http://couv.com Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:49:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. no Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. http://couv.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://couv.com/category/lifestyles/book-talk-programs http://couv.com/programs/book-signing-mar-20 http://couv.com/programs/book-signing-mar-20#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:38:53 +0000 COUV.COM staff http://couv.com/?p=19696 http://couv.com/programs/book-signing-mar-20/feed 0 audio,beacock music,brandie kajino,carol doane,ed stortro,jordan thompson,kathy condon,victoria trabosh Listen to the audio interview with author Kathy Condon. - Kathy Condon is an award winning author. She wrote It Doesn't Hurt to Ask, which was chosen by USA Book News as Best Book Award finalist in its business category. - Her latest book, Listen to the audio interview with author Kathy Condon. Kathy Condon is an award winning author. She wrote It Doesn't Hurt to Ask, which was chosen by USA Book News as Best Book Award finalist in its business category. Her latest book, Face-To-Face Networking, It’s All About Communication, is an easy to read business guide offering the basics on shaking hands, networking at business events, and how to feel comfortable in a crowd. Meet Condon Tuesday night at Beacock Music where she will be appearing with two other local authors for a book signing event. Also appearing is Evernote Organization Ambassador Brandie Kajino who collaborated on the Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. no 8:13 http://couv.com/programs/author-kathy-condon http://couv.com/programs/author-kathy-condon#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:23:08 +0000 COUV.COM staff http://couv.com/?p=14735 It Doesn't Hurt to Ask, was chosen by USA Book News as Best Book Award finalist in its business category. This past summer, Condon released her second book . . .]]> http://couv.com/programs/author-kathy-condon/feed 0 audio,beacock music,book talk,brandie kajino,carol doane,ed stortro,kathy condon,offer,victoria trabosh Author Kathy Condon makes no apologies about being self-published. In fact, she’s proud of it. Her first book, It Doesn't Hurt to Ask, was chosen by USA Book News as Best Book Award finalist in its business category. This past summer, Author Kathy Condon makes no apologies about being self-published. In fact, she’s proud of it. Her first book, It Doesn't Hurt to Ask, was chosen by USA Book News as Best Book Award finalist in its business category. This past summer, Condon released her second book . . . Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. no 8:13 http://couv.com/programs/betty-kime-extended http://couv.com/programs/betty-kime-extended#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:30:08 +0000 COUV.COM staff http://couv.com/?p=10424 http://couv.com/programs/betty-kime-extended/feed 0 audio,betty kime,book talk,carol doane,church librarian,first presybyterian church,ken doane We had such overwhelming response to the Betty Kime piece, we decided to post the extended version of our interview. - The original post with the full story appears here: Betty Kime loves books, Bolero, and budgets maybe not so much. -   We had such overwhelming response to the Betty Kime piece, we decided to post the extended version of our interview. The original post with the full story appears here: Betty Kime loves books, Bolero, and budgets maybe not so much.   Book Talk is new audio program from COUV.COM. It's a conversation about books and people who love them. Share your favorite books, authors and reading friends with us!   COUV.COM asks: Who was your favorite librarian? Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. no 13:56 http://couv.com/programs/wilma-doane http://couv.com/programs/wilma-doane#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:30:12 +0000 COUV.COM staff http://couv.com/?p=12808 http://couv.com/programs/wilma-doane/feed 0 audio,book talk,carol doane,kailynn doane,ken doane,kindle,memoire,wilma doane Book Talk: Wilma Doane podcast Wilma Doane, a resident of Ridgefield, is an avid book lover. She reads two to three books a week and makes a point to indulge in “cheap entertainment,” buying a hardback book when it includes an event with the author. - Book Talk: Wilma Doane podcast Wilma Doane, a resident of Ridgefield, is an avid book lover. She reads two to three books a week and makes a point to indulge in “cheap entertainment,” buying a hardback book when it includes an event with the author. Last year, she received a Kindle for Christmas. She hasn’t completely warmed to the concept of electronic books, saying that it’s not that “easy to share books in the same way it is when you can hand off a paperbook or a hardback.” She also laments the difficulty of knowing how close you are to the end of a good book. But she laughs at her transition between the paper and electronic world. "When I first started using it (the Kindle), I found myself getting my hand ready to turn the page.” After reading all those books, Doane noticed a trend in authors that she appreciates, combining research of current events to create suspense novels. One of her recent favorites underscored the unsupervised, yet federally funded, wind farms in Wyoming. “The mystery was woven around all this very relevant, current information, which makes those kind of books interesting to read, besides the mystery [and] wondering what will