Frankfurt Rights

The new digital portal for making contacts, sharing information, and trading rights and licences.

Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020 Rights and Licensing

For valuable business contacts in the rights trade

Frankfurt Rights is Frankfurter Buchmesse’s new platform for the international rights and licence trade. It’s where you can make lasting business contacts, browse publisher profiles and catalogues, create personal favourite lists, share sample chapters or other preview materials, as well as send and receive messages from colleagues and business partners. Frankfurt Rights brings together all the players in the rights and licence trade. Whether it's to acquire audiobook licences, sell translation rights, or discover suitable material for film productions.

Frankfurt Rights is available from the beginning of October. An access to the platform is included for #fbm20 exhibitors.

German Minister of State and Culture Commissioner Prof. Monika Grütters is supporting Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020, as part of the country’s NEUSTART KULTUR stimulus package. The aim of the funding is to enable as many exhibitors and publishing industry players from Germany and abroad as possible to benefit from the various offers and services during the ongoing corona pandemic.

NEUSTART KULTUR: A stimulus package of the German Government

Make contacts

Frankfurt Rights is the central platform for publishing professionals in the rights and licence trade. New partnerships and business opportunities are created here.

Rights holders present offers

As a seller, you can present your company and your license titles in a comprehensive manner and make viewing material accessible at the push of a button.

Buyers discover titles and companies

As a buyer, you can find publishing programmes from all over the world and discover suitable titles.

For publishing professionals in the rights and licence trade

All exhibitors registered for the Special Edition may request to receive their own seller portal on Frankfurt Rights. Present your company here along with all your titles available for licencing. Easily share preview materials such as sample chapters with your potential licence partners at the click of a mouse. Buyers who have a My Book Fair profile (free of charge) can also use it to register on Frankfurt Rights, browse the platform, contact sellers, and initiate business.

International titles on one platform
Comprehensive presentation options for sales staff
Make new business contacts
Detailed information and reading samples

Note: Upgrades that require payment will most likely be available after the Fair only.