
Why authors and booksellers want you to order your holiday gifts now
CNN
Book publishing is among the many industries being affected by supply chain issues this year -- as a result, delays and disruptions surrounding book releases are growing more common.
Almost every industry has experienced issues, and even some of the world's biggest companies have not been immune -- with experts warning that disruptions, especially around holiday shopping, are inevitable.
In all manner of ways, the supply chain -- that complicated, multifaceted, too-many-steps-to-name process that brings products to consumers -- has been derailed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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