In addition to attending book fairs in London and the UK AbeBooks meeting in April, there were a number of events arranged and book fairs attended across Europe.
Germany - A meeting was arranged for booksellers at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz. Booksellers who attended had the opportunity to see a reconstruction of Gutenberg's workshop and to use a printing press from that era. Many thanks to Professor Schneider from the University of Mainz who additionally gave a lecture on the origins of the book industry in the 19th century.
France - AbeBooks staff met with booksellers in Paris for a guided tour of the National Library (Bibliothèque nationale de France).
Spain - Two meetings took place for booksellers; one in Madrid and the other in Barcelona.
Italy - the first Italian AbeBooks bookseller meeting took place in Turin.
On top of these meetings, we were present at the Olympia Book Fair, the London Book Fair, the Turin Book Fair, the Marché de la Bibilophilie and the Salón del Libro Antiguo in Paris.
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