Delhi based organization Kitab Lovers is organizing a very different kind of book fair in Coimbatore where books can be filled in boxes for free and be taken home, but they only have to pay for the boxes.
The boxes come in three sizes, according their price. Buyers can buy boxes according to their needs, and fill them with books. This kind of book fair is new to Coimbatore, and since it is Christmas season, this fair has become a nice platform for people to buy and gift loads of books to their bibliophile friends.
The fair features more than 2 lakh books on thousands of topics by thousands of authors, a press release said. It is an effort to bring youth again in the world of reading.
The fair began on Thursday and goes on till Sunday at Meenakshi Hall , Avinashi Road , PN Palayam , Coimbatore.
At this exhibition, there is a collection of more than 2 lakh books by thousands of authors. This includes books on biography, crime, astrology, political scenes, international affairs, cooking, dictionaries, photography, wildlife, encyclopedia, romance, fantasy, religion and science, along with a book of literature, storytelling and poetry. There are hundreds of national and international authors of these books on the subject of Hindi and English. The bestselling books on various topics will also be displayed in the exhibition.