Society to start laminating paper backed publications (page 5)

Jringe01

james_woods asked:

What I don't get is how laminating something that used to be just plain paperback is going to save 2,000,000 dollars a year?

That's a good question considering they went to paperback to save in the first place. The only reason I can think of is that the pubs are ordering more books cause they wear out quicker so if you fork out a little extra money to laminate and at the same time reduce your book orders by a significant percentage then it would be a saving cause the books cost more to produce than laminating them. I would suspect that as a previous posted noted that most pubs probably aren't donating enough to cover the actual costs so by extending the life they save money in the long run and given their volume of production I think the 2 million figure seems reasonable.

blondie

I was still in when they had paperback books. I got clear contact paper and "laminated" them myself. I wasn't going to spend good money to have them spiral bound.

bobld

Why don't they outsourse the printing to India.They gave up farming because they could buy food cheaper then what their slave could produce.ALL about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

Bob

loosie

I hope this post doesn't get deleted:

I understand laminating porno magazines but I don't understand laminating WT publications. Surely they can't be THAT interesting.

Thechickennest

Since much of the Watchtower doctrines of prophecy being fulfilled is "invisable"......maybe they were afraid that the covers were going to vaporize if not laminated.

SweetSweetApostasy

Why does coating JW publications in plastic sound so poetic?

Midget-Sasquatch

Is the quality of the laminating pretty much like that thin layer of film you find on the outer cover of the new Young People Ask Volume 2 book? Because if it is, then its very cheap. Just enough to give a bit of protection somewhat against oils and sweat but it defintely isn't anywhere like the $5-$7 lamination job you can get at a Kinko's or Staples.

DanTheMan

The fact that Da Fartful Knave felt that this change was worthy of an announcement from the platform at all Klingon Hells, and that JW's by and large see this as normal, is one of those little bizarro bits of JW culture that, well, make it so freaking bizarre!

I've found that it's hard to get across to people who have never experienced JWism how utterly strange it is in so many ways. You have to live it to understand what an alternate universe it is.

Mrs. Fiorini

I loved the "Box of turds" comment.

Tell 'em it's chocolates and see how many ask for more.

CO: "Now when I eat these, I think they taste like turds. But if the Faithful Slave tells me they're chocolates, then I'm going to say they're chocolates."

fresia

To me it also shows that the rank and file are not "donating" for the publications.

True

Society to start laminating paper backed publications

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