BookExpo America 2009: Books and Digital Delivery Dominate Show
By Francine Fialkoff -- Publishers Weekly, 6/2/2009 2:16:00 PM
This year’s BookExpo America drew fewer librarians—about 2100—than the blockbuster show in New York in 2007, but it was hard to tell from the crowds who thronged the Librarians’ Lounge at the show and LJ’s Day of Dialog at McGraw-Hill and the concurrent SLJ Day of Dialog at Brooklyn Public Library. Attendees like high school librarian Kathleen Porter (Foxborough, MA) told LJ the free buses arranged by BookExpo America from nearby states helped defray costs, but BEA drew librarians from elsewhere in the country, too.For the full story go to our sister publication, Library Journal.
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