BEA, BookCon To Be Adjoining Shows

摘要

In a move designed to address the frenzy caused this spring by overlapping consumer and professional publishing conventions, Reed Exhibitions execs have decided to make BookExpo America (BEA) and BookCon separate, adjoining shows in 2015. In 2013, BookExpo bunched Consumer Day, opening its doors for one day to die general public. In 2014, it renamed and restructured Consumer Day as BookCon, making it a publishing-meets-pop culture event. But while that consumer-friendly day sold 10,000 tickets before organizers had to draw the line, it mixed with the professional days like oil and water.