The Frankfurt Book Fair released attendance statistics that show the giant gathering remaining steady. They recorded attendance on “trade visitor days” — the first three days of the Fair — of 140,474, or about 180 visits ahead of last year. Across all five days, including the final two days when the German public attends, they charted 275,791 visits, back to 2013 levels after a dip last year. (So the press release, and dutiful write-throughs, will proclaim rising attendance — but all that really happened was a slight rebound in German visitors the last two days.) While not stated explicitly, our […]
