I went to Book Con again this year – it was only the second year of the event, but after last year I was a little wary. While I had fun the first time, I found it pretty disorganized, and for events of this size that’s a big problem. The exhibition space had been crammed full of vendors who didn’t seem to know who their audience was (Book Con, which is for readers, overlaps with Book Expo, which is for industry professionals – a lot of the vendors last year didn’t bother differentiating their booths for the distinct audiences), and the line management for the big events was abysmal. The folks at ReedPOP, the producing organization, must have learned their lesson, though, because this year’s con ran much more smoothly.
