Deadline: 25 December - 2 January 2011
Venue: Hall No. 8,9,10,11,12 & 12 A Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Timing: 11.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.
The 16th Edition of the Delhi Book Fair will be held from 25 December 2010 to 2 January 2011 in the Hall of Special Displays with state-of-the-art facilities at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The fair, organized by The Federation of Indian Publishers and India Trade Promotion Organization, is usually held in September but was postponed to give way to the Commonwealth Games.
Delhi Book Fair has established it self as a gateway to the Indian book publishing industry. An eagerly awaited exposition, it offers a sales forum and a meeting place for publishers, booksellers authors, translators and book-lovers of all age group.
Indian publishing industry consisting of books, magazines and newspapers is estimated at Rs. 200,000 million. Of this, the book market for educational and non educational books is worth Rs. 130, 000 million approximately. Publishing industry in India is expected to grow at around 15 percent per annum to keep pace with the rising literacy rate.
The Indian book market is truly vibrant with over 16,000 publishers and 30,000 bookshops besides multi-national publishing companies like Oxford University Press, Macmillan, Penguin, Haper Collins, Random House, Hachette, Picador, Rutledge Harvard business Publishing etc., who, along with Indian publishers, bring out around 70,000 titles per annum.
Hindi records highest number of titles published every year, while 30 percent of all books are published in English. Other major books are published in Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and rest in the other 16 official languages.
Delhi Book Fair has evolved over the years as a highly popular conduit to the world of books and publishers and distributors. The last edition of the Delhi book Fair attracted over three lakhs visitors from India and overseas. The ever increasing numbers of visitors and exhibitors speaks volumes of its success.
More information here.
Venue: Hall No. 8,9,10,11,12 & 12 A Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Timing: 11.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.
The 16th Edition of the Delhi Book Fair will be held from 25 December 2010 to 2 January 2011 in the Hall of Special Displays with state-of-the-art facilities at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The fair, organized by The Federation of Indian Publishers and India Trade Promotion Organization, is usually held in September but was postponed to give way to the Commonwealth Games.
Delhi Book Fair has established it self as a gateway to the Indian book publishing industry. An eagerly awaited exposition, it offers a sales forum and a meeting place for publishers, booksellers authors, translators and book-lovers of all age group.
Indian publishing industry consisting of books, magazines and newspapers is estimated at Rs. 200,000 million. Of this, the book market for educational and non educational books is worth Rs. 130, 000 million approximately. Publishing industry in India is expected to grow at around 15 percent per annum to keep pace with the rising literacy rate.
The Indian book market is truly vibrant with over 16,000 publishers and 30,000 bookshops besides multi-national publishing companies like Oxford University Press, Macmillan, Penguin, Haper Collins, Random House, Hachette, Picador, Rutledge Harvard business Publishing etc., who, along with Indian publishers, bring out around 70,000 titles per annum.
Hindi records highest number of titles published every year, while 30 percent of all books are published in English. Other major books are published in Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and rest in the other 16 official languages.
Delhi Book Fair has evolved over the years as a highly popular conduit to the world of books and publishers and distributors. The last edition of the Delhi book Fair attracted over three lakhs visitors from India and overseas. The ever increasing numbers of visitors and exhibitors speaks volumes of its success.
More information here.
