jamshedpur the current economic slowdown will have a bearing on the 29th jamshedpur book fair organized from november 15 to november 24 the corporate world which is the usual bulk buyers of books does not look that keen this year the book fair organizers have expressed concern at the prevailing scenario and apprehended that if the economic situation continues to remain the same book fairs across india might get hit earlier corporate houses used to be the bulk buyers of the books but since last year their share has come down to around 10 said h s paul president of the tagore society which is hosting the fair the organizers said owing to the austerity measures several citybased corporate houses are gradually turning away from the book fair the common people are the ones who are contributing more towards the business at the book fair said ashish chowdhury general secretary the tagore society last year jamshedpur book fair made a business of over rs 95 lakh and witnessed about 65000 footfalls hopefully this year the business would cross the 95 lakh mark added chowdhury the 10day long book fair will witness for the first time exclusive stalls displaying books on various tribal languages of eastern india sahitya akademi kolkata will open a stall where books on literature and other information concerning various tribal languages spoken in the eastern and north eastern states of india will be available said chowdhury this year the annual book fair will witness 72 publishing houses from across the country participating in the event including delhibased suvi publications which is putting up its stall here for the first time said one of the organizers the fair will also feature cultural shows and debates among schoolchildren on various social and political topics