General
Whether you are looking for stand registrations, general information or specific brochures, here you will find all relevant documents to download.
LitAg ticket portal
Online ticketing
Tutorial for the online ticket portal
Simple and clear. Our guide to online ticket purchase for private visitors.
Guideline for online ticketing
Information for private visitor for redeeming ticket links and codes online.
Guideline for redeeming ticket links and codes online
Information for exhibitor, trade visitor or private visitor.
System stand FUN
Registration form
The System stand FUN is our new offer for the presentation of your brand and your products. Stand size and placement are freely selectable.
Value-Added Tax
Value-Added Tax - Disclosure of information
The German Sales Tax legislation (UStG) as amended on 1 January 2011 provides VAT-exempted invoicing of the relevant fairrelated services for non-domestic recipients. To see if you are applicable, please send us the following completed and signed form to vat@buchmesse.de.
Information regarding customs
Guidelines
Are you an exhibitor from outside of the European Taxation and Customs Union and you want to sell your books at Frankfurter Buchmesse? Here you will find extensive information.
Registration form
Your table in the EDU Business Hub
Download the registration form here. It covers all the details and prices.
Your table in the Academic Business Hub
Download the registration form here. It covers all the details and prices.
Your table in the Audio Business Lounge
Download the registration form here. It covers all the details and prices.
Registration form Stand
Whether you bring your own custom-built stand or want to book a system stand, use this form to register. Specify the size and position you envisage for your stand.
You can also use this form to register co-exhibitors.
Exhibitor information
Exhibitor Requirements with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, additional rules and recommendations have been put in place to protect the health of all participants at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020. The following stipulations constitute a supplement to our Technical Regulations, and they are part of the Terms & Conditions of Participation in Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020.
COVID-19 hygiene concept
Our hygiene concept for the event is continuously updated based on new findings and specifications.
COVID-19 changes stand planning
Here you’ll find everything you need to know about the expanded areas provided for stands along with the modified features of our stand products.
System stand
Information for Value-Added Tax
The German Sales Tax legislation (UStG) provides VAT-exempted invoicing of the relevant fairrelated services for non-domestic recipients.
Elements & Extras
Here you will find a selection of options to customize your stand and adapt it to your needs and wishes. Put your brand and your product in the spotlight according to your ideas.
Furnishing for your System Stand
Whether spotlights, seating, counters or cabinet units, you can order your stand furnishings with this form (only for system stands). You can also book carpet rep weave, bench cabinet cushion, fabric wall covering and much more with this form.
An overview of which products can be booked for your system stand model can be found here.
System Stand Smart
Product details system stands
In this document you will find details and other options - everything you need to know about your stand at a glance. This allows you to make a well-informed decision for your successful appearance.
System Stand Deluxe
Product details
From the first briefing to the stand presentation at the fair, we are there for you. Stand sketches, coordination, stand construction - we offer these and other services for a memorable exhibition appearance.
System Stand Deluxe: Briefing form
Deluxe is all about first-class quality and first-class service: You let us know your wishes in the registration form, which we will then specify in a personal call. With one goal: maximum visibility of your brand.
Custom-Built
Application for early access
For early access to Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020, 765 euros are charged for two or three days (from 8 October or 9 October), or 180 euros for one day (10 October 2019).
The exhibition site will be open each day from 7 am to 9 pm to those with early access permits. An early access permit will only be granted if a plan of your stand for 2020 is submitted.
Product details & prices for your Custom-Built stand
This document will provide you with prices, technical details and other options - everything you need to know about your Custom-Built stand at a glance. This allows you to make a well-informed decision for your successful appearance.
Literary Agents & Scouts Centre (LitAg)
Registration form
Book your table here in the world's largest rights centre. Simply fill out the form and send it back to us (servicecenter@buchmesse.de). Your equipped table awaits you - and you can concentrate on the essentials.
Product details & prices for LitAg
In this document you will find prices, details and other options - everything you need to know about your table at LitAg at a glance. This allows you to make a well-informed decision for your successful appearance.
