Reed Exhibitions is to present its vision to publishers today for a consumer-focused book show to be held in Toronto, likely on a weekend in early October “at an indoor venue on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds,” the Globe and Mail reports. They add, “The fair is Reed’s response to what has long been a major criticism of BookExpo and its predecessor – that they haven’t been inclusive enough, restricting their buzz to exhibitors and publishers to the exclusion of the public and thereby failing to drive sales.” It also comes as BEC–their Canadian trade show–continues to lose support, most […]
