Most of you probably know, but registration for Book Expo America 2013 is officially live!  The dates are May 30th - June 1st (May 29th is the Special Events day, for things such as BEA Bloggers).  Things a little different for Bloggers this year for registration however.

As many of us guessed last year BEA has split Book Bloggers away from the 'Press' category and put us firmly in the Non-Editorial Media category. A blog post from the Steven Rosato (the Show Director) over at The BEAN (the official blog of Steven Rosato for BEA related content) offers the following insights for Bloggers wishing to attend BEA ().

• We made a number of mistakes with the blogger registration process in 2012.  The new process will be simplified, clear and transparent. 
• Bloggers will be able to register for BEA AND the conference for one low price.
• Any bloggers wanting to attend just BEA and not the BBC will have a discounted special rate.
• Bloggers wanting to register for a free media pass can do so, but will be subject to similar criteria as all working press* 

Okay that's all well and good!  Unfortunately there's some glitches in the registration system which won't be fixed until January (at some point) if you want to register for both BEA Bloggers and BEA.  If you just want to register for BEA, then you're fine.  Register away, the cost is $104 for early bird rate (until May 15th).

I would however caution to say that it might be worth waiting to find out about BEA Bloggers a bit more.  The Blogger Advisory Board, put in effect to basically answer the issues voiced over 2012's conference being at best entertaining (but rarely useful) for bloggers, is packed with three Bloggers I admire greatly ():