Publishers Rights Corner
Registration form
To book a table, simply fill out the registration form and send it back to us before 31 May 2020. That's it. Your personal area in the Publishers Rights Corner awaits you. And you can focus on networking.
International Library Centre (ILC)
Registration form
How many days do you want to be present and how many tables do you need? Please let us know your wishes and specifications in the form. For maximum efficiency of your visit.
Agora
Registration form
Your presence at Frankfurter Buchmesse ensures you the greatest possible visibility.
Special topic collective exhibitions
Registration EDU Business Hub
EDU Business Hub offers you a dedicated workspace for your business meetings.
Registration Academic Business Hub
DownloadRegistration - Audio Business Lounge
DownloadNonbook Award - Registration form
DownloadFrankfurt Kids - Registration from Gemeinschaftspräsentation
DownloadRegistration Academic Tech Start-up Area
DownloadFrankfurt Kids - Registration form collective stand
DownloadEducation - Registration form collective stand
DownloadRegistration form Gallery Stand
DownloadRegistration form Empty Floor Space
DownloadRegistration Collective Stand
DownloadEmpty Floor Space
Registration Form
Where do you want your stand and how big should it be? Are you interested in a slot for an event on THE ARTS+ stage? Let us know what you need.
Trade visitors
Programme-Weltempfang
Whether podium discussions on self-censorship or author talks on press freedom, you will not miss a highlight with the Weltempfang-Programme.
Guide for authors.
You are an author and want to experience the inspiring atmosphere of Frankfurter Buchmesse up close? Here are a few tips and tricks for you.
Plan and benefit
Plan a visit to the world’s largest book and media fair together with other interested parties and benefit from the tips on our checklist.
Conferences
Private visitors
Plan ahead with our tips
This checklist helps you to easily organise your visit to Frankfurter Buchmesse as a group.
Cosplay
Registration form
Get close to your most loyal fans and exhibit Frankfurt Cosplay. Here you will find the registration form with all important information. Fill in and send it off.
Guest of Honour
Books on Canada
DownloadNew publications Georgia
DownloadNew French publications.
Here you will find the latest releases of French-language authors in translations. The list covers a period from autumn 2016 to December 2017 and includes novels, stories, essays, comics, etc.
The book market in France.
In 2014, French publishers were once again pleased with an increase in license sales abroad. The upward trend in this business segment has been ongoing for a few years now and
has led to growth of around 120% within ten years.
Translation funding programme
DownloadCatalogue Books on Brazil
„Brazil – A land full of voices“ was the slogan of the Guest of Honour 2013. 130 German publishers presented more than 335 new releases, including 117 fiction titles in their programmes. The international book exhibition "Books on Brazil" was on display in the Guest of Honour pavilion and presented 1060 books from and about Brazil from 309 publishers and 24 countries.
Book market Brazil
DownloadGuest of Honour 2014 Finland
„Finnland. Cool.“ was the slogan of the Guest of Honour 2014. 60 German-language publishers acquired 215 Finnish titles in the programme. The international book exhibition “Books on Finland” displayed translations of titles from and for Finland – a total of 950 books published by 245 publishers in 35 countries.
Finnish book market
DownloadNew releases Finland
DownloadBook market Indonesia
DownloadTranslation funding programme
DownloadNew releases Indonesia
DownloadGuest of Honour 2015 Indonesia.
"17,000 Islands of Imagination" was the slogan of the Guest of Honour 2015. The international book exhibition "Books on Indonesia" featured some 850 translations of titles from and to the Indonesian from 180 publishers and 30 countries. Indonesian publishers were present at the fair with a 340-square-meter collective stand in Hall 4.0 as well as with events related to children’s books, comic books, art/design, education and gourmet living.
