Defying the scaremongers, German book fair draws record visitors

NAMPA / DPA

2025-03-30

Leipzig, Germany (dpa) - A record number of visitors have attended Germany's popular Leipzig Book Fair this year, according to figures revealed on the final day of the four-day event on Sunday. The book industry has been under economic pressure for years, amid recurring warnings that books are a dying breed, but the crowds of bookworms flocking to the eastern German city for one of Europe's largest book fairs suggest otherwise. Some 269,000 visit......

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