happen at the end.” Doane wouldn’t call herself a writer, but during her career as an escrow officer in the title insurance industry she had plenty of opportunity to write. Her development of the company’s first escrow manual became an important training resource. “When I worked, a lot of my writing was technical writing – writing something so somebody else could understand about something.” Outside of work, her writing was more inward focused. “When you have something that's troubling you, if you can write it out, it's very therapeutic.” While Doane says she never thought about writing a book, she did compile a spiral-bound notebook of her life’s journey and shared her memoir with family members as a holiday present. Today, Wilma Doane is retired and loves the freedom of not having deadlines, she says, "Except the ones I create for myself.”     A podcast of our interview with Wilma Doane is at the top of this post. Book Talk is new audio program from COUV.COM. It’s a conversation about books and people who love them. COUV.COM asks: Has anyone in your family written a memoir? Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. no 3:37 http://couv.com/programs/carolynjrose http://couv.com/programs/carolynjrose#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:19:25 +0000 COUV.COM staff http://couv.com/?p=11292 http://couv.com/programs/carolynjrose/feed 0 audio,book talk,carolyn j. rose,casey brandt,cover to cover books,deadly duo mysteries,elizabeth lyon,mike nettleton,offer Vancouver author Carolyn J. Rose’s life is a broad stroke across the continent. She grew up in New York's Catskill Mountains and moved to Little Rock, Ark. to work as a VISTA volunteer. She extended her Arkansas adventure ... Vancouver author Carolyn J. Rose’s life is a broad stroke across the continent. She grew up in New York's Catskill Mountains and moved to Little Rock, Ark. to work as a VISTA volunteer. She extended her Arkansas adventure ... Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. no 13:25 http://couv.com/programs/betty-kime http://couv.com/programs/betty-kime#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:30:56 +0000 COUV.COM staff http://couv.com/?p=10327 http://couv.com/programs/betty-kime/feed 0 audio,betty kime,book talk,carol doane,church librarian,first presybyterian church,ken doane Kime worked in the library at her high school and later in the library at Coulee Dam, but her love of libraries started when she was a preschooler. Every Saturday, she held her sister’s hand and walked to the public library. As the sister read out-loud, Kime worked in the library at her high school and later in the library at Coulee Dam, but her love of libraries started when she was a preschooler. Every Saturday, she held her sister’s hand and walked to the public library. As the sister read out-loud, her index finger traced the words on the page. Kime followed along and soon discovered that she had learned how to read. Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. no 3:28 http://couv.com/business/cover-to-cover-books-settles-into-new-location-after-fire http://couv.com/business/cover-to-cover-books-settles-into-new-location-after-fire#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 00:51:18 +0000 COUV.COM staff http://couv.com/?p=591 http://couv.com/business/cover-to-cover-books-settles-into-new-location-after-fire/feed 2 audio,book talk,carol doane,cover to cover books,mel sanders After a fire destroyed part of her stock and forced a building-wide remodeling project, Cover to Cover Books moved to its new quarters at 6300 NE St. James Road in Vancouver. - Owner Mel Sanders discussed how she ended up in the book business, After a fire destroyed part of her stock and forced a building-wide remodeling project, Cover to Cover Books moved to its new quarters at 6300 NE St. James Road in Vancouver. Owner Mel Sanders discussed how she ended up in the book business, the difference between a local bookstore and online sellers, and - of course - her favorite books. Here's a recap of the fire: On Oct. 14, a couple of women from a neighboring business dashed into Cover to Cover Books and asked Sanders if they could borrow a fire extinguisher. In 10 minutes, the building built in 1928 was belching smoke. Sanders saved her cat, her computer and her cash register. Out of approximately 30,000 books, 300 titles were completely lost along with a handful of bookshelves that were destroyed by water damage. Another couple thousand books suffered diminished value and most of the upholstered furniture was destroyed. The espresso machine had electrical until power to the building was cut off and may have drawn in smoke. Instead of offering smoked-flavored coffee, the machine received a complete overhaul. Sanders said she had a great landlord, a great location, and a great following, but when the reconstruction launched, the space - which had originally housed three businesses - was now slated for four. The reduced quarters meant a narrower perspective and inventory shifts, or a search for an alternative location. Listen to the audio interview and learn which New York Times bestselling author initially instigated the bookstore adventure, discover what transpired April Fools, and find out why dusting your books is a very bad habit.   For more information Cover to Cover Books and Espresso 6300 NE St. James Road, Suite 104B Vancouver 98663 360-993-7777   View Larger Map Audio and video stories from Southwest Washington. no 13:30