Mike Shea
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With a due delivery to us by the end of March. In the end of March, we will receive, or they will, we are not going to receive this. I've got pallets of books show up in my living room. Thank God. But we are, they will be off to our distributors, our fulfillment companies. We have two different fulfillment companies, three actually. Because we don't talk about tariffs.
Who doesn't want to talk about tariffs? Hey, everybody on the RPG show, let's talk about tariffs. But some people have. Wolfgang Bauer has been talking about tariffs. He's been talking about the USPS. He's been talking about all kinds of interesting stuff with shipping politics because it matters. So anyway, we have three fulfillment companies.
Who doesn't want to talk about tariffs? Hey, everybody on the RPG show, let's talk about tariffs. But some people have. Wolfgang Bauer has been talking about tariffs. He's been talking about the USPS. He's been talking about all kinds of interesting stuff with shipping politics because it matters. So anyway, we have three fulfillment companies.
Who doesn't want to talk about tariffs? Hey, everybody on the RPG show, let's talk about tariffs. But some people have. Wolfgang Bauer has been talking about tariffs. He's been talking about the USPS. He's been talking about all kinds of interesting stuff with shipping politics because it matters. So anyway, we have three fulfillment companies.
One is we are going to have some of the books drop shipped directly from the printer in Canada to Canadian backers. So anybody in Canada... that ordered just the City of Arches and hardcover will be getting it drop shipped directly from Freesons, our publisher, the book printer. That is actually how we are hedging against tariffs.
One is we are going to have some of the books drop shipped directly from the printer in Canada to Canadian backers. So anybody in Canada... that ordered just the City of Arches and hardcover will be getting it drop shipped directly from Freesons, our publisher, the book printer. That is actually how we are hedging against tariffs.
One is we are going to have some of the books drop shipped directly from the printer in Canada to Canadian backers. So anybody in Canada... that ordered just the City of Arches and hardcover will be getting it drop shipped directly from Freesons, our publisher, the book printer. That is actually how we are hedging against tariffs.
We didn't want the books to all come from Canada into the United States and then a bunch of them go back into Canada again. So instead we're saying, no, the ones that are printed in Canada and being delivered to Canada are going to stay in Canada.
We didn't want the books to all come from Canada into the United States and then a bunch of them go back into Canada again. So instead we're saying, no, the ones that are printed in Canada and being delivered to Canada are going to stay in Canada.
We didn't want the books to all come from Canada into the United States and then a bunch of them go back into Canada again. So instead we're saying, no, the ones that are printed in Canada and being delivered to Canada are going to stay in Canada.
However, we couldn't do that for anybody in Canada who ordered City of Arches and other books, because if you ordered other books, those books are already in the United States. So in that case, it's going to be shipped the regular way. I don't expect the tariffs to hit us.
However, we couldn't do that for anybody in Canada who ordered City of Arches and other books, because if you ordered other books, those books are already in the United States. So in that case, it's going to be shipped the regular way. I don't expect the tariffs to hit us.
However, we couldn't do that for anybody in Canada who ordered City of Arches and other books, because if you ordered other books, those books are already in the United States. So in that case, it's going to be shipped the regular way. I don't expect the tariffs to hit us.
They may not hit us at all, because apparently, according to Friesen's, books are actually exempt under some other guidance that they are considered. I forget. There's another category that they fall under, and the tariffs that are going up tend not to include those. It's like resource materials or something like that. Books count. So we may not get hit at all.
They may not hit us at all, because apparently, according to Friesen's, books are actually exempt under some other guidance that they are considered. I forget. There's another category that they fall under, and the tariffs that are going up tend not to include those. It's like resource materials or something like that. Books count. So we may not get hit at all.
They may not hit us at all, because apparently, according to Friesen's, books are actually exempt under some other guidance that they are considered. I forget. There's another category that they fall under, and the tariffs that are going up tend not to include those. It's like resource materials or something like that. Books count. So we may not get hit at all.
If we get hit, we're only going to be hit on the cost of, to print the book to us, which is less than the price of the book, which means we can probably weather it. And it's not a, it's not a huge deal. It's going to be thousands of dollars. Like we could lose thousands of dollars on it. Thanks to backers. And thanks to Kickstarter backers, we can afford to do that and not have to raise the prices.
If we get hit, we're only going to be hit on the cost of, to print the book to us, which is less than the price of the book, which means we can probably weather it. And it's not a, it's not a huge deal. It's going to be thousands of dollars. Like we could lose thousands of dollars on it. Thanks to backers. And thanks to Kickstarter backers, we can afford to do that and not have to raise the prices.
If we get hit, we're only going to be hit on the cost of, to print the book to us, which is less than the price of the book, which means we can probably weather it. And it's not a, it's not a huge deal. It's going to be thousands of dollars. Like we could lose thousands of dollars on it. Thanks to backers. And thanks to Kickstarter backers, we can afford to do that and not have to raise the prices.
We're probably going to take a, you know, take a, a bigger hit than we would like to, but we can weather that and it's going to be okay. So, but we may not get hit with it at all. And also we don't even sure when they're going to happen and maybe the books will shipped before then. So we don't really know. Anyway, it's at the printer.