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C-SPAN2’s BOOK TV FACT SHEET [pic]

About Book TV on C-SPAN2:

Launched in September 1998 on C-SPAN2, Book TV features 48 hours of nonfiction books each weekend, from Saturday 8am (ET) to Monday 8am (ET). Current and past Book TV programs are available to watch online at Book .

Book TV’s Twitter feed provides book industry news and schedule information: Book TV.

About C-SPAN:

Created by the cable TV industry and now in over 100 million TV households, C-SPAN programs three public affairs television networks in both SD and HD; C-SPAN Radio, heard in Washington, DC, and nationwide via XM Satellite Radio; and a video-rich website which hosts the C-SPAN Video Library. Visit .

BOOK TV PROGRAMMING

Book Fairs

Book TV covers many book festivals each year, many of them live. Look for Book TV coverage at the following book festivals: the National Book Festival (Washington, DC), Texas Book Festival (Austin, TX), Miami Book Fair International, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, and Printers Row Lit Fest (Chicago, IL).

In Depth

In Depth is a live, three-hour Book TV interview with a notable author airing the first Sunday every month, from noon - 3pm ET on C-SPAN2. The three hours is devoted to that author’s body of work. Past guests include: William Buckley, Christopher Hitchens, Ann Coulter, Tom Brokaw, Alice Walker, and many others. Each guest takes viewer calls, emails, and tweets.

After Words

After Words features the author of a recently published hardback nonfiction book interviewed by a guest host who shares an area of expertise or interest. After Words airs on Book TV on Saturdays at 10pm, and Sundays at 9pm and midnight.

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