Paperback Dreams
A One Hour Public Television Documentary About Independent Booksellers and the People That Love Them.
October 13, 2008
Watch Paperback Dreams on Public Television
Paperback Dreams starts airing on PBS stations across the country today. Here’s the schedule as it currently stands:
October 13, 2008
10:00 a.m. WHYYDT3 — Philadelphia, PA
10:00 p.m. WBCC — Miami, FL
October 14, 2008
11:00 p.m. KPBS — San Diego, CA
October 15, 2008
10:00 a.m. WHYYDT3 — Philadelphia, PA
9:00 p.m. KMXT, KYUK, KUAC, KTOO — Various cities, AK
11:00 p.m. WNPT — Nashville, TN
October 16, 2008
11:00 a.m. WHYYDT3 — Philadelphia, PA
3:00 a.m. KMXT, KYUK, KUAC, KTOO — Various cities, AK
October 17, 2008
10:00 p.m. WETK, WVER, WVTA, WVTB — Various cities, VT
8:00 p.m. KBTC, KCKA — Seattle, WA
October 19, 2008
10:00 p.m. WHYY — Philadelphia, PA
11:00 p.m. WETK, WVER, WVTA, WVTB — Various cities, VT
9:00 p.m. KEDT — Austin, TX
October 30, 2008
10:00 p.m. KCET — Los Angeles, CA
November 5, 2008
11:00 p.m. OPB — Portland, OR
November 6, 2008
9:00 p.m. WKNO — Memphis, TN
November 7, 2008
5:00 a.m. KTEH — San Jose, CA
November 11, 2008
1:00 p.m. WNIN — Evansville, IN
November 15, 2008
3:00 p.m. WLIW — New York, NY
November 16, 2008
1:00 p.m. WEAO — Cleveland, OH
6:00 p.m. KQED — San Francisco, CA
10:30 p.m. KNME — Albuquerque, NM
November 19, 2008
11:00 p.m. KQED — San Francisco, CA
November 20, 2008
5:00 a.m. KQED — San Francisco, CA
11:00 p.m. KCSM — San Mateo, CA
November 23, 2008
9:00 p.m. KUED — Salt Lake City, UT
November 25, 2008
12:00 a.m. KUED — Salt Lake City, UT
December 3, 2008
2:00 a.m. GPB TV — Atlanta, GA
December 7, 2008
6:00 p.m. GPB Knowledge — Atlanta, GA
December 11, 2008
2:00 a.m. GPB TV — Atlanta, GA
December 18, 2008
10:00 p.m. KCTS — Seattle, WA
December 20, 2008
2:30 a.m. KCTS — Seattle, WA
December 29, 2008
10:00 p.m. WTTW — Chicago, IL
News & Updates
Paperback Dreams starts airing on PBS stations across the country.
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Contact
Get in touch with the Paperback Dreams team by emailing info@paperbackdreams.com. Or for more information on the filmmakers, take a look at the Filmmakers bio page.
Special Thanks
Paperback Dreams is a co-production of Alex Beckstead, the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and KQED Public Television, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
Comments
My husband and I own an independent bookstore in small town Ontario. Any chance this film will be aired on Canadian stations? Or is there another way to get hold of a viewing copy?
Thanks,
Donna Kamiel-Forster
Forster’s Book Garden
Bolton, Ontario
Hello, first of all I just wanted to say that I really really did enjoy that segment. I love public television! I was really touched by the feeling portrayed when a bookstore had to close, my family owns a business so I really do know the feeling about how it is more than just a “store”. Any type of personal business is so meaningful so them and the public has a hard time comprehending that. In the film though, I did see several comments about how people these days do not have the patience that they used to for book stores, and they are lured by the click of the button. I would most definitely have to disagree. Yes, that is the case for some, but as a working, full-time college student of age 20, I really wish that that could be different. I wish I had the time to go and browse a bookstore, however, I do not have the time at all to do that. Not only that, but to not have internet access at all times while going to school these days is nearly impossible considering assignments, etc. are posted daily with online programs. So, I do not think that people do not have the patience these days, I sincerely do not think they have the time. Today our society places a huge value on how much someone is able to accomplish, or do in their daily life. A working mother that does charity work, looks amazing and puts on a great dinner party is held to the highest standard. And to me, I find it amazing that anyone is able to do that all of that by themselves. So, I think we all still love our bookstores! We love our independent restaurants and video stores and everything else! But if we can simply look up our information on the internet when we have to work in 30 min, then yes. Those bookstores cannot compete.
I love independent bookstores and I can easily see how they are so much richer than anything else, however today’s generation is not yesterday’s. More pressure’s are placed on us than ever before. So it is not that we do not have the patience, we have the patience! We do not have the time.