THE REPORT OF 2016 HELSINKI FAIR EDITED BY RICHARD HANKS NOVEMBER 2016 PUBLISH ON DEMAND GLOBAL HELSINKI BOOK FAIR 2016

Helsinki Book Fair 2016, to be held from 27 Oct to 30 Oct 2016. The Trade Show is take place at Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre in Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki Book Fair is a stand where plenty of pretty important goods are exhibited. Most of these tend to be about Arts, , , Culture, Literature, and Book Seller. Helsinki Book Fair is organized annually. The meeting provides a valuable educational experience and an opportunity to network with leading minds in the field, as well as a worldwide community of around 80000 Book Fairs professionals from every subspecialty. Messukeskus Helsinki is the PCO of Helsinki Book Fair, Helsinki Book Fair 2016. Can you imagine how the Finns love the book? “Books still have a strong position in Finnish society, and 77% of the population buys at least one book a year,” says Sakari Laiho, Director of the Finnish Publishers’ Association. Seventy-five percent of parents read aloud to their children, a practice proven to establish good habits early on. What’s more, writing is ranked among the most respected professions.

–Finland, Where Reading is a Superpower

Publishing Perspectives PODG Loves Helsinki!

As a global publisher and distributor, we know the responsibility of PODG is to promote our 10,000 authors around the world and take care of theirs global business. We are very proud to attend 2016 Helsinki Book Fair and cooperate with our clients in Finland.

Finland is a very beautiful and rich country. The Finns have the best education and they do spend a lot of money to buy the books.

The English book is quite popular in Finland. We can find many English books in every bookstore and each library in Finland.

The fiction, non-fiction and the children books are the best-seller categories in Finland. ROVIO IS A FINNISH COMPANY. THEY DO PUBLISH MANY CUTE BOOKS. WE DO FIND MANY GREAT FINNISH AUTHORS. WE ARE PLANNING TO PROMOTE THEM IN THE US & THE WORLD. MR DON ROSH THE ILLUSTRATOR OF DONALD DUCK @HELSINKI HE HAS MANY FANS IN FINLAND. DURING THE WHOLE BOOK FAIR, WE MET ALL OF OUR CLIENTS. WE ARE TRYING TO CONTACT KASSA. THEN NEGOTIATE WITH THEM TO PROMOTE OUR 10000 AUTHORS IN FINLAND. HELSINKI BOOK FAIR HOLDS MANY EVENTS. THE AUTHOR WILL GET MANY BENEFITS FROM THESE EVENTS. 5.5 Million Great Readers!

Finland is a small country with 5.5 million people. But it’s a big market. During the whole 2016 Helsinki Book Fair, PODG has met top 10 book distributors and top 10 publishers in Finland.

We will make full use of different channels which include B2B & B2C market. We will give our clients the best discounts and the best service. What we will do is to encourage our channels to sell more copies for our 10000 authors. WE HAVE 47 APPOINTMENTS DURING HELSINKI BOOK FAIR. THE SHOW IS GREAT. THE CLIENTS ARE VERY NICE. WE ARE DEEPLY MOVED BY THESE ENTHUSIASTIC FINNS. NOVEMBER HELSINKI PODG IS EAGER TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE BIG BOSS. WE HAVE 10,000 GENIUSES WHO LOVE THE BOOK AND THE LIFE. THEY JUST NEED ONE OPPORTUNITY. THE AUTHOR SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SETUP THE PLATFORM. PODG WILL HELP YOU TO SETUP YOUR PERSONAL BOOK CLUB AND PLATFORM. YOU ARE THE ONLY OWNER. THE FINNS ALSO KNOW MR TRUMP. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 2016 HELSINKI BOOK FAIR & FOOD FAIR. I LOVE THIS SHOW BECAUSE I CAN ALSO EAT MANY DELICIOUS FOODS. BOOK+FOOD+TALK=2016 HELSINKI BOOK FAIR SO HELSINKI BOOK FAIR IS A GOOD PLACE TO PROMOTE COOK BOOKS TOO. THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FINLAND THIS LIBRARY IS ONE OF OUR CLIENTS. WE HOPE THE LIBRARY CAN BUY MORE BOOKS FROM US. The Stockman Bookstore

The Stockman Bookstore is the biggest bookstore in Helsinki. It’s also one of our clients.

Now it’s very tough to these big retailers. So they always ask the best discounts. For our authors, PODG is very flexible to make deal with them.

After the hard negotiation, all clients have agreed to import more goods from PODG. We believe it is a good news to our 10000 authors.

We think the North Europe is a good market. PODG will publish and distribute more good books in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. SEE U NEXT YEAR! WELCOME TO 2017 HELSINKI BOOK FAIR

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