Orders for Wolf Hall, the Hilary Mantel book about history and stuff that just won the Booker, are about a month behind for delivery now. (Online orders placed on October 12 with arrive between November 3 and November 16, says Amazon, which: WTF.) And the few bookstores that remain in New York City say it is sold out. It's not crazy that the publisher, Henry Holt, was taken by surprise that they sold out what was undoubtedly a not huge print run. Though Mantel has a fan base, well, this is America and it's not like they expected a runaway bestseller from a novel about Oliver THOMAS Cromwell. Still, the [...]