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Publishers and book sellers from Bangladesh, Kolkata, Delhi besides northeast states and other places took part in these fairs.
“Some crowds gathered only in the evening to enjoy the host of cultural programmes that take place at the book fair ground,” he added.
The deserted look of the Silchar Book Fair has saddened the booksellers and the publishers.
“Both digitisation of books and sudden withdrawal of high value currency notes, like other trade, also affected the books sales at the Silchar book fair,” Gobinda Kangshabanik, a book seller at the book fair said.
He said that like in previous years, the gathering at the book fair was good and sale of books almost satisfactory.
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Agartala/Silchar: Demonetisation of high value currency notes and digitisation of books evoked a mixed response at book fairs in northeast India.
The ongoing book fairs in Agartala in Tripura and Silchar in Assam are two significant annual events for the book lovers, publishers and sellers as well as writers.
Publishers and book sellers from Bangladesh, Kolkata, Delhi besides northeast states and other places took part in these fairs.
“Demonetisation has not affected the sale of books in the ongoing 12th Agartala ‘Pustak Mela’ (book fair) here,” Tripura Publishers’ Guild president Debananda Dam told IANS.
He said that like in previous years, the gathering at the book fair was good and sale of books almost satisfactory.
A total of 46 stalls of book sellers and publishers from Bangladesh, Kolkata, Delhi and various northeastern states, besides Tripura, were set up at the book fair organised by the Tripura Publishers’ Guild.