Vista through the sieve of the distance I can say that the IDF Lima was not what I expected. A simple exercise was to submit to the Fair to the following question: What makes a cultural event has significance?: Will the guests? "The agenda? Are events extraliterary? Is Local? Do the publications? Are the notes in the press? Are the sales?
Each party may argue in its favor on the number of visitors, sales, space and parallel to the musical program. It is good that in a country with such poor read rates have Fair visitors and buyers. But not just the quantity but also quality. Not all development is also growing.
sales appear to have been good, and that's good to grow the business. The agenda was planted this book presentations and literary activity shows that walk right foot. The tributes were well deserved and timely. The fair is a good place to rediscover friends and make new ones. It is an opportunity to renew the "social contract" among publishers, writers and readers.
However, in terms of impact I have my doubts. A Fair Lima heavyweights fail, the agenda has not been discussed or those important topics were regarded tangentially during the presentation of some books. The facts of the fair did not "bounce" in the circles beyond our borders. Moreover, some publishers struggled to update their catalog, but other heavy artillery came a month after the fair, a fact that I have seen recently. In this year only in Latin America we felt the shockwave of Festivals in Cartagena, Puerto Rico, Bogota, Montevideo and now we are connected to what occurs in Buenos Aires
reader not only a writer but as expected more. The debate of ideas, variety can reach consensus. The fair is a good opportunity to assess trends in fiction, poetry and national test, the current situation of publishers, both traditional and independent labels, and the current role of literary criticism and blogs, the constant threat of piracy, which attack both the digital and the printed paper, "The role of educational, cultural and libraries. If this has not been discussed openly little we can talk about the future, including this e-book. At the last IDF our best writers residents and visitors could be better utilized. Last Fair
has been prepared with the support of the Peruvian Chamber of Books, publishers, distributors and writers. But aside from the necessary licenses has been little official support (except for live broadcasts of a cultural channel state). What was not enough, it was a missed opportunity because it was the joint creation of the Ministry of Culture. And there seems to be lack of a sense of opportunity, because in his time up Chespirito was honored in both palaces, and the Municipal Government. A ministry is not enough but a cultural vision, comprehensive and inclusive, something that must be understood as a state policy. Can we call flagship product? It does not matter, but we must get to work
In such a scenario, in the remainder of the year we still have some local fairs and the culmination of Ricardo Palma, I hope to return to its original place for the good of all. A good incentive that should not be lost because the book closer to areas where there is not even bookstores. And for the next IDF 2011, it is time to start thinking, organizing work teams, to lay the foundations of an event that should be the annual milestone of our national literature.
Each party may argue in its favor on the number of visitors, sales, space and parallel to the musical program. It is good that in a country with such poor read rates have Fair visitors and buyers. But not just the quantity but also quality. Not all development is also growing.
sales appear to have been good, and that's good to grow the business. The agenda was planted this book presentations and literary activity shows that walk right foot. The tributes were well deserved and timely. The fair is a good place to rediscover friends and make new ones. It is an opportunity to renew the "social contract" among publishers, writers and readers.
However, in terms of impact I have my doubts. A Fair Lima heavyweights fail, the agenda has not been discussed or those important topics were regarded tangentially during the presentation of some books. The facts of the fair did not "bounce" in the circles beyond our borders. Moreover, some publishers struggled to update their catalog, but other heavy artillery came a month after the fair, a fact that I have seen recently. In this year only in Latin America we felt the shockwave of Festivals in Cartagena, Puerto Rico, Bogota, Montevideo and now we are connected to what occurs in Buenos Aires
reader not only a writer but as expected more. The debate of ideas, variety can reach consensus. The fair is a good opportunity to assess trends in fiction, poetry and national test, the current situation of publishers, both traditional and independent labels, and the current role of literary criticism and blogs, the constant threat of piracy, which attack both the digital and the printed paper, "The role of educational, cultural and libraries. If this has not been discussed openly little we can talk about the future, including this e-book. At the last IDF our best writers residents and visitors could be better utilized. Last Fair
has been prepared with the support of the Peruvian Chamber of Books, publishers, distributors and writers. But aside from the necessary licenses has been little official support (except for live broadcasts of a cultural channel state). What was not enough, it was a missed opportunity because it was the joint creation of the Ministry of Culture. And there seems to be lack of a sense of opportunity, because in his time up Chespirito was honored in both palaces, and the Municipal Government. A ministry is not enough but a cultural vision, comprehensive and inclusive, something that must be understood as a state policy. Can we call flagship product? It does not matter, but we must get to work
In such a scenario, in the remainder of the year we still have some local fairs and the culmination of Ricardo Palma, I hope to return to its original place for the good of all. A good incentive that should not be lost because the book closer to areas where there is not even bookstores. And for the next IDF 2011, it is time to start thinking, organizing work teams, to lay the foundations of an event that should be the annual milestone of our national literature.
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