Prepare your visit well in advance!
What is actually on offer? What is interesting for you?
There's always a lot going on at the Book Fair. With around 7,400 exhibitors, over 3,000 events and training activities, the Guest of Honour programme, and countless innovations and trends, the potential distractions are enormous. It's crucial to come well prepared if you don't want to lose track of your own objectives. Use our website to get an idea of what's on offer for the different professional groups. You can form an overview of the diverse events, and of the many exhibitors and their stand numbers. And, of course, you can also find out about all the educational activities of the Frankfurt Academy.
Company Search
Our most important advice to you as you prepare: Arrange appointments well in advance
The Frankfurt Book Fair helps you to find the people you'd most like to talk to. Even before the Fair starts, you can use our catalogues, the Frankfurt Who's Who and the Exhibitors Catalogue, to locate relevant companies and individuals. As a Premium Member you can keep a record of your search results, and you can access the detailed information. This allows you to get directly in touch with the contacts who interest you the most.
Catalogues online
Sharpen your skills with the Frankfurt Book Fair
A wealth of specialist events and educational activities takes place during the five days of the Fair. Find out in advance what's on offer, and secure your place at the conferences, seminars or workshops of your choice.
You can already obtain information about the events of the Frankfurt Academy, which we are organising in cooperation with the German Publishers & Booksellers Association. From the summer, more information on other activities will be available in the Calendar of Events.
Frankfurt Academy
A visa requirement applies for many countries’ nationals who wish to enter Germany.
From May on, the Frankfurt Book Fair offers a service to help you apply for a visa. To apply for a letter of invitation you must first be registered as an exhibitor or as a trade visitor. You can find a link to the registration form directly beneath your "My Book Fair profile.
For further information on the procedures and visa-regulations, please visit:
Visa-regulations
Book your travel and accomodation early enough
You have access to more than 3,000 reasonably priced appartments and private rooms during the Frankfurt Book Fair. The prices range from about 50 euros per night for a single room in a private household, to up to 135 euros for a 4 bed appartment. You can book quickly and conviniently over the internet at:
Frankfurt Tourism
Also, more than 250 hotels and guest houses provide 37,000 beds of all categories. Or bookaccording to exclusive company conditions using "My Book Fair".
Accomodation
Our customers - our services
Booksellers
Our Services for Booksellers
There are countless offers and services at the Frankfurt Book Fair just for booksellers – ensuring your visit is as productive as possible.
After publishing professionals, booksellers are the second largest group of trade visitors at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Even though books are a hot topic across all media during the Book Fair and there is a lot to do in your store, a visit to the Fair is always worth it. For instance, there are countless opportunities for conversations with publishers, sales reps, wholesalers and service providers, as well, of course, with writers and colleagues! New trends, rarities, nonbooks, special editions, literature from our Guest of Honour Iceland – there’s plenty to discover!
Information for Booksellers
Librarians
Our Services for Librarians
With events on meta-data, open access strategies, the German Digital Library and copyrights, the latest topics from the library and information services sectors were at the forefront of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2011.
The entire book and media industry is in an exciting period of development due to increasing digitisation and new information technologies. This is particularly true of the library and information sectors, so there is a great need for discussion and exchange of knowledge. The Frankfurt Book Fair provides the perfect platform for this. Here you can talk to the experts and meet new business partners.
For the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 we are about to prepare new events, discussions and conferences. In May, we will give you an overview about what will be in the spotlight at this year's Fair.
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Students
The Frankfurt Book Fair for students
Many things on offer at the Frankfurt Book Fair are also particularly interesting for students specialising in a variety of subjects.
For students of all subjects, there is the possibility to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair as a trade visitor. A reduced price ticket can be purchased at the ticket counter upon presentation of a student ID.
Teachers/Educators
Teachers and educators are trade visitors too!
On trade visitor days, the Frankfurt Book Fair offers teachers and educators interesting and informative opportunities with an education conference, a big area for education and with many events.
Not only can you discover the latest learning media, but also extensive presentations, discussion forums and lectures, which are devoted to education, teaching and learning topics. Attend the trade fair and study further.
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Translators
Translators at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Ideal platforms for networking: Weltempfang - Centre for Politics, Literature and Translation - and the Frankfurt Who's Who
The Weltempfang of the Frankfurt Book Fair is the ideal platform for translators to network and present their work to trade partners and colleagues. As a translator, make sure to profit from the Frankfurt Book Fair’s online catalogue of professionals.
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My Book Fair for trade visitors without Premium Membership
My Book Fair can be used by all trade visitors to prepare for the Fair.
After registration, you can use our Online Ticketing service and redeem gift vouchers. Here, you will be able to access your Online Ticket and receive important messages about the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Registration
Premium-Membership of My Book Fair
Take advantage of the Premium Services on My Book Fair! 24 euros per year (plus VAT) you have access to all the detailed information in our online catalogues. You can also save search results in your own lists and send appointment requests to business partners. If you wish, your profile can also be included in Frankfurt Who's Who, making it easy to be contacted by potential business partners. This is industry networking at its purest!
- Use comprehensive research possibilities and view contact details of potential business partners.
- In the “My Searches” section, save your online catalogue search results in lists that can be sorted.
- Use the function “Appointment request” throughout the year.
