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Tl;dr The United States literally doesn't have enough physical printers to mass print Bibles (of the same quality as those produced by China, the world's larges
by HenryKissinger 7y ago
Tl;dr The United States literally doesn't have enough physical printers to mass print Bibles (of the same quality as those produced by China, the world's largest printer of Bibles) to satisfy the demand, and doing so would be prohibitively expensive.
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- sailfast 7y agoFTFY: The lobbyist for bible printing companies says that they could not compete on price if we stopped printing bibles in China, so they requested a tariff exemption. In the end, the lobbyist is trying to continue to keep a cheap source of production so profit margins from sales are higher. If printed in the US, their costs would be higher so they would not make as much per bible, and any price increases to the consumer would be slower than their cost rise so they kept demand relatively high. (Speculating, but typically consumers don’t like rapid price spikes)
- Zenst 7y agohttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/12/18/the-good-book-business https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/12/18/the-good-book-... covers some aspects like price of production. Note that is 2006, but does give you insight and with hindsight, a better idea how we got here today.