Hello all. On another trade site, I have posted several pieces regarding book fairs and how important they are to what we do. I will copy them here for your consideration. Here is the original question posed:
"OK so here's a topic... What can be done, if anything, to save the smaller, regional book fairs?"
My response:
I wish there were a single thing that would make a regional show successful. Another consideration. The successful fairs seem to be located in areas that follow the criteria laid out in the Most Literate Cities Survey i.e. most book shops, highest number of libraries & usage, highest magazine & newspaper circulation, highest number of books purchased online & papers read online and highest education levels. For 2009, the top 10 cities were in ranking: Seattle, Wash. DC, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Portland, OR, St. Paul, Boston, Cincinnati, & Denver. Of the ten, seven have well attended book fairs.
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