The ongoing book fair organised by the Tiruchi district administration and the Directorate of Public Libraries in association with Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI) has been seeing a high footfall of residents and schoolchildren this year, raising hopes of a revival of the reading habit.
“The fair has provided a platform for local booksellers and authors, besides publishing entities from other cities to showcase their work in Tiruchi. This is an ideal way for the public to stock up on their books under one roof,” P. Vijayakumar, secretary of Tiruchi District Writers’ Forum, told The Hindu.
Stalls offering bulk discounts were busy on Friday, as schoolchildren browsed through puzzle books and comics.
“This year, the business has been better for some genre such as suspense, self-motivation and biographies. We have brought mostly English books to attract the young readers,” said a sales representative at the Book World stall.
The demand for textbooks and preparatory material for competitive exams was high, said many booksellers.
