BookExpo America: Still Valuable for Many Publishers, Though Questions of Its Future Lurk on the Horizon

Lance Festerman, vice president and show manager for BEA, was not available at press time for direct comment on whether or not BEA organizers felt this year's show was a success.

David Borgenicht, president and publisher of Philadelphia-based publisher Quirk Books, says, "BEA this year was as good as it's ever been for us—not better, not worse. Which is to say that it was also of no more or less debatable value than it ever has been."