Vocenoctum
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Just wondering, as I've noticed a lot of "Printed in China", what's the average cost savings?
How much cheaper is printing in China?
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Wulf Ratbane
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Vocenoctum said:
From what I understand, b/w printing in China isn't a huge savings (at least not so great as to make it worth the delay in shipping over here, IMO).
But, they are much cheaper on full color books.
PatrickLawinger
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It depends on the size of the print run, size of the book, how many books you do at once, etc.
Right now printing in the US and Canada is actually relatively expensive.
Printing in China or elsewhere in the far east requires a much lengthier delay from printing to shelves. You have to deal with shipping, customs, and then warehousing. For some books these added charges and the added time probably doesn't make sense for many books. For other books it is definitely worth it. If oil prices keep rising, the costs of shipping will go up, this could hurt overseas printing a bit.
A lot of publishers are at least partly overseas now. This is partly due to gamers and what gamers are willing to pay for books. More expensive printing forces higher sticker prices, particularly for full color books, and this results in tons of complaints about greedy publishers trying to steal every last cent from gamers' pockets.
Patrick
Vocenoctum said:
It depends on the size of the print run, size of the book, how many books you do at once, etc.
Right now printing in the US and Canada is actually relatively expensive.
Printing in China or elsewhere in the far east requires a much lengthier delay from printing to shelves. You have to deal with shipping, customs, and then warehousing. For some books these added charges and the added time probably doesn't make sense for many books. For other books it is definitely worth it. If oil prices keep rising, the costs of shipping will go up, this could hurt overseas printing a bit.
A lot of publishers are at least partly overseas now. This is partly due to gamers and what gamers are willing to pay for books. More expensive printing forces higher sticker prices, particularly for full color books, and this results in tons of complaints about greedy publishers trying to steal every last cent from gamers' pockets.
Patrick
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Soel said:
We're aiming for a release at San Diego Comic Con (July). His website will have the details.
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Wow. That sucks for the employees of North American bookprinting companies.PatrickLawinger said:
And here I am wanting cheaper books.
Justin D. Jacobson
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Well, for smaller publishers such as myself, doing b&w interior and using a smaller print run, printing in the U.S. can be just as reasonable. In some cases, it can even be cheaper because of the shipping costs involved. There are other advantages with working with a U.S. printer. For starters, there's no language barrier as there can be with some of the Chinese printing companies. It's easier to fix problems as they arise. And there's no delay in getting the product to market.
I'm proud to report, by way of example, that Dawning Star: Operation Quick Launch was printed by Thomson-Shore in Michigan. On recycled paper, natch! (I feel so good about myself, I could just hug me.
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I'm proud to report, by way of example, that Dawning Star: Operation Quick Launch was printed by Thomson-Shore in Michigan. On recycled paper, natch! (I feel so good about myself, I could just hug me.
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