NEW DELHI: Hundreds of book lovers visited the Times Group stall on the inaugural day of the Delhi book fair, taking advantage of all the curated publications of
Times Group being available under one roof.
The ‘spirituality and wellness' section was particularly popular, with the compiled collection of ‘The Speaking Tree’ columns the most popular choice. “I have loved following the daily Speaking Tree column in the newspaper.
I thought it would be lovely to have a bedside book to go through the best of The Speaking Tree,” said Anjali Sharma, a visitor.
“This time our ‘175 year series’ of coffee table books on sports, journey of India and cartoons is available for sale. Readers will be able to trace the journey our country has untaken with our publications. While our archival titles are much sought after, the wellness books have been receiving a good response as well,” said Ankit Gupta, head of sales) at Times Group Books stall.
Some of the other popular categories available are city travel and food guide, religious books, and nightlife guides and books on health and fitness. According to Gupta, visitors this time around will have unique opportunity to get subscriptions of up to 50% on magazines published by Times Group with heavy discounts.
A dedicated stall on Times music has been created this time where spiritual series available in “pen drives” are being introduced, which can be given as gifts. Discounts ranging between 30-50% are available on titles published jointly by Wiley India and Times Group.