Trade Visitors at Frankfurt Book Fair
Your successful business dealings, meetings and talks are decisive for the five days of the Frankfurt Book Fair.
This year, the Frankfurt Book Fair takes place from 10-14 October. During this time, you can look forward to many new products and trends being presented and discussed. The work centres and forums at the Frankfurt Book Fair are the primary meeting places for trade visitors. The conferences and events are also an opportunity to exchange ideas with experts and make new business contacts. In order to be able to take advantage of the wide range of opportunities and identify the offers that are relevant to you, make sure to prepare well for your visit to the Frankfurt Book Fair.
You can download here our information brochure 2012:
Preparing the fair visit
We offer a lot of services for trade visitors. Find out more!
Trade visitor services
In order to enter the Fair during the week, you have to register in advance as a trade visitor.
The weekdays of the Fair give trade visitors the opportunity to negotiate with business partners, partake in further education, participate at trade events and forge new business contacts.
You are a trade visitor if you:
- are involved professionally in the development, production, marketing or communication of printed or electronic media or the arts
- work in the education sector
- are a student (all fields of study)
You can't get any closer to the pulse of the industry than at the Book Fair
There are many good reasons to take part in the Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the most important marketplace worldwide for books, media, rights and licences. More than 7,400 exhibitors from over 100 countries, over 280,000 visitors and trade visitors, and more than 9,000 journalists meet here to present and evaluate books, magazines digital content and discuss In short: the full spectrum of the publishing and books industry meets up in Frankfurt in October, along with all its related service providers.
- You meet the whole industry in one place
- You create opportunities in new business areas
- You discover new trends
- You learn all about new products and techniques that promote the success of your daily business activities
- You can partake in professional training provided by the Frankfurt Academy
- You get a great deal for your money
Ticket Prices in 2012
| Type of Ticket | Advance Sale | Ticket Office |
|---|---|---|
| Trade visitor one-day ticket* | 32,- Eur | 44,- Eur |
| Trade visitor five-day ticket* | 64,- Eur | 88,- Eur |
| Trade visitor one-day ticket, reduced (students and trainees) | (no advance sales as verification needed) | 24,- Eur |
| Bookseller one-day ticket* | 32,- Eur | 32,- Eur |
| Bookseller five-day ticket* | 64,- Eur | 64 Eur |
| Librarian one-day ticket* | 32,- Eur | 32,- Eur |
| Librarian five-day ticket* | 64,- Eur | 64,- Eur |
All prices are binding and inclusive of Value Added Tax at the applicable official rate.
*incl. free use of local public transport
Premium Membership
Use "My Book Fair" and its Premium-Services for Trade Visitors.
For only 24 euros a year*, be a Premium Member, not just a trade visitor. You are given full access to all online catalogues incl. the contact data of potential business partners. Plus, you can send off requests for appointments ("My Appointments") and store your results from searches in the online catalogues as print-ready lists ("My Searches").
All these services can be used throughout the year. You may, for example, get into contact and arrange dates with business partners you wish to meet in Guadalajara, London or Leipzig.
With your personal Who's Who entry, you yourself can also be found and contacted by potential business partners.
(*plus VAT, if applicable)
My Book Fair
Do not forget!
June 2012: Advance ticket sale starts
Become a member of the extensive Frankfurt Book Fair network for free
Register at "My Book Fair":
To buy your entrance ticket quickly and easily online, you have to register at "My Book Fair" beforehand.
Registration is very easy and takes only to steps:
1. Enter your personal data
2. Complete your profile with your professional data
After this, you can present yourself to the industry with your own informative profile. If requested you will be displayed free of charge in the Who's Who.
Important: your activation link
After the storage of your data, we will send you an e-mail.
IMPORTANT: To confirm your e-mail address and thus your client login, please click the activation-link included in the e-mail.
Registration
Premium Member at "My Book Fair":
For only 2 euros* a month, be a Premium Member, not just a trade visitor. You are given full access to all online catalogues incl. the contact data of potential business partners. Plus, you can send off requests for appointments ("My Appointments") and store your results from searches in the online catalogues as print-ready lists ("My Searches"). With your personal Who's Who entry, you yourself can also be found and contacted by potential business partners.
