BOTTLENECK AT PRINTERS HAS DERAILED SOME HOLIDAY BOOK SALES
Readers have bought an enormous number of books this year. This year 2018 has become the blockbuster hit for the publishing industry. The overall sale has risen about 5%. Michelle Obama’s 'Becoming' , Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s 'The President Is Missing' have sold millions of copy. It became a fantastic treat for literary fiction. Hike in the sale has created trouble for the authors, publishers, and agents during the critical festive holiday season. Keeping up the demands and satisfying the readers, lead to the shortage of stocks in the market. Many favourite books such as Lisa Halliday’s 'Asymmetry' , Rebecca Makkai’s 'The Great Believers' were listed as Out of Stock on Amazon during the Christmas season. Rebecca Makkai advised the readers to shop the book in independent retail stores for her novel as Amazon listed Out of Stock. Books from the lesser-known authors also went short in supply the week before Christmas. Ms.Halliday tweeted ...