We have some good news and some bad news about Britney Spears’ highly-anticipated memoir… According to TMZ, the 40-year-old pop sensation has finally finished writing her tell-all book – but there has been a little wrinkle in the publishing plans.
What is it, you may ask? Well, it turns out there may be a delay in releasing the book due to a supply shortage. Sources told the outlet that the publisher Simon & Schuster was hoping for her story to hit shelves in January despite Brit previously claiming it would be out by the end of the year.
However, the paper shortage that has been the bane of the publishing industry’s existence has impacted the timeline. As Midland Paper Vice President Bill Rojack stated to Publishers Weekly: Related: Britney Secretly Stayed At LA Hotel Without Sam While Pretending To Be In London?! He went on to explain that while demand from publishing houses for paper has increased, it has decreased by 50 percent elsewhere in “recent years,” so industrial paper mills have moved to work with bigger markets like packaging materials such as corrugated cardboard.
Rojack continued: Inneresting… Another report from Publisher’s Weekly also pointed to other factors for the shortage plaguing Britney and Simon & Schuster, including inflation costs, the closure of many printing presses in North America, labor shortages, and increased demand.
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