19 October 2020
The Frankfurt Book FairWorld's largest trade fair for books; held annually mid-October at Frankfurt Trade Fair, Germany; First three days exclusively for trade visitors; general public can attend last two., running all this week, has provided a virtual forum for publishers to discuss how they have adapted to the changes caused by the global pandemic. True to its 2020 motto, Signals of Hope, conversations have been largely positive, with speakers all over the world emphasizing that the book business, while beleaguered, has proven surprisingly resilient and, contrary to cliché and accusations of being mired in the past, adaptable to the new conditions of bookselling and publishing.
