Publishers Weekly, July 4th, 1994
Simon & Schuster is going to "significantly reduce" its presence at future ABA conventions, according to consumer division president Jack Romanos.
He said the giant publisher expected to cut down on the amount of space it booked at recent shows by 40-50%, and reduce staff attendance by "upwards of 75% from the number of people we normally take."
Romanos told PW the decision was made "independent of recent legal developments"--a reference to the current ABA antitrust suit against five publishers, which did not include S & S--but was the result of studying the show's effectiveness over the p...
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