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What are the four major book fairs in the world?

A: The four major international book fairs in the world are Frankfurt Book Fair, London Book Fair, American Book Fair and Bolong Book Fair.

Frankfurt Book Fair is an international book fair held in Germany. Purpose of the exhibition: Any publishing company in the world is allowed to exhibit any book. The main activities of exhibitors are to display books, negotiate copyright transactions and discuss cooperative publishing business. Determine a theme every two years before 1988. The purpose of determining the theme is to understand the publication of books on this theme in various countries. Choose a country as a special guest country (host country) every year. The book fair provides a place for publishers, agents and librarians from all over the world to discuss copyright transactions, publishing business and book exhibitions and orders.

The London Book Fair was founded by the British Industry and Trade Fair Company in 197 1 year. It is the second largest international book copyright fair in the world after Frankfurt Book Fair and the most important publishing event in Europe every spring. London International Book Fair is mainly a copyright fair, which is regarded by many people in the industry as the most important spring international book fair for copyright transactions and an important activity place for publishers from all over the world to negotiate copyright. The exhibition is dominated by people in the industry, and the professional atmosphere of the exhibition is strengthened through special lectures hosted by senior people, various academic exchange activities and discussions on the latest topics. London Book Fair provides a perfect trading platform for book dealers, copyright owners, publishers and printers, so that every exhibitor can get the maximum information resources.

The American Book Fair is the largest annual book fair in America. Its predecessor was the American Booksellers Association Conference and Fair, namely ABA Book Fair, which was founded in 1947. 1996 changed its name to American Book Fair. BEA Book Fair was originally a book fair for American booksellers by American publishers, and later developed into a book fair in which all English-speaking countries participated, and then evolved into a book fair with dual functions of copyright negotiation and book ordering, and its function was mainly the retail of copyright trading countries. This book fair is called the largest English book exhibition in the world and the largest book trading place in the United States. A copyright manager said that although there are not as many editors here as the Frankfurt Book Fair, all the people who can make decisions are here.

Bologna Book Fair is famous for its high degree of professionalism, which attracts publishers all over the world by showing the latest development of the industry and comprehensively summarizing the published products. Professionalism can be seen from the thoughtful classification: exhibitors, translators, illustrators and even tourists have different schedules and venue arrangements; The document broker center is an important place for international publishers to discuss business; The Book Fair Center has attracted outstanding illustrators from all over the world to show their proud works here.