Reed and PW and the book fairs
When word broke last month that Reed Elsevier is looking to sell its publishing division (which includes the American magazine Publishers Weekly), some wondered how that might affect another division of Reed’s business, its trade shows. After all, Reed runs the BookExpos America and Canada as well as the London Book Fair, and presumably enjoys some synergies with PW when it comes to running those shows.
According to a piece in Expo, though, Reed is so far staying mum on any possible trade show changes.
Although some trade shows may have working relationships with their magazine cousins, says Reed Exhibitions Spokesperson Beth Blake, at this point it’s too early to speculate about how any of those relationships would be affected.
“For us at Reed Exhibitions, it’s business as usual,” says Blake. No jobs are expected to be affected at Reed Exhibitions.
