The Book Fair is one of the most important stations of direct communication between writers, publishers, and intellectuals to keep them updated about everything new in this field, as well as being an outstanding cultural event that keenly pursued by the cultural, academic and media bodies which paying a special attention to book fair every year.
Despite all advanced technologies, the book still has an important role and value in readers' minds and society. That is why we see the interest for the book fair is growing fast in the Arab world, as it considerate a seasonal fair for Authors, publishers, and resellers with their audience of students, book lovers, and intellectuals from different segments of society,
Although the above aspects are normally a common denominator among all international book fairs; Jeddah International book fair features wide participation of Arab and international publishers, including a range of academic, cultural, scientific, literary and religious books as well as kids’ books, media, and e-books.