How Book Publishers Decided To Move Publication Dates During The COVID-19 Pandemic

"For books whose authors we planned to tour, it made sense to move some of those back and wait for travel restrictions to ease, and stores to reopen," said Bestler. "Certain non-fiction titles dealt with subjects that would perhaps be overlooked during this period or were heavily dependent on media coverage which is no longer available, at least for the time being." Bestler said the process was done "in collaboration with production, publishing, sales, publicity, editorial and author and agent."