New normal, new books welcome back readers at Sharjah International Book Fair

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Book lovers started flipping through thousands of new as well as older titles as one of the world’s biggest book fairs, the 39th Sharjah International Book Fair, opened doors on Wednesday at Expo Centre Sharjah.  Read the full story: https://bit.ly/2JtHgt6  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  #BookFair #Sharjah #books

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00:00We are here for the past 14 years, we are regularly coming.

00:29As usual we have all the regular new books, the Wimpy Kid is the latest one which has

00:34come out.

00:35There is a Dogman series and there is more like international titles also.

00:38And we have like different languages, English and we showcase Malayalam as well.

00:42People are stuck at home, so they want to refresh themselves, so they are looking for

00:45the self-help books.

00:46People are looking into like stock market, like business, new entrepreneurs are looking

00:50for like more books, fiction, children are like activity books.

00:54I'm a big book reader, I've got a massive bookshelf and these kind of opportunities

00:58to fill those shelves with stuff to read in the future are always great.

01:01My favourite author is Marquez, but I start and read you know all kinds of things, business

01:06education, self-help, languages, all kinds of things.

01:10I don't really read, but then if I find something good enough, then I might start reading.

01:14It helps a lot, instead of sitting bored and looking at your phone for no reason for hours,

01:19it's better to pick up on some books.

01:22Usually I am looking for like at least 20 books, but this year I'm cutting back, so

01:27I'm just browsing for my brother.

01:29My favourite is Sidney Sheldon and I love fiction.

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