Chennai: The Chennai Book Fair, a tent event that attracts many people, has been postponed this year because of the third wave of Covid-19, leaving high and dry publishers.
Last year, this event was held in February, but the return was bad.
Organized by the Association of Publishers and South Indian Publishers (Bapasi), the annual event will mark the 45th edition of this year and will be inaugurated by the Chief of the Constitutional Court of the Constitutional Court Stalin, but a sudden burst in the Covid-19 case has caused the future ambiguity of this year’s event.
“We have spent around Rs 80 lakh in preparation and ready when the third wave struck.
We hope to conduct an exhibition in February or March because the publisher has spent money by issuing a new title and new writer for the reader,” said K Murugan, Secretary, Bapasi .
While the carrier Offi CE was Confi Dent held the event in February, the publisher felt that the Pongal vacation was the only window in the year when it was only able to succeed.
Only established publishers can survive when fairly held in other months.
In 2016, the exhibition was held in June because the flood in December 2015 brought havoc in the city.
It was not as successful held in January, a recent example was last year.
“As long as Pongal, the number of government holidays is more and the people in the festive spirit …
at least one day is spent by most families who visit the book exhibition,” said G Olivannan from the Zamrud publisher.
Those from the Diaspora who visited the state during the Margazhi season were used to extend their stay to Pongal to visit the book exhibition, the publisher said.
However, the carrier of the office of sanctuary, however, is Confi Dent that the current government will consider the suffering of publishers and will help them.
“A senior Ias Offi CER told me that the government itself was thinking about the lines of book exhibition and supporting publishers.
Those words are a big boost for us,” said Kurugan K Bapasi Secretary.
The publishing industry that managed to avoid threats from the epublishing and online platform like Amazon is now at the intersection because of the third wave of pandemic.
According to G Olivannan, the number of kiosks at the book exhibition, which only increased over the years, is proof of interested players.