Frankfurt Book Festival is one of the most talked about events in the literary calendar.

Although in an age of computing, telephone conferencing and remote messaging where is the need?

The answer is in the networking.

In addition to talking about new manuscripts, what's hot and what's not this year, publishers and authors get the chance to exchange ideas.

As publisher Morgan Entrekin once told a journalist: "It's the chance to rub shoulders with these really intelligent writers and publishers and to talk about books that you care deeply about."

"That's the reason you're in this field."

And this year's topic of interest is Turkey. Every year the fair focuses on one country to highlight its work among international publishers.

The book fair runs from October 10th to 14th and with thousands of industry figures expected to attend, it is likely to be difficult to find a room in one of the best hotels in Frankfurt without booking well in advance.

It's well known that paperbacks are more readily available in Europe opposed to countries like the United States where books come out in more expensive hardback format first.

It has been estimated more than 600 million euros worth of business is achieved at the fair, which dates back to 1949.