Models of the Sony portable electronic ebook are displayed on a stand during the installation of the annual International Book Fair March 12, 2009. The 2009 International Book Fair, which will be held from 13 to 18 March at Porte de Versailles in Paris, will exhibit the finest and most comprehensive offering of books in Europe over an area of 50,000 m². This year, Mexico is guest of honour, with a delegation of around forty authors representing the finest in contemporary Mexican writing, including the famous writer Carlos Fuentes, winner of the Cervantes Prize in 1987 and founder of The Mexican Review of Literature. Over 1,200 exhibiting publishers and 3,000 authors are expected. This 29th event, which lays claim to being a cultural benchmark for diversity and openness, is set to be festive, ambitious and eclectic.
Here’s another picture of the PRS-700 at The Leipzig Book Fair, which is the second largest book fair in Germany after the Frankfurt Book Fair. The fair takes place annually over four days at the Leipzig Trade Fairground in the northern part of Leipzig, Saxony. It is the first large trade meeting of the year and as such it plays an important role in the market and is often where new publications are first presented.
