Madrid, June 12 (EFE) .- The Madrid Book Fair closes today its 75th edition expected 3.5% increase in sales compared to the previous edition-about 8.2 million euros (9, 2 million) -., a balance that its director, Teodoro Sacristan, described as “positive with reservations”
These “reserves” says Sexton in an interview with Efe, are due to last semester ” frankly bad “lived the bookseller sector in Spain.
so, for him the Book Fair means a” relief “to the weight that this sector has endured since 2008, the date from which losses.
as in recent years, Sexton and the entire book industry remains concerned that the growth of seasonal sales (Christmas Fair or book Day, in the case of Catalonia) are not accompanied by a “recovery of activity in bookstores during the remaining months.”
in this regard, as claimed by the booksellers at the fair, asking people to buy books, “the rest of the year “because these” spikes “point of sales are” very small I repeat like a mantra “for the sector
.” I hope the audience who has been visiting the fair returns to bookstores, because we have noticed a worrying drop that step by libraries that audience that does come to the fair, “says
But. this 75th edition is also Sacristan goodbye after leading the front of this appointment for twelve years, which makes a “very positive”, this time without reservation balance.
it recognizes that keep some point in their career this is the time of assembly of the fair, which for him is “spectacular.”
“That moment every year surprises me. It is very complicated and watch it start is spectacular, see how the booths book for me is a very magical moment filled “he says.
The 75th edition of the fair, which was inaugurated on 27 May has had starring France as guest country, and Miguel de Cervantes, on the 400th anniversary of his death.
the Lebanese writer in French Amin Maalouf was commissioned to deliver the inaugural lecture under the title “An armchair facing the world”, in which he called for “reimagining the world.”
the 400th anniversary of the death of Cervantes was reflected in the presence of French hispanista expert cervantino Jean Canavaggio , the “always Cervantes” conversation with Andrew Trapiello or evening “Read the moonlight”
new from Joël Dicker, Pierre Lemaitre, Murakami, Mario Vargas Llosa, Almudena Grandes, Rafael Chirbes, John. Irving or Elsa Ferrante, among others, were present at the counters of the booths located in Madrid’s Retiro Park, in the center of the city.
the show has had 367 booths and 479 exhibitors ( 26 government agencies, 10 distributors, 63 specialized booksellers, 56 general booksellers, publishers 177 and 147 editors Madrid out of Madrid).
the last edition closed its doors with 7,904,000 euros in sales, representing an increase of 6.1 percent over 2014. EFE editing
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