Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels

Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels is an association of the German book trade, based in Frankfurt, representing the interests of publishers and book sellers. It was founded in Frankfurt in 1948, and merged in 1991 with a similar Leipzig organisation. It organises the annual Frankfurt Book Fair, where the peace prize Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels was awarded from 1950.

Office in the Haus des Buches

History

In 1825, a association of German booksellers was founded in Leipzig, the Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler. When Leipzig was in the Soviet zone after World War II, the western part needed a representation. In 1948, a Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verleger- und Buchhändler-Verbände was founded in the American and British zones, which was renamed Börsenverein Deutscher Verleger- und Buchhändlerverbände. The present name, Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, was established in 1955. In 1972, personal membership was replaced by institutional membership. After the German reunification, the organisation was united with the Leipzig organisation, named Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels.

The office was in Frankfurt, Großer Hirschgraben 17–21, next to the Goethe House. In 2012, the office moved to Braubachstraße 16, to a building designed in 1956 by Otto Apel and named Haus des Buches (House of the book).[1][2]

Program
Alexander Skipis, CEO from 2005

The Börsenverein organises the annual Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair). Beginning in 1950, the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels has been issued at the Paulskirche as part of the fair. It supports (as ideeller Träger) the Leipziger Buchmesse, where it awards the annual Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung.

Memberships

The association is member of the International Publishers Association, the Internationale Buchhändler-Vereinigung, the Federation of European Publishers and the European Booksellers Federation.

Literature
  • Der Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels 1825 bis 2000 – Ein geschichtlicher Aufriss, eds. Stephan Füssel, Georg Jäger and Hermann Staub with Monika Estermann, Buchhändler-Vereinigung, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-7657-2297-9.
  • Geschichte des deutschen Buchhandels im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. eds. Georg Jäger with Dieter Langewiesche and Wolfram Siemann, K. G. Saur, Munich, 2001 to 2003.
  • Klaus-W. Bramann, C. Daniel Hoffmann, Peter Cremer: Wirtschaftsunternehmen Sortiment. 4th edition, Bramann, Frankfurt, 2014, ISBN 978-3-934054-58-5.

References
  1. Ein Haus für die Buchbranche faz.net vom 2 February 2012, retrieved 31 March 2019
  2. Eröffnungsreden etc
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