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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8550346" data-attributes="member: 15700">While that figure can be a typo, I think we should be prepared to see an increase in costs across the board.  Over the past year especially, the costs have increased significantly, especially with more publishers going to local book printing shops rather than China.For sake of illustration (not real $ numbers):Book cost to manufacture, China: $5 per book, $2 for shipping per book, $1 customs per book = $8Book cost to manufacture, US: $8 per book, $2 for shipping = $10.So everyone used Chinese manufactureNow, price to ship from China increased from $2 to $5, and added a month or two to ship time.  Both manufacturers increased base cost by $1 due to rising costs.  So now it's:China: $12, US: $11.Real cost difference from $8 (previously used China) to $11 (current US) is $3 increase per book.Those few dollars per book might not seem like much, but if your profit margin after all costs is $2 a book, it becomes a no brainer that you have to increase costs as well.*Again, these aren't real numbers.  I suspect the % of cost increase is more than $3 per book (6% for a $50 book) based on what I've seen.  In some cases, I've seen cost of manufacturing increase by up to 20%.</blockquote>