So Long and Thanks for All the Books That could easily be the silent refrain of many convention attendees leaving Washington’s big Giveaway Festival today. The essence of BEA is that people come to see other people, and they come to get stuff. Some didn’t even carry their loot beyond the halls, while others surely pruned strategically in their hotel rooms. And as we know — underscored by a store owner tale of on a encounter last year with a “bookseller” in the women’s room with a stack of galleys, a laptop, and the free wireless connection — at least […]
