The battle of the giant book fairs
2024 is looking likely to break book fair records around the globe.
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Tag: Chennai Book Fair
India Briefing – Historical novels and manga a huge hit at Chennai Book Fair
“We were not even aware of manga until last year, when many people came requesting them. Now about 85% of our sales are in manga.”
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India – Chennai Book Fair clocks 1.5 million visitors, sells books worth $1.6 million. Kolkata on target for 2 million visitors
Kolkata has for the longest time resisted digital options, as TNPS regulars will know, but this...
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The TNPS Week In Review: January 19-25
For those who don’t get the chance to open all the regular email notifications from TNPS, a...
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“Publishers laugh all the way to the bank” as India’s Chennai Book Fair sees 1.3 million visitors spent $2.8 million on books. BAPASI prepares to embrace online bookselling
The Chennai Book Fair in South India has just closed its doors, having clocked 1.3 million...
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January 2020 Book Fair Snapshot. 8-10 million people spending millions of dollars on books in countries widely regarded as publishing backwaters
2020 is off to a great start on the global book fair front, but what follows should be seen as...
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India’s 2019 Chennai Book Fair saw 1.5 million visitors spend $2.5 million on books in 2019. Will records fall again in January?
India may not have the biggest book fair in the world – that honour goes to Egypt – but for...
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India’s Madurai Book Fair expects 300,000 visitors to buy 1.5 million books. Just another quiet India book fair…
The 14th annual Madurai Book fair is underway in India, running through until September 9....
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Over 5 million visitors spend over $5 million at India's 2019 book fairs. And we're only halfway through February
India’s Kolkata International Book Fair wound up earlier this week and the numbers are in:...
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India’s Chennai Book Fair sets the pace for 2019, extends duration and aims for 2 million visitors in January
The rise and rise of book fairs and festivals around the world has been a central theme of TNPS...
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India’s Chennai Book Fair sets new record for visitors, sales and revenue
The 2018 book fair year is off to a great start in India, not withstanding early indications of a...
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