Angela James on The Marilyn Denis Show

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by SB Sarah | by SB Sarah | January 20, 2011 | Thursday at 9:55 pm | 14 Comments

Carina Press executive editor Angela James was on The Marilyn Denis Show this morning, which is a live national broadcast in Canada. Live. Also, national. And LIVE TELEVISION. Wowser! I was trying to watch the live feed but couldn’t get it to work. But no worries: the clip of Angie’s appearance is up on the Marilyn.ca website already!

Angie’s segment was all about digital reading devices, and how women romance readers are a driving force in the development of the digital reading market. She demonstrated the different devices, gave a brief overview of the differences between the Kindle, the Sony Pocket, and the Kobo, and explained the best way to keep one dry when reading in the bathtub.

I cannot even imagine the stress of a live national television appearance, but with a studio audience of receptive and eager viewers, and a host who took both romance and digital reading seriously, that was a home run for romance reader exposure, and Angie hit it out of the park. Way to go!

(NB: The total giggle on my part: I’ve been working for most of the day on an article for Kirkus about the good and bad of reading romance digitally. I have one more excellent source to cite now!)

Filed: General Bitching, The Link-O-Lator

Tagged: television, sony, romance, pocket, kindle, carina, canada

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Tracy said on 01.21.11 at 12:24 AM • [link]

I noticed on this site that the Nook isn’t mentioned much. Why is that?

Everything I read lately is on my nook and I absolutely love digital format. Since I’ve been reading series lately it’s nice to be able to get the next book in line as soon as I finish with the current one. Great way to keep track of my wish list too!!!
Sam said on 01.21.11 at 12:46 AM • [link]

I’ve been seriously considering making the leap to e-books. Especially since we will not be able to go out of town every other weekend to get books like we have in the past. I suppose it would be nice when something comes out on a Tuesday not to have to wait until Saturday to try to get it!

You may have already seen it, but on cnn.com there is a short video on e-readers and romance. The title is E-readers can’t get enough romance.
Joanne Levy said on 01.21.11 at 12:55 AM • [link]

Wow, Angela did a great job and thanks, Sarah for the heads up on this. I have a Kindle but a few of my friends are considering what e-reader to buy and I’ve just sent them the link so they can be a little better informed.

p.s. Angela - if you’re reading this, can you please divulge where you got your awesome necklace? WANT!!!
SB Sarah said on 01.21.11 at 01:01 AM • [link]

Is the Nook available in Canada? I think it is not so that would be why it was not included but please do correct me if I am wrong there.
Danielle D said on 01.21.11 at 01:06 AM • [link]

Thanks for sharing Sarah!
Joy said on 01.21.11 at 01:18 AM • [link]

Joanne—I’ve seen a version of this necklace in black sold on Etsy.com. This is a really nice site folks where lots of very clever handmade items are sold. I usually feel good I’m buying something from a local craftsperson when I buy from them.
Joanne Levy said on 01.21.11 at 01:19 AM • [link]

I don’t think the Nook is available here in Canada. I’ve never seen it at a retail outlet or advertised.
Carin said on 01.21.11 at 01:47 AM • [link]

I had to look for the video Sam mentioned. Here’s a link:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2011/01/20/endo.ereader.romance.novels.cnn?iref=allsearch

Apparently romance readers like to read. Oh, and ereaders provied a “veil of secrecy” so noone has to know you’re reading a book with a naughty cover.
Joanne Levy said on 01.21.11 at 02:18 AM • [link]

Thanks for the info, Joy!
Kathy said on 01.21.11 at 04:51 PM • [link]

I like her “read” necklace.
GLH said on 01.21.11 at 05:26 PM • [link]

I see a potential etsy market for making ereader covers out of old book covers—the only one I saw was a Hardy Boys one, but I think old cheesy romance covers would make fabulous ereader covers. No matter what you are actually reading—hide that shameful Kafka reading habit behind some Beatrice Small
Angela James said on 01.21.11 at 05:59 PM • [link]

Thanks so much, Sarah!

@Tracy, Sarah is correct. The nook isn’t available in Canada, so it didn’t make sense to present it to a Canadian TV audience. In fact, my house has become somewhat of a clearing house for Canadians wanting nooks. I’ve taken delivery of no less than 5 that I’ve had to turn around and ship to a Canadian friend!

@Joanne, the necklace did come from Etsy. I’ve contacted the seller to give her a chance to put the necklaces up on her store before I give the link, but I’ll be sure to share the link on my blog and Twitter feed as soon as I can.

@GLH there are several Etsy sellers who repurpose books for ebook covers. I rather lust after a Nancy Drew one. They generally use the smaller hardcovers, though (like Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew), and I think that’s why you don’t see many romance ones. Hard to find those in a small hardcover size.
GLH said on 01.21.11 at 07:23 PM • [link]

@Angela James

I was actually thinking even paperback covers could be used inside a cover with a clear vinyl vel sim. over it. I didn’t see a Nancy Drew one but share your lust for one.
Angela James said on 01.31.11 at 05:58 PM • [link]

Here’s the post about where I got my necklace (I had to wait until the seller had more in stock to share the link!) http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2011/01/31/the-read-necklace/