You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles.
Publishers are looking forward to a "busy and productive" Frankfurt, shrugging off new UK and US government warnings of a heightened risk of terror attacks in Germany.
Many companies—including Simon & Schuster, Atlantic and Random House—report that they are sending more people than last year. Simon Littlewood, RH's international sales director, said there was "undoubtedly an optimistic mood in the air". Chairman and c.e.o. Gail Rebuck said that it looked like being "a very busy and productive fair".
Simon & Schuster m.d. and chief executive officer Ian Chapman, who did not attend FBF 2009 partly as a result of recessionary pressures, said: "I'm just looking forward to going back. I have never had more meetings; it's back to back."
Continuum chief executive officer Oliver Gadsby said: "There have certainly been times over the years when I have questioned the cost of attending Frankfurt, but in this year of change, in our business and more widely, it seems more helpful than ever to be able to meet face to face."
Britain and the US upgraded the risk of terrorism in Germany and France from a "general" to a "high" threat over last weekend, although German security authorities insist there are currently no indications that a heightened threat does exist.