Solid Attendance at BEA Show organizers report that 31,971 people registered for the convention, while 22,366 verified attendees were counted. (The verified number represents people whose badges were scanned at the badge-holder pick-up counter and upon entering the show floors. The actual number of participants is somewhere in between the two figures.) This year’s numbers are closer to last year’s NYC show (34,966 registered/27,421 verified) than the 2004 show in Chicago (25,261 registered/18,213 verified). Book buyers registered declined slightly, however, to 7,324 — down from 7,701 a year ago and 7,492 in 2004. (BEA did not have a count for […]