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Book Fair starts today at 16.00 in the Parque Eduardo VII
28/05/2015 24:55
Book Fair wants to break records
editors Initiative hopes largest ever number of visitors.
By Duarte Faria
“Last year, we overcame the bar of half a million people. This year, it is our ambition and we believe we are all the conditions for that to happen, reach the 600 000″ more than any other event in the country, told CM Bruno Pires Pacheco, general secretary of the Portuguese Association of Publishers and Booksellers, responsible for organizing the fair.
But fundamental for this to happen is the weather, “Not too hot, not rain,” said the CM some of the participants yesterday ultimavam the pavilions. During 18 days, publishers and booksellers expect to increase sales by 50%.
As for the investment made for this edition, the Secretary-General of the APEL only said it was “significant ‘refusing to advance values. “Hundreds of thousands of euros, which translates into a fair better and more attractive, which is the highlight of the book world in Portugal,” concludes Pires Pacheco.
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