What I learned by attending BookCon

I’d never been to BookCon before. The book conferences I’ve attended only include BookExpo America (about 10 years ago), which is really a trade conference, and a few Historical Novel Society conferences. At the latter, I sat on panels and hobnobbed with my amazing historical novelist friends At the former, I wandered around dazed, sporting a badge provided by my publisher, getting free books autographed by the big authors with books coming out in the fall of the same year.

BookCon was differ...