==Historie og udvikling==
Messen voksede ud fra en bibliotekarmesse som blev kaldt ''Small and Specialist Publishers' Exhibition (SPEX)'' og som blev stiftet i 1971 av Clive Bingley og Lionel Leventhal i kælderen i et London-hotel.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/paper-copy/print/20000403/38728-pw-e-interest-high-at-happy-london-book-fair.html
 |title = PW: E-Interest High at 'Happy' London Book Fair
 |accessdate = 2016-07-23
 |publisher = Publishers Weekly
 |author = Jeff Zaleski
 |date = 2000-04-03
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 |url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rU0_ayVodaoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+View+from+King+Street:+An+Essay+in+Autobiography&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OpZRUemVN4iC4gS2iYDgBA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA
 |title = The View from King Sreet: An Essay in Autobiography
 |accessdate = 2016-07-23
 |publisher = Google Books
 |author = Christopher Hurst
 |page = 314
 |date = 
}}</ref> Den fik nyt navn i 1976 for at anerkende tilstedeværelsen af mer generelle forleggere.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I6f7wb42JXwC&pg=PA603&lpg=PA603&dq=london+book+fair+spex&source=bl&ots=nWJxX9MERY&sig=vAf46-iAQDoVmLmebemLaMCYrDI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rxQaUeikI8u10QXSwYHADg&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=london%20book%20fair%20spex&f=false
 |title = Bookwatch
 |accessdate = 2016-07-23
 |publisher = New Scientist (Google Books)
 |date = 1976-09-16
}}</ref>
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