The "" (English: Weekly magazine for the German book trade), until 2002 "" (English: Trade exchange newspaper for the German book trade), is the association organ of the

Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (English: ''German Publishers and Booksellers Association'') is a trade association of the German publishing industry, based in Frankfurt. It was founded in Frankfurt in 1948, and merged in 1991 with a simil ...

. The publication, founded in 1834, is the magazine with the highest number of advertisements and circulation in the German book selling trade. It came out once a week, later twice a week, and even daily for many years. The is published by the (English: Marketing and publishing service of the book trade). It informs the professional audience as well as private readers about news on the book market. Since January 2013, the specialist magazine has been published in weekly alternation as the "" and the "". The highlights the trends within the various product groups. Current industry reports are published on the magazine's homepage. The publishes various bestseller lists, including an audio book best list, a ''non-fiction best list'', a bestseller lists with the best-selling titles from

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...

and

non-fiction Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with be ...

as well as, since spring 2018, the independent charts of publications from smaller, independent publishers.

Editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Torsten Casimir, the previously head of

Feuilleton A ''feuilleton'' (; a diminutive of french: feuillet, the leaf of a book) was originally a kind of supplement attached to the political portion of French newspapers, consisting chiefly of non-political news and gossip, literature and art criti ...

of the

Rheinische Post ''Rheinische Post'' is a major German regional daily newspaper published since 1946 by the ''Rheinische Post Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH'' company, and headquartered in Düsseldorf. The Post is especially dominant in the western part of North Rhine- ...

History

The founded the in 1834. From the year 1835 on, it became the property of the and now bore the designation "" (English: Official newspaper of the stock exchange association) on its title page. Since the beginning of 1835, B. G. Teubner at

Augustusplatz The Augustusplatz is a square located at the east end of the city centre of Leipzig, borough Leipzig-Mitte. It is the city's largest square and one of the largest (and, prior to almost all its buildings being destroyed in bombing in the Second Wor ...

in Leipzig took over the printing. At first, the appeared weekly, but then changed to daily from 1867. In 1945, the was temporarily discontinued. In the Western

occupation zone Germany was already de facto military occupation, occupied by the Allies of World War II, Allies from the real German Instrument of Surrender, fall of Nazi Germany in World War II on 8 May 1945 to the establishment of the East Germany on 7 Octo ...

s the paper appeared under the same title (or ) with the addition "" (English: Frankfurt Edition) from 1945. Sine 1946, was again published weekly in the

Soviet zone of occupation The Soviet Occupation Zone ( or german: Ostzone, label=none, "East Zone"; , ''Sovetskaya okkupatsionnaya zona Germanii'', "Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany") was an area of Germany in Central Europe that was occupied by the Soviet Union as a c ...

. In 1990, the two publications were issued separately for the last time (Leipzig: 157th year). Since the merger of the two e on 1 January 1991 only one has been published each week. The Leipzig mode of counting volumes was adopted. In April 2020, the

Saxon State and University Library Dresden The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (full name in german: Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden), abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is located in Dresden, Germany. It is both the regional library (german: ...

(SLUB) made the years 1834 to 1945 available as full text free of charge.

Awards

In 1977, the founded the for Literary Criticism, which is awarded annually.

References

External links

Official website

Börsenblatt digital
Digital edition of the years 1834 to 1945 {{DEFAULTSORT:Borsenblatt Publications established in 1834 German-language magazines Magazines about the media Bookselling

History

Awards

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References

Further reading

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