BEA show director Steve Rosato reported very preliminary convention attendances numbers on his blog Thursday afternoon in, while arguing that “BEA is what it is.” As he explains, the basic “numbers are a given–the question will only be if we are up a few percent or down a few percent” and the numbers matter less than “the books discovered or the new contacts made.” Indeed, the show has more or less found its level over the past few years, and seems to consistently draw the same basic audience, with modest year-to-year fluctuations. The early count had almost exactly the same […]
