Book Expo show director Steve Rosato posted preliminary, unverified numbers on attendance for last week’s convention, with the data showing some kind of decline in various ways — though growth as well. BEA reports that total attendance was 19,615 people, down a marginal 79 people from a year ago. But “attendees” — people coming to see something at the show, rather than those associated with exhibitors — grew by 7 percent, to 11,101 people (compared to 10,417 in 2012). That’s a similar pattern to what BEA reported a year ago — basically flat overall attendance, with a gain of about […]
