Book fair to turn into treasure trove for book lovers

Book lovers will love this. Interested in buying books at throwaway prices. Visit the ongoing book fair at the Institution of Engineers (IEI) held by a Goa-based book shop. 

Broadway Book Centre, Panjim, is offering a variety of books in fiction, education, management, medical, children’s stories and teaching books with addition to interior designing, photography, artists’ collections and travel guides at just Rs50.

The owner of Broadway Book Centre, Khalil Ahmed, said that the month-long fair would continue till October 9. It is open from 9 am to 9 pm.

Although the bookseller has been organising such events since 2001, it is for the first time that they are selling books at such a low price to clear stocks of its three stores in Goa. 

The owner has put on sale over 1 lakh books, half of which is already sold.

“So far the sale of fiction books is the highest. Within the first few days after the fair began, we ran out of books by Dan Brown and Harry Potter series,” he said.
A visitor to the fair, DN Gaikwad, who is a state government employee, bought  17 books.

“I bought books worth more than Rs2,000 a couple of days ago and will visit again. This is a great place as we get all types of new and old books some of which are not easily available or are very expensive. I have bought some books for my children too. There is a great variety available here,” he said.

Another buyer and an MBA student, Kratika Jain said, “I love to read romantic stories and fiction, and bought a good variety. But there are not many books by Indian authors.”
Claiming that no loss is being incurred by selling books at Rs50, Ahmed said that similar fairs would be organised in Bangalore, Kerala, Hyderabad and, if possible, Mumbai.

“The fairs at those venues would depend on the stock that we are left with after the Pune event is over,” he said.