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. 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

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and

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as well as, since spring 2018, the independent charts of publications from smaller, independent publishers. The Börsenblatt's

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is Torsten Casimir, who previously headed

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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 Rhi ...

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

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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 zones of

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

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. 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 ), abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is located in Dresden, Germany. It is both the regional library () for the Federal Republic of Germany, German State of Saxony as well as the academic libr ...

(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 Works about book publishing and bookselling

History

Awards

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