Book Fair Expects Rs 20 Crore Sales

Cuban poet Luis Toledo Sande inaugurated the 28th Kolkata Book Fair on Tuesday in the presence of chief minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.

Book fair, organised by Publishers and Booksellers Guild, is expected to do business worth of Rs 20 crore.

Sales last year were around Rs 15 crore. The footfall in the fair was two million last year.

The fair, which is claimed to be the nation