The Book Industry Study Group hosted a presentation on tariffs yesterday, where Jack Stevens and Kelly Morrison from supply chain management company Woodland Group discussed how to navigate the ever-changing tariff landscape. Books themselves are largely exempt from tariffs since they’re considered educational materials. Compared to other tariff exempt commodities, books and printed materials are a relatively small segment, accounting for $3.4 billion in “value of goods imported”. (Pharma is the largest segment, near $600 billion.) “I think it’s quite nice to be in that [segment] where you can largely move under the radar of the administration when they come […]
