Last year Reed Exhibitions made an energetic effort to position Book Expo as fully “reimagined,” focused in particular on the needs of the small but valued bookseller audience. But those efforts yielded fewer booksellers and retailers at the show (about 17 percent fewer); fewer librarians as well (with attendance down about 18.5 percent); and therefore fewer attendees overall. [This is from their initial attendance data; final audited results are usually lower still, but despite repeated requests Reed has not released the audited figures as they usually do. Exhibitors are entitled to this data and should be asking for it.] This […]
