The NYT explains to readers that the shortages for some in-demand books this summer (and modest adjustments in some release dates) are likely to be more severe this fall. A wave of books rescheduled early in the pandemic plus a publishing schedule that tried to release fall books ahead of the presidential election — along with urgent reprint orders for topical books — is straining the long-tight capacity for book printing. It is a problem of abundance — lots of anticipated releases and strong demand for print books — which is made worse by Covid crewing issues (including at component […]
