At the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the industry is optimistic.
"With the corona pandemic, we passed one of the largest stress tests in history with ease," said the head of the German book trade, Karin Schmidt-Friderichs, on Tuesday in Frankfurt.
The year 2020 was closed with stable sales, and a look at the current year also gives reason for confidence:
Frankfurt / Main - Across all sales channels, sales on the book market have, according to the information, caught up with the pre-Corona level by the end of calendar week 40 and are 0.7 percent above sales in the same period of 2019.
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The crisis showed how firmly anchored the book is in society, said Schmidt-Friderichs.
"Social distancing did not become the distance to the book."
The 73rd Frankfurt Book Fair will open with a ceremony on Tuesday evening.
The host country this year is Canada.
Under the motto “Re: Connect”, the book show takes place with a capped number of visitors and fewer exhibitors.
A total of 2000 publishers and companies from 80 countries are expected.
More than 300 authors present their books or discuss social issues.
One of the main topics is “How do we want to live?” In cooperation with the Franco-German television broadcaster Arte.
The 3-G rule applies to the entire trade fair.
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