a long journey for Maurice Micklewhite - born with rickets in London's poverty-stricken Elephant & Castle - to the bright lights of Hollywood. With a glittering career spanning more than five decades and starring roles which have earned him two Oscars, a knighthood, and an iconic place in the Hollywood pantheon, the man now known to us as Michael Caine looks back over it all. Funny, warm, honest, Caine brings us his insider's view of Hollywood (where there's neither holly nor woods). He recalls the films, the legendary stars, the off-screen moments with a gift for story-telling only equalled by David Niven." - Amazon.