By 1985, the economics of publishing had changed and it became financially more feasible to print regular books on offset presses and use letterpress work for smaller chapbooks, something the Waldrops have noted in the history of the enterprise (Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop, Burning Deck: A History) they wrote and published together.
By 1985, the publishing industry's economics changed to make it financially viable to print regular books on offset presses and use letterpress for smaller chapbooks. This is a point made by Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop in their book "Burning Deck: A History" about the history of the enterprise.