{"id":2130,"date":"2023-10-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indycritic.com\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2024-08-06T04:26:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T04:26:23","slug":"bookchor-lock-the-box-thane-2023-book-fair-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indycritic.com\/?p=2130","title":{"rendered":"Book Fair Review – Bookchor: Lock the Box (Thane, Mumbai, 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Overview<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location\/Venue<\/strong> – Korum Mall, Thane, Maharashtra – 400606<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date and Time<\/strong> – 29th September, 2023 to 13th October, 2023; from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was on offer?<\/strong> – A wide variety of books to choose from various genres (mainly used\/second hand; but new ones also on display)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website<\/strong> – https:\/\/lockthebox.in\/home.php<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“NOT sponsored\/promotional.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, well, well! Yet another ‘Lock the Box’ book fair in the Mumbai\/Thane region, and that too within a span of just 2-3 months! And tell you what… I’m all for it! Of course, I visited both of these events, like what do you mean? As a massive bibliophile myself, I just couldn’t miss such wonderful opportunities which have popped up after quite some time, to be honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s this “Lock the Box” then, you ask? Here’s the info. (from their website) –<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The idea is to give all the readers a golden opportunity where you can get all of your favorite reads together at a lesser price. The Lock-The-Box-Sale would have over 1 Million pre-owned books for you and a deal that you have never seen before. Forget about discounts on specific titles, this is even bigger than books-by-Kgs. This is a one-time payment for all the books you can carry in a box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a total of 3 boxes of different prices according to their size of which you can choose any as per the number of books you want. You can collect whichever book you want from our huge collection and put it in the box unless it gets filled. Once the box gets filled and there is no space left for more you can lock the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud835\udfee. \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \u2018\ud835\udde3\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude00\u2019 \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude05 – Here comes our second box which is comparatively large and can carry approximately 15-17 books also can differ as per book size only at INR 1999. Saturate the box very wisely.
\ud835\udfef. \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \u2018\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf0\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\u2019 \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude05 – This is our biggest and bulkiest box. Costs INR 2999 and can contain approximately 28-30 books or less\/more as per book size. Aren’t you already excited to decorate your dream bookshelf?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That’s pretty much all you need to know. And if the bibliophile\/bookworm in you is not excited by this, then… I don’t know what to say really (get yourselves checked, maybe?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyways, ‘Lock the Box’ has been one of the best book-buying experiences I’ve ever had (both online and offline included). In my personal opinion, it’s very much near the top of the list when it comes to buying books in India as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve ordered from them online twice, and was very much satisfied on both occasions. And yes, apart from holding book fair events offline throughout the country, they also operate and dispatch nationwide via their website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a couple of months back, they held a similar event in Mumbai after a very long time, and needless to say, I was super excited for it. Here’s my full review and overall experience of the same – Bookchor: Lock the Box (Malad, Mumbai, 2023) \u2013 Book Fair Review<\/mark><\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But guess what? When they announced that there was going to be yet another event in the a few months’ time… honestly, I just couldn’t wait!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books that I got my hands on<\/strong> (pics of all attached below!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Science Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n