Have ordered The Astronomical Almanac for the Year XXXX since the mid-1970s. In the past have ordered from the U.S. Government Printing Office online bookstore. But availability notices did not appear in years 2022 and 2023 until the new year had already started. And no notice so far in 2024. So did a Google search and found American Nautical Services.
It is reassuring that the Astronomical Almanac looks the same as in the past. As always, the front matter of each section (Notes and formulas, etc.) is at a professional level of detail.
But I am worried. Not about the quality of the Astronomical Almanac. Rather about the future of this very important annual publication, when I had to do a Google search well into 2024, just to find a source for a copy of the Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2024.