Book Expo America announced Monday afternoon that the book fair will take place a week earlier than planned, with the conference to run on Wednesday, May 29 and the show floor set to open between Thursday, May 30 and Saturday, June 1. (The Book Blogger Conference will also take place on the 29th, with Saturday, June 1 open to the public.) BEA officials had wanted to move the date for some time “as it is expected to drive down hotel prices by 10% – 20% depending on the property,” and received the “surprise” go-ahead from Javits earlier Monday. There will […]