Frankfurt Book Fair
Also known as Frankfurter Buchmesse, German Publishers and Booksellers Association, Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH
world's largest trade fair for books
AI overview
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's largest trade fair for books, where publishers, authors, and industry professionals gather to buy and sell publishing rights and promote their works. It matters because it's a major global marketplace that shapes which books get published and distributed internationally.
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Key facts
- Status
- Active
- Genre
- Multi-genre
- Frequency
- Annually, in mid-October
- Venue
- Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds
- Location
- Frankfurt am Main
- Country
- Germany
- Inaugurated
- 17th century, modern era: 1949
- Attendance
- 286,000
- Website
- www .buchmesse .de /en
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.buchmesse.de
- Image
- FrankfurterBuchmesse2008.JPG
Article
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The Frankfurt Book Fair (German: Frankfurter Buchmesse, abbr. FBM) is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. The five-day annual event in mid-October is held at the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The first three days are restricted exclusively to professional visitors; the general public attend the fair on the weekend.