More than 1.2 million people inspected the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair in three days, TIBF President Bahman Dorri told the book fair’s press office Saturday. The massive welcome came despite extreme weather conditions in the past few days in Tehran so that people at some occasions braved showers of hail in their visit to the landmark international cultural event, the TIBF president added. According to Mr. Dorri, the book fair hosted up to 210 thousand, up to ...

2012-05-06 08:30

Several titles containing forged maps of the Persian Gulf have been abruptly taken off stands in the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair, TIBF President Bahman Dorri told the book fair’s press office Saturday. The TIBF authorities rounded up the lawless titles that carried the ‘A-r-a-b-i-a-n Gulf’ misnomer instead of the millennia-old, established name of Persian Gulf, Mr. Dorri said. The titles were cleared immediately after the authorities were informed about their content. Titles deemed to be in major ...

2012-05-06 08:30

An Iranian lawmaker described Tehran International Book Fair as a window for different publishers to get familiar with one another and exchange views and information. Laleh Eftekhari, a representative of Tehran in the IRI parliament told the TIBF press office on Saturday that the landmark cultural event provides the ground for people and authorities to review the existing capacities in the national publication sector. Ms. Eftekhari believed that the TIBF served as a rendezvous for experts in the field of ...

2012-05-06 08:30

A panel discussion, called business of publication, was staged Thursday night in Tehran International Book Fair with two panelists urging for a change of approach towards the Iranian publication sector by which to treat the sector as a cultural-business sector rather than a purely cultural one. The panel discussion was held in a special hall in the 25th TIBF fairground dedicated to review the status of publication nationwide and heard from three panelists, namely Mohsen Rezaee, an expert in cultural ...

2012-05-05 08:30

The TIBF office in charge of the international section in a statement Friday made public the range of costs a foreign publisher may incur in securing a space in the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF). A guide to rules and regulations of the international section sets different prices for different booths or pavilions in the international section, TIBF press office reported. According to the guide, a square meter of area in the international sales section where sales ...

2012-05-05 08:30

Tehran International Book Fair serves as a rendezvous of all types of thought and proves peerless worldwide in some respects, Ishaq Salahi, curator of the IRI National Library said during an inspection of the landmark international event Friday. ‘Books serve as the best reference for judging on the achievements of any generation in any country as they help collect and show the views of that generation,’ Mr. Salahi told the TIBF press office. Also serving as a presidential aide, Mr. ...

2012-05-05 08:30

Over 960 e-books are on display in a pavilion in the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair that help expose the fake, deviant denominations Bahaism and Wahabism, the TIBF press office reported Friday. The pavilion, run by Isfahan Seminary (religious school), also displays 40 titles in electronic format on such themes as the Immaculate Shii Imams (A.S.), the Holy Koran, Sahife Sajjadiye (eloquent prayers of the third Shii Imam), Nahj-ul-Balagha (eloquent speeches and quotes of the first Shii Imam) ...

2012-05-05 08:30

IRI students and researchers have time yet to apply for book shopping vouchers, according to the press office of the 25th Tehran International Book Fair. Educationalists, general physicians and medical students may apply for up to 65 dollars in book shopping vouchers while university graduates and other students may apply for up to 49 dollars in such credit cards. Branches of Bank Saderat stationed across the TIBF fairground are ready to take and process such applications, the press office reported. ...

2012-05-05 08:30

TIBF authorities decided Friday to transfer the empty booths of absent foreign publishers to reserved applicants, according to the TIBF press office. The decision was taken in partial response to a larger than expected number of foreign applications was given to the TIBF management department before and after the advent of the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair. Under the decision, the pavilions of those foreign publishers that have already quitted or fail to join before the third day ...

2012-05-05 08:30

Inspectors to the 25th edition Tehran International Book Fair may file complaints against violating publishers, the TIBF press office said, adding that a committee has been established in the book fair to assess the performance of publishers and deal with complaints against any violating publishers. Plaintiffs may file their written complaints with the committee and an ad hoc TIBF court of law will summon the plaintiff and any would-be violating publisher(s) for a hearing. Complainants may also call the committee ...

2012-05-05 08:30