BookExpo America

Is anyone planning to attend in 2010, or has anyone here attended in the last few years? Just wondering about your experience, if so.

I haven't attended an expo in NYC since the early 90's; it's a new world in publishing since then and I'm not sure how helpful such venues are nowadays to authors, especially when one has to travel and when the publisher doesn't have a booth.

In a quick perusal of the website (www.bookexpoamerica.com), I don't see an option for authors to exhibit. I thought with self-publishing being so prevalent now, whereas it wasn't in the early 90's, they could get a booth.

Are there any opportunities there, other than pure luck-of-the-draw networking that might take place, for authors when the publisher isn't involved?

Thanks!

Thank you very much, LovetoWrite! Much appreciated.

The books are published through a small niche publisher in England, but they won't have a presence there. I just don't see how an author can gain much by simply going -- other than sheer luck of running into someone of import. And the cost of getting a booth is steep for one person.

That first link was very, very helpful. Thank you!