Notes from a Small Press

Pulp Futures

we are in the climax

Anne Trubek
Jan 25, 2022
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I’ve been thinking about last week’s post about the batshit printing and paper situation ever since I wrote it, so today I’m continuing in that theme with some information I’ve gathered since then, as well as update you on what, well, I’m going to do about all this, Belt-wise.

If booksellers like to blame publishers for books not being available, publishers like to blame printers for being backed up. Who do printers blame? The paper mill, of course.

Paper is scarce not just for books. There is not enough paper to print voter registration forms in Texas, apparently.

Nor is there enough paper to print newspapers in Canada.

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