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Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany, 2009

The International Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, this year indicated that presentations of books is trending toward electronic devices, but so far it hasn't taken over the way we will be reading content.

One topic that showed up often in the local publications is the "Tools of Change" discussions and here are a couple of quotes about this TOC topic.

Within two years, some estimates are that mobile broadband will surpass fixed broadband as the means by which most people access the internet. Mobile devices are rapidly becoming the dominant means by which we are connected to media, and more importantly, to each other, and that will certainly extend to the kind of reading most of us think of when we think of books.

-Andrew Savikas, vice-president of digital initiatives at O'Reilly Media

We've all been waiting for the fireworks to start, but so far no one has lit a fuse.

The [Frankfurt Book] Fair is, above all, about transacting business and the tens of thousands of (cash strapped) trade visitors don't want to be distracted from their work by protests, disruptions, or other mayhem; especially, since many of them are keeping their visits even shorter this year and are heading home by Saturday.

-Edward Nawotka, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Perspectives
Frankfurt Book Fair Edition; October 15, 2009; Page 9.
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