Printers Confirm: Capacity for Trade Titles Tight - Publishers Weekly

Today, when Panzer was cleaning out the glove box in the Panzermobile, he discovered something wadded up in there. Flattening it out, our fastidious kitty boy discovered it was a post from the Publishers Weekly site about the book printing industry.

Hey! That virus thingy is still going on!

The post by Jim Milliot says printers are expecting a large influx of publishers' book printing orders this Fall. According to the Book Manufacturers Institute, many publishers put off their Spring book publishing because of the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, the Spring titles have been moved to the publishers' Fall publishing list. Book printers do believe they will be able to handle the influx, because they are fully staffed. It will, however, be a tight printing schedule.

Panzer says, "This little kitty wonders if publishers plan to try to sell the books on Amazon or if bricks and mortar bookstores will be able to have enough shoppers to sell them in their stores."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection.

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