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The international symposium on new directions for libraries, scholars, and partnerships took place last october in the german national library, frankfurt venue, during the bibliomaniacal week that surrounds the frankfurt book fair. If youre an author and considering a trip to the frankfurt book fair, read through our authors guide to the frankfurt book fair, which will give you a better sense for what you can accomplish at the fair, how people do business in frankfurt, and how much your trip will cost. A secure, cashfree way to shop the fair with yearround shopping online. For more details of the event, please contact the organiser frankfurt book fair 2014 gevme. Canadathe leading international fair on the subject of books, literature and print products of every variety, featuring everything from comics. As you can imagine, it was preceded by careful preparation. The riyadh international book fair is an annual book fair in saudi arabia. This event is supported under international marketing activities programme imap. Frankfurt book fair frankfurt the frankfurt book fair is the worlds largest trade fair for books and magazines. International publishers association norway subscribe to ipa news.
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