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    RF>> Actually, in the RPG world (as in actual tabletop RPG   
    RF>> games) there has been a tendency for increasing quality at   
    RF>> the expense of quantity and price for quite a while.   
      
    AA> And where is that so-called quality being produced?  China?   
      
    AA> I'm repeatedly disappointed that many books have "printed/    
    AA> bound/manufactured" in China markers.   
      
      
   China is simply more competitive. Some years back I published a coffee table   
   style book, a Regimental History, with lots of photos and diagrams so it made   
   sense to have it all done nicely in colour.   
      
   I costed it out to print locally and in China. there was no comparison. The   
   China cost included all those "extra" features such as chicken embossing,   
   satin book marker, fancy end-sheets etc. It was also hand-stiched not machine.   
   Cost price was half the price of the local cost but for five times the   
   number... that is local price was R120000 for 1000 copies. China cost was   
   R60000 for 5000 copies. That's shipping to SA included.   
   I flew to Shanghai to to the QA checks which were perfect and still made a   
   huge profit    
   This is why I say charging that amount for the "premium edition" is   
   ridiculous. Make a profit, sure, but don't blatantly rip people off.   
      
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