Multimedia Frankfurt Book Fair: vodcast, podcast, blogs and much more besides
The five longest days and five shortest nights of the year are over - but you can already look forward to the next Fair. So that it doesn't seem too long a wait, you can relive the highlights of the Fair in pictures and sound under News and Media on our website.
News on the net: the Book Fair blog
The authors most in demand, the biggest selling publishing companies, the most valuable book, the wildest looking cosplayer, the hottest cookery shows: the Frankfurt Book Fair bloggers were out and about in the halls every day of the event and have recorded their impressions.
Listening in: the audio podcast
Can Bollywood songs be used to encourage reading? How did Chinese visitors find the Fair? The industry's players, VIPs and authors have their say on the Frankfurt Book Fair podcast - and you can listen in!
Moving pictures: the English-language video podcast
Snapshots showing the Guest of Honour China, the high-profile delivery of the new Dan Brown bestseller "The Lost Symbol", interviews with Margaret Atwood, Frank Schätzing, Antony McCarten and many others - the English-language video podcast captured the best moments at this year's Book Fair - now you can see for yourself.
The future is already here: "Tools of Change for Publishing" conference
E-books and smart phones, digital standards and cloud computing - international digitisation experts discussed the future of publishing at the "Tools of Change for Publishing" conference - TOC for short - the day before the Frankfurt Book Fair. The video podcast of the conference features many of the speakers and summarises the most important points of view. Numerous talks and presentations are also available to download from the official website of the Frankfurt TOC.
The Chinese are here! The Frankfurt Book Fair on YouTube
The Book Fair event was documented every day on its own YouTube channel. Statements, comments, points of view, discussions with VIPs and private visitors - you can look at all this on YouTube.
Recording of special interest event "What's new about Google?"
More than 1,500 visitors took part in the professional programme provided by the Frankfurt Book Fair with the support of Mediacampus Frankfurt on the topics of "Crossmedia - New Ways for Marketing and Communication", how to open up international book markets and rights and licences. The most important event was the discussion on the Google settlement which attracted many more visitors than the room could accommodate. You can look at a recording of this panel discussion here. The debate was chaired by Jens Bammel (IPA) and featured Santiago de la Mora from Google, Prof. Roland Reuss, Dr. Christian Sprang from the German Publishers & Booksellers Association - Börsenverein - and Richard Sarnoff (Random House, AAP board member).
The presentations given at the Business Breakfasts on Russia, Germany and Argentina, as well as other selected documents from the programme, can be ordered by e-mail from Iris Klose: klose@book-fair.com.
Ceremonial occasion: recording of the official opening
The main auditorium in the Congress Center was little short of packed when Börsenverein president Gottfried Honnefelder opened the Frankfurt Book Fair on 13 October with the traditional knock of his gavel - in the presence of Germany's federal chancellor Angela Merkel and China's vice-president Xi Jinping. The German chancellor called for the Guest of Honour to be met with curiosity and emphasised that China should face up to critical questions. You can follow the speeches given at the official opening ceremony here.
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