It's NYC...
Look, I'll be the first to drag Javits down. As a lifelong New Yorker, born and raised, they really could have chosen a better location. However, here's what really ticked me off -
You're in bloody NYC! You couldn't get any food trucks? You couldn't get any other cultural societies, museums, or languages represented at the tables? Where exactly was the representation?
I had a volunteer tell me the lack of organisation was very surprising. Like, get your shyt together, and learn diversity...that's where the ICE nonsense kept showing up for me. I could just see the lack of effort and it was on purpose.
Yea, I'll be going back. It's BookCon and I only wanted to go for Indie Alley and Merch. I don't need panels, and I refuse to idolize any author/ celebrity. If I see any author next time that I want to get an autograph, I'll just wait on line.
Side note: I went to The Bronx is Reading, and that was the worst $100 I ever spent. Maybe it's just NYC, and they don't do book festivals well...?