General
Events
The rights and license trade has always been at the heart of Frankfurter Buchmesse. During the week of the fair, various events take will provide professionals from the rights and licensing trade with opportunities to participate in comprehensive training and networking events.
Experience the Frankfurt Conference and B2B events again
#fbm20 Rights & Licensing events
Start of the book fair week
It's 2020, do you know what rights you own? Best Practices for Fully Exploiting Intellectual Property Across Multiple Platforms
Live ENMeet the editors- Inside the acquisitions process in the UK
Live ENMeet the Editors: An Hour with US Editors
Live ENFrankfurt Conference: Rights & Licensing
Building Bridges With Books - Pitches by Cecile Barendsma
Live ENThis session takes place in Zoom only.
Join us here!Welcome by conference chair
Live ENPublishing and the rights trade in a Covid world?
Live ENMarket insights Canada – deux solitudes?
Live ENSpain: País plural: Four languages and literatures
Live ENWorking with sub-agents or selling directly?
Working with sub-agents or selling directly – or a mix of both?
ENBrand licensing
Brand Licensing – Opportunities for Publishers
ENPublishing’s global leadership takes on the crisis
COVID-19, Copyright and the Creative Economy - Publishing’s Global Leadership Takes on the Crisis
ENThe Hof
THE ARTS+: Little Stories, Big Economics: Taiwanese Stories Growing into All Forms (presented by TAICCA)
Live ENPrinceton University Press 2020 Rights List – Pitches by Rebecca Bengoechea (Registration necessary)
Live ENThis session takes place in Zoom only.
Join us here!New York Calling
Live ENTHE ARTS+ events
THE ARTS+: Masterclass: Brand Licensing for Publishers
Live ENGallimard Fall 2020 Rights List: A Selection – Pitches by Judith Rosenzweig (Registration necessary)
Live ENThis session takes place in Zoom only.
Join us here!THE ARTS+: Meet The Makers: Brands, Characters, and New Stories
Live ENTHE ARTS+: Masterclass: Books Beyond their Covers: Adaptation and the Role of the Book in the 21st-century Media Industries
Live ENTHE ARTS+: A Conversation on Book-to-Film Adaptations
Live ENBrand Licensing – Opportunities for Publishers
Live ENWHERE IN THE WORLD IS YOUR NONFICTION - How Small Publishers of Serious Nonfiction Are Coping in these Difficult Times. A Virtual Discussion and Networking Event
Live ENCOVID-19, Copyright and the Creative Economy – Publishing’s Global Leadership Takes on the Crisis
Live ENTHE ARTS+: Maja Lunde and Annette Ore in Fireside Chat on Adaptation
Live ENRights & Licensing experts at #fbm20
Digital offers
The live programme of the digital book fair gives you the opportunity to bring that "Frankfurt feeling" home and to participate interactively.
German collective stands at international fairs
Harness the global activities and platforms of Frankfurter Buchmesse for your business. The German Collective Stands of Frankfurter Buchmesse at international trade fairs offer you ideal opportunities for trading rights and licenses. The perfect base for your business abroad.
Children’s Books on Tour 2020

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