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Tuesday May 1, 2007
Conference: Registration for the Together for the Gospel Conference is now open. You won’t want to wait too long!
Bible: Logos and the ESV blogs agree that smoking drives up the cost of Bibles.
Books: Lisa is having a contest and giving away a couple of books.
Entertainment: Some Dutch guy has built a half-size replica of Noah’s ark. “Dutch creationist Johan Huibers built the ark as testament to his literal belief in the Bible.”
Music: Derek Webb’s latest album, “The Ringing Bell,” is now available and sounds very Beatle-esque.
Church: From Voice of the Martyrs comes the real and disturbing story of the men who were recently martyred in Turkey.
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Comments (3)
Tim,
Companies can show a bit of good will by maintaining prices. They simply choose not to. They can gouge when others are gouging and claim, “It’s just the cost of doing business.”
Publishing companies are rolling in money, even Bible publishers. They can choose not to raise prices, choosing instead to ride out pricing bumps. But they don’t. They see a chance to raise their margins a bit, so they jump on it.
I worked in the Christian bookstore business. I know the margins. None of these big companies in the religious publisher ranks are wanting.
Forgive me if I don’t feel bad for them. Instead, I’ll feel bad for the folks getting stiffed on their Bible prices.
@DLEThats a bit harsh. It almost seems like you failed to really read the article. Its not a matter of price gouging, (not to mention your viewpoint is coming from an American company most likely, correct me if I’m wrong) but the fact that the machines being used are producing more paper for cigarette paper is a bit of a big deal.
That does slow down the production of Bibles in the long run.
Joshua,
The paper market is the paper market. It’s global.
If you’ve been to a Christian bookstore lately, you’ll see that Bible prices have jumped again. You’ll have to trust me on how the publishers work, too. If their cost jumps a penny, then can raise the costs they pass on by a nickel, then blame that higher-than-should-be-right increase on smokers in China. That issue with smokers in China may be true, but the publishers don’t need to jack the prices to make their point. Too often, jacking the prices is what they do. (Think of all the oil companies making record profits right now off the jump in gas prices.)