BEA: Who Was There, and What Happens Next As anticipated in our show preview last week, registration for the recent BEA in Los Angeles as announced yesterday was down considerably from the convention in New York last year but a little ahead of the last Los Angeles show in 2003, at 28,494. In a slight change, this year the show did not “verify” all attendees by scanning badges; instead they focused on tabulating key attendees as they collected their badges at the center. “Verified” book buyers comprised 5,539 people, both a low number in general and a decline from the […]