Frankfurter Buchmesse
Sandra Song
t: +49 (0) 69 2102276
f: +49 (0) 69 2102 46276
The book trade in the 21st century
The book trade in the 21st century is about far more than bookselling.
The way book trade professionals operate the market in the age of digitisation, the way they change it and foster interchange, will depend on how the media continue to develop. The book trade is about much more now than trade in books. The Frankfurt Book Fair takes account of these changes, with numerous activities and professional programmes aimed at supporting the industry.
Publishers & Booksellers
The German Publishers & Booksellers Association Centre provides information on the Association’s services.
The Centre also provides information on the products and services offered by MVB Marketing- und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels GmbH and the BAG Buchhändler-Abrechnungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.
Association topics
Information is available to you here on the following:
- membership
- "Seitenreich" - the special rates programme for members
- legal advice
- career training
- marketing and market research
- reading promotion activities
- antiquarian book trade
Representatives of the regional branches are happy to provide information on issues specific to regions and on relevant activities.
MVB
The presentation includes the following products and services:
libreka!, the industry’s option for full-text searches and e-book sales on the Internet; the VLB (German Books in Print catalogue); buchhandel.de; IBU; BISAG BuchIndustrie StandardAgentur Germany with the DOI, mEDRA and ISBN agencies;
Börsenblatt - the weekly magazine for the German book trade; boersenblatt.net; Buchjournal; Aus dem Antiquariat - magazine for antiquarians and book collectors; booklets on the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade; Livendo; BuchSchenkService (book tokens); WAS Werbe-Anschriften-Service (promotion address lists); ZIS Zeitschriften-Informations-Service (magazines/journals); specialist literature for the book trade.
BAG
The Buchhändler-Abrechnungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.
Representatives from the book trade clearing and credit guarantee company BAG Buchhändler-Abrechnungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG are also here to provide information and advice relating to all aspects of accounts clearing and financing in the book industry.
Hall Plan
Hall 4.0 J1339
Booksellers Centre
Booksellers Centre: your base at the Fair
The Booksellers Centre in Hall 4.0 is the heart of the trade fair. This is where you can find all the important service providers and suppliers for publishing and the book trade.
The Booksellers Café is popular with everyone as a meeting-point offering you food and drink at reasonable prices, somewhere to get together with colleagues and business partners, or just to take a break and rest after going round the Fair.
We are available to you with a big team in the Booksellers Centre throughout the entire Fair and are always on hand for talks and all your questions. So we’re already looking forward to your visit in 2011!
Services for publishing companies & the book trade
National and international service providers to the book and media industry introduce themselves here.
Key areas include software for publishing companies and the retail book trade, shop installations and fittings, business management, the interim book trade. The second-hand book trade, exhibitors involved in book production (printers, paper manufacturers, etc.) can also be found here. The collective stand Nonbook 4.0 - marketplace for stationery & gifts is also placed here.
In this hall, booksellers and publishers find everything they need for the economic success of their businesses.
The Forum Production in Publishing features a large number of special interest events dealing with the prospects for publishing production.