The publishers are asking the Belgrade Book Fair to change the term of the Book Fair so that it does not include November 1. They say that the Book Fair is not possible at that time
A meeting was scheduled for Monday, September 22, where the fate of this year's event could be decided Book fair. The Board of the Book Fair and the Creative Industry Group are meeting. They will try to find a way to solve the problem that has arisen anniversary of the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad.
Namely, as we already wrote, the newly established administration of the Belgrade Fair announced the schedule of events for September and October, so it planned that this year's Book Fair would be from October 25 to November 2.
During that period, Saturday, the most visited day of the Book Fair, falls on November 1. It is realistic to expect that this November 1, even though it is a Saturday, it will be more important for people to join the great commemoration of the victims of the Novi Sad tragedy, to which students and choirs have invited, than to go to the Book Fair.
What can I say, except that the new management of the Fair either forgot about the commemoration of the 16 victims, or does not know that Saturday is the most visited day of the Book Fair.
For publishers, this term of the Book Fair means a pure loss.
The group of publishers, bookstores and book distributors at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, from the meeting on September 15, sent the Belgrade Fair a conclusion that "there are no business conditions for holding the Book Fair in the proposed time." The members of this Group believe that "the serious economic, social and political crisis in the country does not allow holding the Fair in the proposed time and under the existing conditions."
They explained that given the circumstances, they expect a "significantly reduced visit" and that "Saturday, November 1, will not be a possible working day at the Book Fair".
The conditions they mentioned refer to the price of renting a stand. Namely, although this year it was increased by the level of inflation, considering the expected smaller visit, that price is too high for them. Publishers say that many of them have given up on this year's Fair.
Just one more note: a Saturday without visitors at the Book Fair is automatically a loss for the entire Belgrade Fair.
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