We would like to cordially invite you and your partnership to visit and join our forthcoming book fair next year.
The Bangkok International Book Fair 2010 offers you an excellent opportunity to meet publishers and the
general public, to promote your business, to find new markets and to make new friends, all under the setting
of one of the most cosmopolitan and dynamic cities in the world. Open a book, open the world is the annual
theme of BKKIBF which we would like also ask you to open you eyes & mind to experience the dynamic
Thai book market and to befriend with publishers from Thailand and overseas in March 2010.

The Bangkok International Book Fair is not only the most dynamic book fair, but it is also the hub of book markets in South East Asia. We welcomed approximately 1.5 million participants & 427 exhibitors from 19 countries in 2009. Total sale revenue had grown from last year at the rate 18.5 per cent. The children’s books and the young adult books are still popular among readers. The bestsellers of youth books is fiction, novels and cartoons, whilst working people are showing a substantial level of interest in books about applied dharma principles and self-development.

BKKIBF is the gateway of book fair in ASEAN Country. This is a good occasion for you to learn our growing book market and to meet local & international publishers from Europe, Asia, North America and the general public, to promote your business, to find new markets and to make new friends, all under the setting of one of the most cosmopolitan and dynamic cities in the world.
Objectives

To initiate and promote the role of Thailand as the buying and selling of copyrights hub in this region
To provide a global meeting place for the exchange of ideas for those involved in the printing and publishing industry
To create a marketplace for domestic and overseas publishers

Slogan
“Open a Book: Open the World”. This slogan vividly conveys the idea that books are the gateway to the world, whether it is the world of fantasy and imagination reached through fiction, or the world of facts and information accessed through non-fiction.

Management
Under the chairmanship of Mrs.Risuan Aramchareon, the President of PUBAT, a committee of fifteen members drawn from all sectors of the publishing and bookselling industry has been formed to oversee and manage the event.

Exhibitors
In addition to domestic publishers and booksellers and members of the Asian Pacific Publishers Association (APPA) and the ASEAN Book Publishers Association (ABPA), the participation of Asian, European and American publishing houses and related organizations are being targeted.

Admission
Free of charge for the general public.