The world's largest book event: Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest book event in the world, took place October 14-18, 2009. This year it attracted almost 300,000 visitors, plus 10,000 journalists, to the booths of more than 7,300 exhibitors from 100 countries.
Buddy Bess and Bill Hamilton at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair
Bess Press honcho Buddy Bess and University of Hawai‘i Press director Bill Hamilton are two Hawai‘i publishers who regularly attend this important event for trade rights and licensing and to promote their new titles.
The fair is limited to trade professionals on the first three days, then open to the general public on Saturday and Sunday. Start your travel plans now for 2010! Click here for more info.
Tags: Bess Press, Book Fair, rights, UH Press
November 6th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Unless you read German, a better choice to plan a vacation around might be the largest *U.S.* book event, Miami Book Fair International. According to its website, http://www.miamibookfair.com, it’s “the largest literary festival in the country. The eight-day book party draws hundreds of thousands of book lovers to downtown Miami each November for a festival of all things read and written.” There was earlier discussion on this site (HawaiiReaders.com) about how much one would pay to see/hear an author talk. How ‘bout $10 each for Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver or Isabella Rosellini, free for Al Gore, Ruth Reichl or Sherman Alexie? Those are the going rates at Miami, though also see $50 workshops. If Miami’s still too far, try the LA Times fest http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks in April.