How Much Does It Cost To Produce One Watchtower Magazine?

by The Governor 14 Replies latest jw friends

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  apostrate

  pronomono,

  There's a lot more thought that has to go into determining the cost of printing a magazine than just the cost of printing a magazine. It seems cheap, but it's really not.

  But what expenses does the WT have that someone, like say, Simon & Schuster, not have? Aside from settling pedophile lawsuits?
  
  
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  hoser

  When we were selling watchtowers for 50 cents a buddy of mine made the presentation " 50 cents to cover the cost of printing". Turns out the householder was in the printing business and looked the magazine over and said it would cost about 3 cents to make this and handed it back to my buddy.
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  SAHS

  “hoser”: “The householder was in the printing business and looked the magazine over and said it would cost about 3 cents to make this.”

  True. The WT now prints a 16-page Watchtower plus a 16-page Awake! on one single double-sided press sheet, which had used to include a 32-page magazine. So, basically, each of those press sheets – which now include a 16-page Watchtower plus a 16-page Awake!, are really just one big glorified flyer – which as we know cost basically nothing per unit.
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  flunkiejimmy

  It costs a lot of brainpower. And brainpower is expensive.
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  Village Idiot