(*plus VAT, if applicable)
We made it easy: modifications on "My Book Fair"
We have reworked "My Book Fair" to make registration simpler for you. Thanks to this update, we will be better able to inform you about services and offers which are most relevant to you.
As a part of the rework, the personal profiles have now changed. We have made every effort to transfer your previous data as correctly as possible, nevertheless, some aberrations may have occured. Please briefly review your profile and, if necessary, correct your data. Many thanks!
Advance Sale as from June 2012: 25% Discount
You can purchase tickets before the Fair begins: either online or by fax.
We offer a 25% discount off the price of trade visitor tickets if you buy them in advance. This applies to five-day tickets as well as one-day tickets. You will also avoid having to wait at the ticket office. Plus, your pre-purchased tickets may be used for use of free public transport (RMV) as soon as you arrive.
Advance ticket sale for the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 will start in June.
Advance ticket sales offices abroad
In certain countries, partner companies organise advance sale of entrance tickets and in some cases, travel arrangements to the Frankfurt Book Fair as well. Simply contact them to find out what is currently available.
Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine
SDC UAB Messe Frankfurt - International Sales Partner
Ms Monika Demmler
Saltiniu 11/15 - 18
03214 Vilnius
Lithuania
Phone: +370 5 213 55 34
Fax: +370 5 278 45 60
E-mail: monika.demmler@lithuania.messefrankfurt.com
Greece, Cyprus
GB Exhibition Representation
MF & NM Limited
Ms Gabi Spanou
Dorileou 18
11521 Athens
Greece
Phone: +30 210 64 10 405
Fax: +30 210 64 10 602
E-mail: info@greece.messefrankfurt.com
Hungary
F-H Consult Kft.
Ms Judit Benkö
Csatárka út 41
H - 1025 Budapest
Hungary
Phone: +361 325 5330
Fax: +361 325 5644
E-mail: jbenko@fhconsult.hu
Iran
Deutsch-Iranische Industrie- und Handelskammer
Ms Maryam Karimi-Hoshyar
Ave. Africa, Navak Street No. 16
1518633741 Teheran
P.O.Box: 15875-6118
Iran
Phone: +98 21 81331201-2
Fax: + 98 21 88794401
E-mail: m_karimihoshyar@dihk.co.ir
Do you have a trade visitor ticket voucher?
Trade visitor ticket vouchers have to be exchanged for personalised trade visitor tickets prior to admission. Here is how to do it:
1. Register free of charge as a trade visitor
Exchange depends on you being registered online as a trade visitor.
2. Change your voucher
As a registered trade visitor, please log in to www.book-fair.com. Then simply use the entry code to change your voucher into a personalised entrance ticket.
3. Print out your ticket
Now print out this ticket from your computer and use it for admission to the Fair.
New registration as a trade visitor
Important Information: You can exchange the voucher online as well as at a terminal installed for this purpose at the Fair itself. We recommend saving time with an online exchange as described above. Please note the following when changing the voucher:
- The name of the registered individual is on the entrance ticket. Subsequent changes to this are not possible.
- Third parties for whom you wish to exchange trade visitor ticket vouchers must also be registered online as trade visitors.
- Private visitor vouchers cannot be exchanged.
Do you need a visa?
A visa requirement applies for many countries’ nationals who wish to enter Germany.
An up-to-date list of all countries subject to visa regulations, as well as those which are not, can be obtained from the German Federal Foreign Office.
In case you effectively need a visa, please be sure to submit your application early. For more information on how to obtain a visa and an invitation letter, we are here to help you:
Visa
Events
Some events at Frankfurt Book Fair require a registration or advance reservation.
Be sure to take part in the most interesting seminars and conference and do some research in advance.
2011’s online events calendar included more than 3000 events. From July on, you will be able to browse the event calendar again. It is easy: Type in a search word to browse the calendar. For instance, you can search by descriptive word, name or subject. Save then your own selection of events as a PDF and/or print it out.
Event Calendar
Conferences and events of the Frankfurt Academy can already be found here:
Frankfurt Academy