Classics are in great demand. "The classic written by Dharamveer Bharati `Gunaho Ke Devta' has sold like hot cakes," remarked Anjani Kumar Mishra, senior marketing officer of Bharatiya Gyanpith Publication. He said that the book has already 90 editions. "A large number of visitors come asking for classics," he said and insisted that Patna was one of the best locations for selling books. "Perhaps it is because there is no industry here and people earn their livelihood through gaining knowledge," he said.
Another classic in demand at the fair is Harivansh Rai Bachhan's `Madhushala'. "We sold 50 copies of it the very first day on Saturday. We have brought 500 copies and I think not a single one of them will remain unsold," remarked manager of Rajpal Publication Sureshanand Sharma. He pointed out that another classic of Acharya Chatursen was also doing brisk business. "The biographies of Benazir Bhotto and A P J Abdul Kalam are also being sold and there is a demand for books for children," he added.

Orient University Press dictionaries are in demand and are doing brisk business. The autobiography of Kalam, `Wings of Fire', published by the Orient Blackswan Publications is also in demand and so is the classic written by Khushwant Singh, `Train to Pakistan'. "Lately, there has been a huge demand for spoken English books in Patna," remarked Ajay K Lall, sales executive of the publication.

Gandhi Maidan is currently attracting anything between 20,000 to 30,000 visitors everyday. They come from various sections of the society, including literature lovers, students, teachers and readers of pocket books. "There is space for the third book fair to be held here in December," remarked Rajendra Rajan the organiser of the other national book fair.