Patna Book Fair
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{{Infobox convention
| name = Patna Book Fair
| status = Active
| genre = Multi-genre
| next =
| venue = Gandhi Maidan
| country = India
| first = 1985
| organizer = Centre for Readership Development (CRD India)
| attendance = 8,44,000 (Dec 2007){{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Book+lovers+throng+Patna+Book+Fair/1/22434.html |title=Book lovers throng Patna Book Fair : Latest Headlines, News - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2008-12-11 |accessdate=2014-05-01}}
| website = http://www.crdindia.org
}}
Patna Book Fair or Patna Pustak Mela is an annual book fair organized in Patna, India by the Centre for Readership Development (CRD), an NGO, held annually (usually in the middle of November) at the Gandhi Maidan,{{cite web|author=|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Book-fair-back-at-original-venue/articleshow/256087.cms?referral=PM |title=Book fair back at original venue - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2003-10-29 |accessdate=2014-05-01}} selling and exhibiting books, printed matter, stationery, printing, compact discs and other multimedia publishing.{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Patna-book-fair-witnesses-over-1-lakh-visitors-on-last-day/articleshow/10794744.cms?referral=PM |title=Patna book fair witnesses over 1 lakh visitors on last day - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-11-19 |accessdate=2014-05-01}}
The First Patna Book Fair was held in 1985 and November 2013 was its 20th edition.{{cite web|url=http://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/news/9033-patna-book-fair-just-hours-away-from-opening.html |title=Patna Book Fair Just Hours away from Opening |publisher=PatnaDaily.Com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-01}} During 1999-2002 the venue was shifted to Patliputra colony grounds. Next book fair{{cite web|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/patna/patna-book-fair-from-feb-4/articleshow/56693574.cms |title=Patna book fair from Feb 4 |publisher=TimesOfIndia.com |date= |accessdate=2017-01-23}} is going to be organised on 4 February 2017 at Gandhi Maidan. The date was shifted from November due to 350th Prakash Parv.
Representatives from book publishing and multimedia companies from all over India and Foreign publishers from USA, UK, and Singapore come to the Fair. The November 2013 book fair had a total of 1000 stalls,{{cite web|author=Our Correspondent |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131019/jsp/bihar/story_17467452.jsp#.U2KJ8IGDkTA |title=More than books at fair |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2013-10-19 |accessdate=2014-05-01}} covering around 2.5 lakh square feet area.{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Patna-book-fair-from-November-10/articleshow/24356604.cms |title=Patna book fair from November 10 - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2013-10-19 |accessdate=2014-05-01}}
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