TiBE 2012 Yearly Theme: Green Reading

Marking its 20th anniversary this year, the 2012 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TiBE) attracted 749 exhibitors from 60 countries with 2,183 stands, and set a new attendance record of 600,000 visitors.

With “Green Reading” being the yearly theme, TiBE 2012 focused on the evolution of the act of reading from the past, through the present, into the future. Exhibition highlights included late Ming Dynasty volumes from the 16th and 17th centuries; the Torah; forward-looking digital publications and reading apparatuses; the global collective creation Morgenstadt; and the zero-waste, pollution-free and low-cost Blue Economy. In addition, TIBE invited Gunter Pauli, founder of Zero Emissions Research Initiatives (ZERI), to give a speech on the latest concepts in sustainable social and ecological development, and set up an “Extensive Reading Zone” in collaboration with France, Finland, Australia and New Zealand to accommodate the exchange and interaction of green living trends, experiences and action plans from different countries around the world.

Moreover, TiBE 2012 launched the cross-domain “Chinese-language Publishing and TV/Film Matchmaking Platform,” with the aim of extending the reach of Chinese-language publications into the realm of film and TV, and simultaneously invigorating the development of publishing and TV/film industries. This matchmaking platform hold two major events during this TiBE: the “Pitching Forum” and “One on One Meeting.” Also, several seminars were held, inviting TV, film and publishing professionals to address case studies of Chinese-language books adapted into films or TV dramas.