Passion for Megan Maxwell at the Fira del Llibre

The group of friends leaves satisfied. Megan Maxwell has signed several books, asked them questions, taken photos, thanked them, made recommendations and never made a bad face. “How long have we been in line? An hour and a half.” But it has been worth it. Especially if you think about the half-hearted autographs that are obtained at the door of a sports city if the footballer on duty kindly rolls down the window. The price of one t-shirt is enough for five books. They are differences. The Saturday morning event was Fira del Llibre. A human tidal wave “Good Morning, Vietnam” that director Manolo Gil sees with satisfaction but less than the general good health of the contest.

From Elche on purpose

Megan is the best seller of the moment and the queue goes from the Alquería to the Rosaleda. From a disciplined public. “Did you like it?” “Oh, you haven’t read it yet”, “Remember it’s an adaptation”, “What’s your name?” “Photo? Of course, of course.” With a particularly female audience, she exercises the particular phenomenon “Idol” in paper version. “We come from Elche” says a family while the daughter, a newly minted teenager, takes half a shelf out of a bag. “It will be there until the last one is left to sign,” says the director of the Fira. “Yes, there is a time when they are told that, if they come with several books, they should sign one because if not, it will be too late.”

And with order. The book fan is disciplined. Maxwell, who now turns everything he touches into gold, has been the main attraction of the Saturday event although, for example, Eloy Moreno also started the queue first thing in the morning and extended the autograph and photo session until well into the day.. The same as the particular Juvenalia: Selene de Pascual, Iria Parente, Pol Ibáñez and Luna Javierre, each one with their corresponding and disciplined queue. And so, all on a hot Saturday, which came after an unusual start to Fira. “There are positions that have told us that they have billed up to double compared to the same days last year. That Saturday is full is within the expected, but on Thursday, Friday, it seemed that we were already on the weekend “It’s crazy.” Conclusion: “People are still buying books.”

Fans by communities

“We bet a lot on young people,” who have their particular fan phenomenon. “But it’s not just this.” Now we must also take advantage of what comes with modernity: communities. “They meet on social networks.” And not just the bestsellers. “The most literary ones are also very successful. Aramburu, Pérez Gellida… or Sara Torres, who presented her book to three hundred people and then signed until almost ten at night“.

And things always happen. Because Eloy’s tail

Moreno shared space with hundreds of children watching the Gruffalo in front of him – how he must have suffered with the high temperatures – who then went out to take photos in the crowd. The 59 years of Fira, who coexist with the 39 in Viveros. “It’s ten days and ten days running. And the booksellers are happy.”