Novelist Spotlight #151: A conversation with the founder of Shepherd, an upstart competitor to Amazon

In the spotlight is Ben Fox, founder of Shepherd.com, an upstart competitor to Amazon, Goodreads and other major online booksellers. Fox, who reads 100 books a year, believes that books build better human beings, and he is on a mission to help everyone find the book they didn't know they were looking for.     We discuss:    >> The weakness of Amazon  >> The strengths of Shepherd  >> How the site helps authors and readers  >> Bookstores  >> Serendipity  >> Etc.    Learn more about Shepherd by visiting the website here: https://shepherd.com    Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.