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Originally Posted by jgaiser
I generally agree that Thai wages are smaller, but if a publisher can make a profit in Thailand with the prices they put on the books that are sold there, someone is making a killing when the same books are sold in the U.S. (unless, of course, if the books are completely produced in Thailand at those lower wages and costs).
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Heh. Well, yes. Even if they're produced in Thailand, if this guy could afford to have them shipped to the US--at retail/consumer shipping costs--and make a profit, then so could a larger company.
Possibly, the Thai publications aren't enough to cover the entire US market, and the defendant here was capitalizing on matters of scale, but I doubt it. Thailand isn't known for its busy publishing industry; I expect many of the books sold there are actually printed elsewhere. China, perhaps. Shipping them to Thailand is a lot cheaper than shipping them to the US.
But the markup of US books is a lot higher than "shipping costs + a bit more for overhead + a bit more for profit."