As the Frankfurt Book Fair wound down, the fair announced that attendance was up by 9 percent for the three trade-focused days of the event, October 16-18. They estimate 114,000 total badge scans–many of whom were likely the same people returning to the Messe day after day–for an average of 38,000 attendees each day. The organization reported 105,000 badge scans for the same three days in 2023, (up from 93,000 in 2022). On the ground, many attendees felt that the fair was the busiest it had been since the pandemic. According to Fair administration, there were 4,300 exhibitors this year, […]