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<blockquote data-quote="Velderan" data-source="post: 9029094" data-attributes="member: 7038056"><p>Which version do you have, standard or FLGS?</p><p></p><p>A quick review of the last few WotC books I had bought looks like most of the FLGS alt covers were printed in the US, while the standard release were printed in China (MotM being the last standard book I bought). Shadow of the Dragon Queen from the board game bundle was printed in China, which makes sense since the entire bundle was probably made and packaged in China.</p><p></p><p>I don't have any specific data to point to, but I'd wager you're accurate in saying US printing drives prices up if you're only looking at the cost of printing a book (which is mostly what the thread has been debating on the $4/book subject), but once you consider other factors like ocean freight I'd guess US printing becomes either cheaper or very close in cost depending on quantity which is why they're doing it. Printing in China for a company like Paizo probably still makes sense because they're printing less books, so ocean freight isn't going to be as costly as it would be for WotC shipping a larger print run.</p><p></p><p>This is all just me spitballing based on business articles I've read combined with insight from [USER=1]@Morrus[/USER] on the <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-talk-about-printing-shipping-rpg-books.697907/#post-9029045" target="_blank">thread</a> he made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Velderan, post: 9029094, member: 7038056"] Which version do you have, standard or FLGS? A quick review of the last few WotC books I had bought looks like most of the FLGS alt covers were printed in the US, while the standard release were printed in China (MotM being the last standard book I bought). Shadow of the Dragon Queen from the board game bundle was printed in China, which makes sense since the entire bundle was probably made and packaged in China. I don't have any specific data to point to, but I'd wager you're accurate in saying US printing drives prices up if you're only looking at the cost of printing a book (which is mostly what the thread has been debating on the $4/book subject), but once you consider other factors like ocean freight I'd guess US printing becomes either cheaper or very close in cost depending on quantity which is why they're doing it. Printing in China for a company like Paizo probably still makes sense because they're printing less books, so ocean freight isn't going to be as costly as it would be for WotC shipping a larger print run. This is all just me spitballing based on business articles I've read combined with insight from [USER=1]@Morrus[/USER] on the [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-talk-about-printing-shipping-rpg-books.697907/#post-9029045']thread[/URL] he made. [/QUOTE]
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