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EXHIBITORS UNHAPPY WITH FAIR ORGANISERS
Exhibitors at Sharjah Book Fair, which started on Tuesday at the Sharjah Expo Centre, expressed their displeasure at the organisers' decision to charge Dh600 each for every publishing house whose books they distribute. The decision, they all felt, was unfair.
A.M, an exhibitor said, "In Al Ain and Abu Dhabi book fairs, we had to pay nothing for displaying books of various publishing houses, but here we have to pay Dh 600 for each publishing house. This will not only limit the variety of books available at the fair, but will affect our profit. The rent for the stall alone is Dh18,000."
A University bookshop said they had to pay separate fees for different branches of the same publishing house which authorised it to distribute books. For example, the Cambridge Publishing House has ten branches bringing out educational and academic books for universities and schools and we had to pay Dh600 each for all the ten branches.
Speaking to City Times, Dr. Yousif Aydabi, Director of Culture and Information Department said that the department charged the fees with a view to attracting publishers to participate in the fair themselves rather than authorising distributors.
"Here we look for those who value the books and not treat them as products. That is why we wanted to eliminate distributors from the scene and encourage publishers to participate directly," he elaborated.
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