Every year in October, the German city of Frankfurt witnesses the largest gathering of academics and publishers from around the world. The city would be teeming with business executives, publishers, book agents, and the likes flying in from far and wide to attend the annual trade show for books – Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Known as the largest trade show in the world, the Frankfurt Book Fair, will be home to all the important people of the publishing industry for 5 days in the month of October. This year, the Frankfurter Buchmesse takes place from the 16th to 20th of Oct.

Although the event lasts for five days, preparations begin months in advance. The event takes place on a sprawling four million square foot space, and attracts over 280,000 visitors each year, with over 7000 exhibitors from 100+ countries and over 10,000 journalists.

The objective of the fair is the negotiation of rights for translations, publication in other countries, and for publishing houses to show their work.