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Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: Attendees Asked to Answer Important Questions
The Frankfurt Book Fair's opening press conference and ceremony addressed the major challenges of our times, from the curtailing of freedom of expression to climate change.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: In Translated Crime, a Name Brand Hero Is Key
"The market for translated fiction is buoyant,” Francois von Hurter, cofounder of Bitter Lemon Press, said, adding that the most successful books are often crime novels in which the protagonist becomes synonymous with a series, not an author or publisher.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: PRH, S. Fischer, Scholastic Execs Talk Trends
A pre-fair virtual conference covering trade publishing saw executives from Brazil, Germany, and the U.S. discussing current trends, including diversity and inclusion, supply chain challenges, and the rise of home learning.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Expands On-Stage and On-Screen Program
The Frankfurt Book Fair has released a full schedule of virtual and in-person events for this year's book fair, running October 20-24.
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RELX Remained the World's Largest Publisher in 2020
RELX Group, with its strong position in STM, Legal and business markets, was once again the world's largest book publisher in 2020, according to 'Livres Hebdo/Publishers Weekly' ranking of the top global publishers.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Preview 2021: More Than 40 Countries Will Have National Stands
More than 40 countries are hosting national stands at Frankfurt.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Preview 2021: The Show Must Go On
The Frankfurt Book Fair is poised to return with an in-person event, augmented by virtual options.
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Frankfurt Confirms In-Person Fair, Limits Daily Attendees to 25,000
The Frankfurt Book Fair has again confirmed that the fair will proceed with live, in-person events, this October 20-24. To protect the health of fairgoers, it will limit total daily attendees to 25,000.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Is Taking Shape
Plans for the Frankfurt Book Fair are shaping up, with professionals from 60 countries committing to participating in the live, in-person fair, to be held this October 20-24.
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Frankfurt Plans Live, In-Person Trade Fair in October
The Frankfurt Book Fair is planning on hosting a live, in-person fair this October 20-24. “It will be smaller in scale and more focused,” Juergen Boos, the fair director, said.
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Frankfurt Commits to In-Person Fair, Opens Registration
The Frankfurt Book Fair has recommitted to running a hybrid in-person and virtual book fair this year and has opened registration for exhibitors. The in-person event is scheduled for October 20-24 and has been given the theme of “re:connect."
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Frankfurt Book Fair Plans to Go 'Back to Basics'
The Frankfurt Book Fair has reorganized, and will pursue a "back to basics" approach for the physical fair next year, focusing on the rights trade and B2B networking. It will also continue to develop its virtual platforms and digital tools.
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Frankfurt Book Fair New York Is Closing
The Frankfurt Book Fair New York, which was responsible for selling exhibition space to North American publishers and arranging for literary agents to attend the fair, is closing at the end of the year.
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Changes Coming to the Frankfurt Book Fair
Organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair said next year's event will expand the virtual options incorporated this year, while also bringing back on-site stands. However, lost revenue and the ongoing pandemic is forcing the fair to streamline operations.
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Frankfurt's Boos Says Physical Fairs Cannot Be Replaced
Though the all-virtual Frankfurt Book Fair was well-received, Frankfurt director Juergen Boos is all the more convinced that in-person, face-to-face book fairs are essential to the health of the industry and cannot be replaced.
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Copywriter's Debut Emerges as Big Book at Frankfurt
'Lessons in Chemistry,' a debut novel set in the 1960s about a wannabe scientist who lands a job as the host of a TV cooking show, sold to Doubleday for a rumored seven-figure sum.
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Frankfurt Participants See Silver Linings
The news out of the ongoing Frankfurt Book Fair, which has been entirely virtual, has largely been positive, with publishers and other industry players discussing how they have coped with the challenges caused by the pandemic.
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At Frankfurt Digital Session, Nurnberg Talks Covid and Rights
In a digital panel on Tuesday titled "Publishing and the Rights Trade in a Covid World," British literary agent Andrew Nurnberg spoke about selling rights in the strange new reality of a pandemic and the importance of in-person meetings.
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Frankfurt Opens Virtual Book Fair
The all-virtual Frankfurt Book Fair opened yesterday and continues today, with more than 4,000 digital exhibitors, 70 hours of trade events and 260 hours of programming. Among the first topics under discussion were what U.S. readers were interested in from foreign publishers.
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ReBoot Kicks Off
ReBoot: Books, Business, and Reading, comprising an October 13 conference plus research tracks, is designed to analyze how Covid-19 could reshape the global publishing industry.
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