Exploring the business of books at the Frankfurt Book Fair - The Local

The Frankfurt Book Fair opens to the public on Saturday after a week of deal-making between publishers and agents from around the world. Rhea Wessel reports from behind the scenes of the literary frenzy. ... It all starts on the Tuesday of the Book Fair week, as hundreds of agents jockey to present their rights lists to publishers at the Frankfurter Hof hotel in the city centre. The now traditional takeover of the lobby has publishers moving from one agent to the next in ...