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Old 03-19-2013, 01:45 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by CyGuy View Post
If the same book is cheaper in Thailand then someone is overcharging for the book here.
No, books are sold in Thailand with Thailand's income in mind. Books sold in the U.S. are based on the premise that workers are making at least $7.50/hour (except in some of the tip-driven trades in some states). Thailand just recently instituted a minimum-wage law: just under $10 per day.

If books are sold in Thailand at U.S. prices, the Thai people will not buy books. If books-in-English in Thailand are sold at U.S. prices, the Thai people will not read books in English.

However, I don't see that a single family's purchase Thai with US money, and then shipping them to the US, is going to destroy the publisher's profit margin
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