To be available on its official store on e-commerce platform Tokopedia, the online book sale will feature more international books with discounts up to 90 percent. Free delivery to all provinces in Indonesia will also be available.

Tokopedia’s assistant vice president of business Jessica Stephanie Jap said the online bazaar was being held following the enthusiasm over Big Bad Wolf’s online book sales in April, May and June. “Hopefully, our exclusive collaboration with Big Bad Wolf can expand the public's access to books,” Jessica said in a statement.

Big Bad Wolf’s first online book sale, which was held from April 27 to May 3, was well received by the public with the most popular categories being children’s books, novels and hobby books. Customers came from all parts of the country, including North Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara and Papua as the farthest areas.

Big Bad Wolf was launched in 2009 in Malaysia before making its debut in Jakarta in May 2016. In 2019, the annual book bazaar was held in seven cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta, Bandung in West Java, Yogyakarta, Surabaya in East Java, Medan in North Sumatra, Balikpapan in East Kalimantan and Makassar in South Sulawesi. It is recognized as one of the largest book sales in the country, offering books from various genres, from children’s books and politics to fiction and arts. (wir/wng)

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