Guest of Honor 2016 - Netherlands
DownloadNew releases Flanders & the Netherlands
DownloadGuest of Honor 2016 - Flanders
DownloadRegistration form Books on Georgia
Publishers from all over the world are invited to present their current titles on the Guest of Honour at the international book exhibition 'Books on Georgia' in the guest country pavilion of Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Advertising & promotion
Your marketing options on the fairground
Use our numerous advertising formats and make your products eye-catching for visitors to Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Your marketing options: print and online
Take advantage of our extensive range and present yourself and your brand to all visitors to Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Advertising & promotion
DownloadStages
Conditions of contract for the stages of Frankfurter Buchmesse
DownloadPartnerships & Sponsoring
Download all the details
In this PDF, you will find prices, details and other options at a glance – everything you need to know about partnerships and sponsorship for you to make an informed decision.
International offices
Russian book marke: Special Issue Book Industry Magazine
DownloadBuchmarkt Russland Frankfurter Buchmesse
DownloadChina Publishers
The BIZ works with numerous media partners both online and offline. Here you will find some resources and reports related to the Chinese book market.
Presentation Festival Neue Literatur
DownloadProgram
DownloadA market on the move.
With its approx. 10 million students and a growing middle class, India exhibits great potential for education, tremendous purchasing power and a diverse publishing landscape. Germany has an excellent reputation there in the fields of education, science and technology. Learning German is popular throughout the country. India is a country in which books are published in around 18 languages.
Digital Publishing Report
Amidst the ongoing digital revolution the world is grappling with the possibilities and challenges arising from hyper-connectivity and super-fast access to information and commodities.
The field of publishing is no exception to this phenomenon; it too has been experiencing a change in demands vis-à-vis form and content. The question is, what change has digitalisation brought about in readers, especially in an emerging economy like India?
Special Report on the Chinese Creative Industry
The premiere of the China Creative Industries Award marked the first time that innovative products and companies in the content industry in mainland China have received awards across all sectors.
China Publishing & Media Journal
The BIZ works with numerous media partners both online and offline. Here you will find some resources and reports related to the Chinese book market.
Book Market China Extract Frankfurt Bookfair
DownloadPresent internationally
Rights List - Fall 2020
Here you can learn all about the books on the Rights List or see a list of publishers interested in international contacts.
KI Collection-Books on Tour
DownloadBeethoven collection
DownloadRights List - Spring 2021
Here you can learn all about the books on the Rights List or see a list of publishers interested in international contacts.
50 Books That Travel 2020
DownloadThe Fall of the Berlin Wall
DownloadList of Exhibitors Taipeh 2019
DownloadGuest of Honour Germany exhibitioners warsaw 2017
DownloadGuest of Honour Germany bologna look illustrator list 2016
DownloadGuest of Honour Germany bologna look collection catalogue
DownloadOur global activities at a glance
Frankfurter Buchmesse is active all over the world, whether it's editor's trips, authors on panel discussions worldwide, training courses for publishers or the exhibitions of our book collections. Here you will find all facts and figures at a glance.
Childrens Books on Tour" Flyer 2019
These publishers are interested in international contacts.
Rights List Childrens Books on Tour 2020
Over 50 titles will be exhibited in the category this year and advertised at 18 foreign book fairs and at our foreign locations in China, the USA, Russia and India. Here you will find all information about the Books in this rights list.
Frankfurt Fellowship
Application form
Please download the application form here and fill it out. Then upload all application documents as one PDF file through the online form (completed application form, 4 letters of recommendation - three from international partners and one from your own management).
Invitation Programme
Application Form Invitation Programme
Download the application form here and fill it out. Please upload the completed application form with your application through the online form into the upload area provided for this purpose.
The Invitation Programme 2017
From Bangladesh to Uruguay to Costa Rica –here you will find a document with all the participants of last years Invitation Programme
Terms & conditions
Terms & Conditions for Advertising Tiles
Terms & Conditions for Advertising Tiles for download
Prices & Products 2021
DownloadGeneral Terms and Conditions for the Exhibitor Ticket Portal of Frankfurter Buchmesse.
DownloadTerms and conditions of participation for collective stands and work centres.
DownloadGeneral Terms and Conditions for the Online Ticketing Service for visitors of Frankfurter Buchmesse.
