Category Archives: Frankfurt Book Fair

OBS and Protean Press in Germany

Our president, Laura Fillmore, is visiting Germany this week for the Frankfurt Book Fair and for the annual conference of the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM), which OBS has just joined. At the Book Fair, we’re participating … Continue reading

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Following the Fair

Following the Fair, we spent a day in Greece in search of the man with the keys to the icebox holding the 5,300-year-old Eismann or “Oetzi,” a mummy with perhaps the oldest intact human DNA on the planet, discovered in … Continue reading

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On arriving in Frankfurt, Germany

On arriving in Frankfurt, Germany, for our 20th Frankfurt Book Fair, culture shock first manifested itself in the pocketbook. A $50 Travelers Check cashed in at the on-site bank returned 26 euros, enough for lunch and a postcard. Our apartment’s … Continue reading

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Frankfurt Book Fair

We have participated actively in the fair since 1992, when OBS brought the first Internet link to the Frankfurt Book Fair, and over the years have delivered papers and online projects there as well: “A Penny for your Thoughts: Copyright … Continue reading

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