News - Madrid Book Fair 2010 (12 images)

This friday Madrid Book Fair's 69th edition kicked-off in the heart of Spanish capital's Parque del Buen Retiro. Summer-like heat and the scorching sun shall not stop avid readers from flooding park lanes to check out different editorial stands offering their best bestsellers, especially if the general public could have the opportunity to meet the authors such as Joaquin Leguina, Javier Cercas, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Javier Marías and Dominique Lapierre.

Her Majesty Queen...
more »

This friday Madrid Book Fair's 69th edition kicked-off in the heart of Spanish capital's Parque del Buen Retiro. Summer-like heat and the scorching sun shall not stop avid readers from flooding park lanes to check out different editorial stands offering their best bestsellers, especially if the general public could have the opportunity to meet the authors such as Joaquin Leguina, Javier Cercas, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Javier Marías and Dominique Lapierre.

Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain inaugurated the event with Nordic literature as a thematic focus this year amid the uncertainty about the sales. Industry figures predict less purchases of hardcopy books due to the crisis but a modest growth in eBook downloads, a new service offered this year by some editorials.
« less