DownloadTechnical regulations for Frankfurter Buchmesse
What are the ceiling height restrictions in your hall? What else needs to be taken into account when designing your own stand? Find all the details here, at a glance.
House Rules of the Frankfurter Buchmesse.
DownloadTerms and Conditions of Participation for the Frankfurter Buchmesse
DownloadExhibitor Ticket Portal
Arrival and Accomodation
Information on travelling with bus companies
Saturday is typically the busiest day of the fair, so we have developed a convenient concept for that day, allowing you to let all passengers board and alight directly at the entrance. You will find all the relevant information you need in this document.
Everything you need to know about your trade fair preparations.
Dismantling Advice
DownloadWifi
DownloadEmergency Calls
DownloadSecurity Information
DownloadLeaflet for the execution of signing hours
DownloadInstructions on the hosting of stand parties
DownloadEquality Wall
FOR gender equality and the freedom of sexual orientation! AGAINST bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment! Encourage the freedom of speech. Support Human Rights. Share the FBM Equality Wall with your favourite publisher.
Download Plakat
Here you can download the poster design. We can also provide you with a high-resolution print file. Please contact us if necessary.
SEPA Direct Debit
DownloadRestaurantflyer
DownloadFair preparation notes on use Custom-Built stand
DownloadMessevorbereitung Verkehrsleitsystem Traffic Management
DownloadFair preparation check in
DownloadFair preparation early access
DownloadCustom-built stands - notes of use
Please read our notes of use of custom-built stands as well as the technical regulations carefully. Pay special attention to the stipulations on materials, types of ceiling, stand dimensions and stand height.
Arrival and Accomodation
DownloadService Contractors
Order forms Messe Frankfurt - Simplifying the process
To make it easier for you to fill out the order forms, Messe Frankfurt has provided the following guide.
Fall-back-PDF-2019
DownloadReturn transport shipping instructions
DownloadReturn transport label
DownloadReturn Transport Letter
DownloadRestaurants overview
DownloadOrder form waste disposal
DownloadHere you will find a list of all service contractors in one document.
From forwarding agents to interpreters — you as an exhibitor need professional services to make the most of your attendance at the fair. A list of service contractors makes it easy to find the right contacts.
Stand sketch water supply
DownloadStand sketch telecommunication
DownloadStand sketch suspensions from hall ceilings
DownloadOrder form suspensions from hall ceilings
DownloadStand sketch electricity
DownloadOrder form stand security
DownloadOffer request rigging
DownloadOrder form spotlights and electrical sockets
DownloadOrder form telecommunication equipment
DownloadOrder form presentation equipment
DownloadOrder form electricity
DownloadOrder form set-up and dismantling assistants
DownloadOrder form stand eqipment and furnishings
DownloadRental form office equipment
DownloadOrder form rental equipment System Rent
DownloadOrder form audiovisual presentations AVMS
DownloadOrder form water supply
DownloadOrder form visitor registration
DownloadOrder form decoration and wallcovering
DownloadService Contractors - Exhibitors own wifi
DownloadOrder form fire extinguisher
DownloadOrder form plants and accessories
DownloadService Contractors - Insurance
DownloadOrder form parking permit
DownloadOrder form hostesses
DownloadPress material
Nomination Form for ABC International Excellence Award 2021
Nominations in the publisher and project initiative categories should be completed on the application form and mailed to Accessible.Books@wipo.int by Wednesday, 30 June 2021.
Rede Staatsministerin Prof. Monika Grütters Eröffnungsfeier Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020 - Special Edition
DownloadPresentation of the honorary »Patron of Books« medal to Monika Grütters
DownloadOpening speech for the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020 - Karin Schmidt-Friderichs
DownloadPress kit opening press conference Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020 - Special Edition
DownloadStars and Starlets at FBM20
DownloadStars and Starlets at FBM20
DownloadVirtual press conference Frankfurter Buchmesse Special Edition 2020
DownloadPress kit press conference Guest of Honour 2019 Norway
DownloadPress kit „Opening Press Conference Frankfurter Buchmesse 2018“ (english version)
DownloadTerms of use
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