The Bible could be a victim in Trump's trade war

[Guno צְבִי]

oh no's baby jebus

The problem is that most US publishers print the Bible in China because of the high cost and complexity involved in printing a text with roughly 800,000 words. HarperCollins Christian Publishing, a leading Bible publisher, estimates that about three-quarters of its Bible manufacturing expenses are in China.

The company owns Thomas Nelson and Zondervan, which it said are the two largest Christian book and Bible publishers in the United States. HarperCollins said that the 25% China tariffs would "seriously and disproportionately damage our business and our customers."

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The main obstacle is that Bibles are expensive to print. The high word count — 10 times that of an ordinary book — means that Bibles need to be printed on very thin paper, HarperCollins said. And that thin paper must be printed on special machines.
"Alternative sources for printing are not readily available in the United States or elsewhere," Schoenwald said.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/09/business/bible-tariff-china-trade-war-trnd/index.html

 

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If that happens, HarperCollins said it will need to either absorb the cost of the tariffs, or increase prices and reduce sales volume. This would shift an "unfair burden on Bible readers, churches, ministries and outreach organizations," Schoenwald wrote in the June letter to Robert Lighthizer, the United States Trade Representative.
HarperCollins also said that it may need to discontinue certain Bible editions altogether.

 

[CFM]

Don't worry, I have enough copies to go around.

 

[Gonzomin]

We are ass deep in those fucking door stops. No big loss.