Of Bookish ThingsMost #AmericanComicBooks are printed in #Canada and driven across the border, with a significant amount of #GraphicNovels published in East Asia and shipped in on the boats. Canada's #Paper stock is cheaper due to an abundance of timber forests, economies of scale and expertise of printers and paper mills. A 25% #Tariff on #Comicbooks shipped from Canadian #Printers to American distributors such as Diamond and Lunar may not make them more expensive than American printers, who often use Canadian paper anyway, but it will make comics a lot more expensive in stores. A $3.99 comic will now cost $4.99, a $4.99 comic will cost $5.99 or $6.99.
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