President of Antares Media Holding presented Serzh Sargsyan with the two-volume edition of Man without Properties by Austrian writer and philosopher Robert Mucile, which presents the thoughts of an investigative scientist about the mystery of life and the everlasting struggle between nature and man. The General Director of Zangak publishing house donated to the President the History of Armenian Art, which presents the historical background of Armenian fine arts and architecture, from ancient times to our days. The Director of Bookinist presented President Serzh Sargsyan with the Armenian translation of Encyclopedia of Knowledge, published jointly with an English publisher, which has a separate section dedicated to Armenia. The President donated вЂњCivilization: what is the different between the West and the RestвЂќ by British historian Niall Ferguson.

The meeting participants exchanged books as gifts. President Sargsyan noted that the good tradition of celebrating the Book Giving Day is indeed one of the best ways of marking the great poetвЂ™s birthday. Prior to the meeting, the President and the meeting participants congratulated each other on Hovhannes TumanyanвЂ™s birthday and on the occasion of Book Giving Day. The President promised to discuss the proposals with the responsible officials and try to assist them in their endeavors. The publishers came up several proposals. On Book Giving Day, President Serzh Sargsyan called at Bookinist bookstore in Yerevan, where he met with top executives of several publishing homes: Mkrtich Karapetyan from Edit Print, Sokrat Mkrtchyan from Zangak Print, Armen Martirosyan from Antares and Khachik Vardanyan from Bookinist Company.ДЄt a tea-table meeting, the President and the publishing home executives talked about the sphereвЂ™s latest achievements and problems, book publishing and sales-related issues with a focus on the efforts aimed at improving the activities of libraries and bookstores, the prospects of public-private sector cooperation in order to promote book reading, etc.

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