As in every even-numbered year, Fira de Barcelona will be in charge of organizing Liber, the International Book Fair promoted by the Federation of Publishers' Guilds of Spain (FGEE).

From October 1 to 3, Pavilion 2 of the Gran Via exhibition center will host the 42nd edition of the most important professional event of the Spanish book industry, which is expected to bring together 350 publishers and companies from a dozen countries. This year the fair -which will be held from Tuesday to Thursday-, will promote the MicroLiber area for young publishers and startups of technological solutions for the world of books.

With this commercial offer, knowledge exchange and professional networking, Liber expects to attract to Barcelona more than 7,000 professionals, 40% of them international, to boost sales of Spanish publishing production both inside and outside the country.

In this regard, it is worth highlighting the relevance and effectiveness of the Buyers Program, in collaboration with the Economic and Commercial Offices of Spain abroad and ICEX Spain Export and Investment, as well as the Prescribers of Priority Interest Program, together with Acción Cultural Española (AC/E). Through them, the FGEE invites to the fair a selection of professionals from more than 60 countries, with the capacity to prescribe, decide and/or purchase Spanish books. Something new in this edition is that Liber will run along with the leading trade fair in Spain for the graphic industry and visual communication, Graphispag.

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