Organising book signings at Leipzig Book Fair

Book signings by popular authors attract numerous visitors every year and are even the reason that 30%* of visitors attend Leipzig Book Fair. As a publisher, bring your authors to the book fair and create an experience to remember for their readers!

Organising a book signing in the LBM signing area

How to register your book signing at Leipzig Book Fair:

• Register with Leipzig liest reading festival by 28 November 2025.
• Clarifications and late submissions are possible until 15 January 2026.
• Enter “Signing area” as your preferred location.
• Signing sessions usually last one hour. If you need a longer period, please coordinate this with us.
• Programme fee 1 will be charged for each book signing published in the programme.
• You can book your own signing table and/or book sales table for the entire duration of the fair. Please indicate your interest in this in the comments field of the registration form or send us an email at veranstaltungen@leipziger-buchmesse.de .
• Please let us know by 28 November 2025 whether book sales are to be handled by the central bookshop or if you will be taking care of this yourself.

LBM signing area Hall 4

The signing area, approximately 2,500 m² in size, is located in Hall 4 F300 and is open to all visitors.

Signing can take place simultaneously at nine signing tables.

Barriers, markings and programme displays are used to indicate the individual signing tables and the relevant signing times.

Queuing areas:

• Signing tables 1, 4, 5: approx. 280 people
• Signing tables 2, 3, 6, 7: approx. 220 people
• Signing tables 8, 9: approx. 130 people

Procedure

Signing sessions usually last one hour. Please coordinate the schedule for your book signing with the hostesses at the information counter and let them know of any changes.

As the organiser, it is up to you how many people will be allowed to attend the signing session based on the event time, i.e. the number of people after which the queue will be closed. Please inform our hostesses of this on site.

It is your responsibility to prepare those waiting for the signing and to provide general information about your signing session.

Signage / visitor information

An information counter (F202) with a display showing all current book signings is located in a central location for the convenience of visitors.

Displays at the beginning of each signing queue show the respective signing time, author’s name and the status of the event.

Our hostesses will update the display screens with your information about the signing event and inform visitors if necessary.

Book sales

Books will be sold centrally by the Hugendubel bookshop at the signing bookshop, stand F200.

You can sell the books yourself at your book signing. To do this, you must book a book table.

Please let us know by 28 November 2025 whether book sales are to be handled by the central bookshop or if you will be taking care of this yourself.

Equipment and set up at the signing table

In front of a 2 m wide, 2.5 m high wall, there is a signing table with a screen and two chairs facing the queue of visitors. No advertising may be displayed on the exhibition wall. However, you can decorate the signing table area with roll-ups and other displays, for example. Posters up to A2 size can be attached to the signing desk cover.

Water is available for those signing.

Booking options

(subject to availability)

You can book your own signing table and/or book sales table for the entire duration of the fair. The cost of a dedicated signing table for the entire duration of the fair is € 500.

Please indicate your interest in this in the comments field of the registration form or send us an email at veranstaltungen@leipziger-buchmesse.de .

Important information

Any type of book signing on the exhibition grounds must be registered via the event programme. This means that the book signing can be included in our programme for visitors as an event. This is also important in order to organise appropriate visitor guidance and facilitate an uninterrupted flow of visitors.

Signing sessions should not take place at your exhibition stand to ensure that evacuation and rescue routes are kept clear. Should queues nevertheless form in the exhibition halls, the event causing them will have to be cancelled, the queue of visitors dispersed and the costs charged to the person responsible.

During your events in the book fair forums, you may use the signing and book sales table at the respective forum for half an hour after your event.

The respective organiser is responsible for organising the book signing. When holding book signings, the special terms and conditions of participation in Leipzig Book Fair (PDF, 161 kB) ,in particular § 1.19, and the Leipzig liest reading festival terms and conditions of participation, in particular § 2.8, must be observed.

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