Last time we reported on John Yudkin's 1972 book Pure, White and Deadly, we struggled to understand why publishers haven't already reprinted it. After speaking with Yudkin's estate executor and the editor behind a UK re-release, a picture emerges of a publishing industry excruciatingly slow to respond to the rapidly evolving demand from book buyers.
When the nutritional rap against sugar went viral last year, an out-of-print book called Pure, White and Deadly became extremely valuable. So why isn't anyone republishing it?
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