The last day of the fair release of the book.Parents spend 20,000 yuan shopping – Hong Kong Economic Daily – TOPick – commercial decoding

The book fair closed last day: 100 yuan, 3 novels, 5 yuan, 2 pounds and half the price of English books, and more than 20,000 yuan to buy more books. English book. However, many booksellers said that fewer and fewer people like to read, so the number of book fairs and sales this year is lower than last year, the volume of business dropped from two to 30%.

On the third day of Yuen Long's Yu Tai, he went to the book fair to spend a total of 20,000 yuan to buy a series of English novels. She has a 7 year old son and a 3 year old daughter, she says that she has been educated by children since she was a child, that she does not want to be addicted to video games, that children s & # 39; 39 are also interested in reading and that they buy a book each year. She continued, it is more convenient to collect different types of books in the book fair, and there are discounts.

On the third day of Yu Tai Yuen Long, he went to the book fair to spend a total of 20,000 yuan to buy a series of English novel. (Chen Wei can photo)

Although there are many high-end visitors, some exhibitors believe that this year's business is lower last year. Wang Shulian, director of hypermedia publishing, said this year was the tenth year of participation in the book fair, but the number of visitors has dropped and the number of visitors has dropped: "In the past, we wanted to play to snakes. She added that this year 's business volume has fallen from two to 30% over the previous year and that I have today launched a 5 yuan reduction for two books.

Li Jintao, marketing director of Baiya Publishing House, said the flow of book fairs this year is similar to that of the past, but that the general consumption power of citizens has decreased, which is related to the decrease in the number of readers. She said that children's books and textbooks are better sold because parents are willing to devote resources to their children, but that other types of books are usually sold and that the overall business volume continues to fall by one to two percent. In order to promote the grain trade, today, the book with a price of 40 to 50 yuan is included in the offer of 100 yuan, to increase the category of the book.