36th Chennai Book Fair

Taylor & Francis Group participated in The 36^th Chennai Book Fair held at YMCA Ground Nandanam, Chennai from 11^th Jan 2013 to 23^rd Jan 2013. The event was organised by Bookseller’s & Publishers’ Association of South India (BAPASI). N R Sivapathi, Minister for School Education, inaugurated the fair in the presence of K T Rajendra Balaji, Minister for Information and Special Project Implementation and Saidai S Duraisamy, Chennai mayor.

There were around 747 stalls, with 450 participants. The participants included 250 Tamil publishers, 127 English publishers and 37 media organizations. During the fair Taylor & Francis saw a footfall of over 1000 visitors, the highest number for an academic stall consisting of Scientist, professionals and university/college students.

In all, we displayed over 300 titles including a few originals as well.  We displayed most of our Routledge India Originals, Indian Reprints – Science & Technology and Humanities & Social Science titles, Indian priced books on Engineering and all the Indian edition handbooks. The participants seemed keen on buying Indian priced books but were open to take in few high priced titles on new subject areas.

Participating in The 36^th Chennai Book Fair was a great experience. We look forward to participate in similar conferences in the future.