Leipzig Book Fair

The Leipzig Book Fair is today after the Frankfurt Book Fair is the second largest in Germany and next to the Auto Mobil International motor show, and the universal pattern fair, which lasted until after the reunification, the most famous trade fair in Leipzig. It takes place at the Leipzig Fair every year in mid -March. As the first major industry event of the year they apply to the presentation of new releases of spring as an important impetus for the book market.

History

The history of the Leipzig Book Fair dates back to the 17th century, 1632 exceeded the number of the featured books for the first time the book fair in Frankfurt am Main. Especially in the 18th century introduced Leipzig with his publishers, such as Philipp Erasmus Reich, and booksellers the center of the modern German Book Trade dar. The top position of the Leipzig Book Fair remained until 1945 made ​​, only then it was surpassed by the fair in Frankfurt am Main. Nevertheless, the book fair was an important meeting place for book friends and booksellers from East and West during the communist era. After the turn and the move from the exhibition house on the market to the new fairgrounds a renewed rise of the Book Fair started today with stable growth rates. Since 1995 takes place during the Book Fair as a complement to the exhibition program and the Leipzig Antiquarian Book Fair.

Profile

The book fair is today primarily a " public exhibition that presents the encounter between the author and visitors to the fore ." The atmosphere is often described by visitors and publishers as a family and relaxed. In order to be able to coexist with the book fair in Frankfurt am Main, on a much larger volume of orders is made, the fair had to reorientate. The closer alignment with the reader expresses itself, among others, by the initiative of the Leipzig Fair and cooperation partners such as Bertelsmann, the Association of German Book Trade, the MDR and the city of Leipzig Reading Festival Leipzig reads. With around 1,800 events during the four days in the city and on the fairgrounds, it is considered Europe 's largest festival of its kind, the trend audiobook was very quickly recognized at the Leipzig Book Fair and included in the exhibition concept. The show is characterized by numerous cosplayers, after manga models clad teenagers with.

Framework Programme

Meanwhile, the fair will also framed the media, for example, by the award of the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair ( from 2002 to 2004 the German Book Prize ), the award of the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding and the nomination of the German Youth Literature Prize. Since 2014 will be held parallel to the book fair, the manga comic book convention instead.

Balance since 2008

In 2008, the trade fair set a new record with 129,000 visitors recorded participation and 2,345 publishers from 39 countries, at least in visitor numbers ( up 1.6 percent), while the number of exhibitors was slightly decreased.

2009 Leipzig Book Fair was opened on March 11 with the awarding of the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding of the German historian Karl Schlogel. On March 12, the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair has been earned by Eike Schönfeld ( in the category translation ) for the transmission of Saul Bellow " Humboldt's legacy ," the political scientist Herfried Münkler for " The Germans and their myths " (category nonfiction / essay writing ) and the writer Sibylle Lewitscharoff for the novel " Apostoloff " ( Fiction category ). For the audience, the show was, fed by 2,135 exhibitors from 38 countries, accessible from 12th to 15th of March. Among the topics included the political upheaval in the GDR and Eastern Europe. According to information from the fair management 147,000 visitors were recorded, an increase of 14 percent over 2008. Organizers continue to expect a consolidation of the fair.

In 2010, the number of exhibitors declined to 2,071 from 39 countries, along with a simultaneous increase in visitor numbers of 156,000, including 45,000 trade visitors.

With 2,150 exhibitors from 36 countries in the following year, the 2009 level was reached again. With 163,000 visitors, including 45,000 trade visitors and this number increased over the previous year.

The Leipzig Book Fair 2012 was held from March 18, 2012 15. Overall, 2,071 publishers from 44 countries participated in the fair. With a total of 163,500 visitors was reached the average of the previous year.

With 175,000 visitors presented the Book Fair 2014, a new record. Around 31,000 of them traveled to this year's manga comic book convention.