Booksellers’ high hopes for Christmas 2021 tempered by supply chain reality

16 February 2022 Books+Publishing

Books+Publishing received feedback from representatives of over 120 bookshops around Australia for its annual Christmas survey. After ‘the best Christmas ever’ in 2020, booksellers were expecting good things for Christmas 2021. A convincing 86% of respondents thought the range of books on offer from publishers was ‘strong’, with only 8%...