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Books traders are exploiting the cheap prices of books on sale at the sixth Sharjah Used Books Fair, which started at the Buheirah Corniche on Tuesday.
Book lovers can find books for as low as Dh2 at the fair, which ends on February 27.
The used book fair is organised every three years by the Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services (SCHS) to promote reading and also to support people with special needs.
Despite a great turnout of visitors, families and students, Khaleej Times spotted book traders at the fair who buy used books and resell them at a higher rate.
Liaqat M, a book trader, said he buys only college and university books, such as Oxford dictionaries and books on accounting and writing skills and sell them. The prices at which he sells is much cheaper compared to new ones and benefit those who can't afford new books. He said he sells the books for anywhere between Dh40 and Dh50, depending on the value of the books.
Speaking to Khaleej Times, Izzat Abdul Razaq director of the financial department at SCHS said SCHS organises the fair once every three years in order to provide the opportunity for families to buy books at cheap prices and thus encourage the habit of reading among children. It also aims to raise Dh1,000,000 to support special needs children. Each book at the fair is sold with the price written on it along with the SCHS stamp, but despite this, traders buy them to make profits.
"There are many people who buy books in large quantity, but it's difficult to identify traders from those who want to enrich their libraries. Here also we can't distinguish traders from normal customers and we cannot ask them if they are traders. We sell used books to everyone, but if someone informs us that a particular buyer is a trader who wishes to make profit, we will not sell the books to them."
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