The total number of trade visitors is expected to have reached 118,500 by Sunday, with 125 countries’ professional industries represented.
Rights Roundup: On a Comfortable and Non-Alarmist Approach to Frankfurt
Our Rights Roundup features two works from Norway, plus books of note from Germany, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Slow down and enjoy.
The 2024 Frankfurter Buchmesse: 230,000 Visitors Overall
Some 115,000 trade visitors from 153 countries were at Frankfurter Buchmesse last week, covered by 7,500 news-media representatives.
Frankfurt at Midpoint: Trade Visitors Are Up 9 Percent
The 76th edition of the world’s largest international book publishing trade show sees 114,000 trade visitors from 131 countries.
Rights Roundup: 76th Frankfurter Buchmesse in Sight
‘From Italy to the World’ for translators; newly revived Literary Scouts Contact Sheets; and more: All roads this week lead to Frankfurt.
Frankfurt News Conference: An Issue-Energized Trade Show
Organizers of October’s Frankfurter Buchmesse tell reporters that the show will be firmly in touch with books’ place in current affairs.
Rights Roundup: On the Road to Frankfurt 2024
Our Roundup lists rights deals on titles from South Korea, France, Frankfurt Guest of Honor Italy, Norway, Germany, and the UK.
Paola Passarelli: Italian Rights, Translation, and Stereotypes
A conversation with the Italian culture ministry’s Paola Passarelli cheers the value of those translations that come from book fair deals. (Sponsored.)
Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 2024 Rights Center Sells Out
With 320 agencies in its Literary Agents and Scouts Center, Frankfurt Book Fair will also feature a Games Business Center and a Book-to-Screen Day.
Rights Edition Interview: Literary Agent Urpu Strellman Returns to Publishing
With Helsinki Literary Agency selling up to 150 books yearly, its former CEO, Urpu Strellman, heads for her publishing roots at Art House.