What is the current growth of the publishing industry for the UAE?
We are in the process of putting together the figures. Q: Many fairs in the Arab world are open to the general public and are not essentially for professionals alone. What about the ADIBF? A:ADIBF is a professional fair that is open to the General public. Our vision is that one day ADIBF will be just a professional book fair. But in order to see that happen, we first need to improve the infrastructure for selling books, i.e. the distribution system. Once book become a commodity that are readily available throughout the year, the book fair can concentrate on the professional side alone. Q: Can visitors purchase books on their visit to the stands? A: Yes, they can. In this aspect it is like any other book fair in the Arab World. Q: How many visitors come to the ADIBF? How many international exhibitors are there? A: We saw app. 200 000 visitors to ADIBF in 2009. The number of international exhibitors rose from 159 in 2008 to 215 in 2009.Altogether we had 637 exhibitors. Q: What tools are
