Frankfurt Book Fair retains its glitter

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The Frankfurt Book Fair closed at 6pm last night, having maintained near status quo with last year having 281.753 visitors attending; including business as well as general visitors. The fact that the number of visitors declined only marginally by 1.6 percent during the trade visitors' days reflects the fact that the industry remains optimistic and is well equipped to face its challenges. As Juergen Boos, director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, remarked, “Here at the Frankfurt Book Fair we witnessed the courage and innovative power of Europe, and of the international publishing industry. Despite the economic crisis in Southern Europe, all the important representatives of international and European publishing were here in Frankfurt. The amount of interest shown in translations from the so-called smaller language areas, and in digital projects continues to grow.” ...cont´d

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