Challenges with getting copies of Josh Silver’s Fruit Fly and Marlon James’s The Disappearers are just two examples of a supply chain stretched thin this fall. New US tariffs on goods from Canada including paper, higher fuel prices, and the closure of the Coral Graphics plant in New York have all made it harder for publishers to reprint to fill demand, and print books on time in order to hold their original publication dates. “The book manufacturing industry is experiencing elevated demand as publishers prepare for the fall season,” Book Manufacturers International executive director Matt Baehr said. “Recent changes in […]
