00:09:37 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: www.siretona.com/tariffs 00:10:19 Leigh Pierce: Who you are What brings you to this conversation? What questions do you have? 00:11:34 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: Basic ground rules: No politics (try to stay practical). No pitches. We're here to dialogue and collaborate. 00:16:14 Leigh Pierce: What beyond doing the form Colleen created, can people not in the book world do about this? 00:16:24 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: Reacted to "What beyond doing th..." with 👍 00:19:54 Leigh Pierce: Also, I didn't explain what Ingram Content Group / IngramSpark is. Bad me. IngramSpark is a self-publishing platform, printer, and marketing service that has ties to distribution to 45,000+ partners around the world. If a book can be purchased, Ingram probably had a hand in it. Ingram Content Group is the big umbrella that houses several divisions, including Lightning Source and IngramSpark. 00:20:46 Leigh Pierce: Is there a way to alleviate the pain these tariffs bring? 00:20:59 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: Reacted to "Is there a way to al..." with 👍 00:22:00 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: Logistics angle. 00:22:31 Leigh Pierce: How might this affect book sales and trends? Can this be an opportunity for Canadian readers to do more? 00:32:30 Leigh Pierce: Authors, are you selling books mainly domestically? Are you selling into the US? How do you feel the pain of these tariffs? 00:33:05 Marcia Laycock: I sell mostly in Canada mostly through speaking engagements. 00:33:41 Leigh Pierce: I'm curious, is anyone using a publishing service like IngramSpark, KDP, Lulu, etc? 00:34:20 Leigh Pierce: Which distribution company? 00:34:22 Robert Stermscheg: Yes, I’m using Ingram Spark 00:34:25 Marcia Laycock: My publisher deals with Ingram. 00:34:29 Carol Harrison: I use KDP and sell mostly in Canada especially at speaking engagements 00:34:29 Leigh Pierce: Reacted to "Yes, I’m using Ingra..." with ❤️ 00:34:43 Leigh Pierce: Reacted to "My publisher deals w..." with ❤️ 00:35:06 Leigh Pierce: Reacted to "I use KDP and sell m..." with 👍 00:35:20 Molly Layton: Siretona uses IngramSpark (didtal and print) and I have experience with KDP( digital) 00:36:41 Jacqueline Almeida: Has anyone already had to pay tariffs? And what has been the cost of that and how does that translate to the cost of a book right now? 00:36:46 Marcia Laycock: I have used KDP in the past so those books are available in the US 00:36:47 Josiah Prouten: with publishing in Canada, does that mean that books are printed in Canada or mostly the US? and then they have to brought back into Canada? 00:36:59 Leigh Pierce: For a long time, Ingram decided not to pursue a facility in Canada because we have 3 in the US and it wasn't cost effective to invest in Canada. However, these tariffs may change that 00:37:24 Josiah Prouten: Reacted to "For a long time, Ing..." with 👍 00:38:07 Leigh Pierce: TLDR: Amazon is shady and isn't bothered to work on fixing the issue because it behooves them to keep the issue and acquire 'new' customers 00:38:52 Leigh Pierce: Amazon can't do the range of Hardcovers IngramSpark offers either... 00:39:32 Wolfgang Koehler: https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-closes-de-minimis-exemptions-to-combat-chinas-role-in-americas-synthetic-opioid-crisis/#:~:text=All%20relevant%20postal%20items%20containing,after%20June%201%2C%202025 00:41:08 Marcia Laycock: Gotta go - will watch the replay 00:42:04 Robert Stermscheg: I’ve ordered books from Chicken Soup and had them shipped to a border parcel service. 00:44:02 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: Replying to "TLDR: Amazon is shad..." I feel that pain acutely. 00:45:17 Leigh Pierce: It was printed in market 00:45:24 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: Reacted to "It was printed in ma..." with 👍 00:45:42 Molly Layton: Replying to "TLDR: Amazon is shad..." Amazon "breaking" things for outside print services makes their own print service look better in comparison. 00:45:55 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: Reacted to "Amazon "breaking" th..." with 👍 00:45:55 Leigh Pierce: Reacted to "Amazon "breaking" th..." with 💯 00:46:03 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: Reacted to "Amazon can't do the ..." with 👍 00:46:35 Leigh Pierce: Replying to "TLDR: Amazon is shad..." @Molly Layton Or not even breaking, but just in refusing to update... ISBN-13 vs ISBN-10 for instance 00:47:17 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: Replying to "TLDR: Amazon is shad..." Yes. I accidentally listed a book as large print. The metadata has been correct on IS for years, but it is STILL wrong on Amazon. 00:48:56 Leigh Pierce: Reacted to "Yes. I accidentally ..." with 😒 00:51:42 Wolfgang Koehler: Obviously de minimis remains untouched for now for shipments into the US 00:53:54 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: If I could build a music playlist for these times, it would start with "Land of Confusion" by Genesis, followed by Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the fire." 00:54:08 Leigh Pierce: Reacted to "If I could build a m..." with 😄 00:54:19 Josiah Prouten: Reacted to "If I could build a m..." with 😂 00:54:23 Molly Layton: Reacted to "If I could build a m..." with 😂 00:54:51 Leigh Pierce: From what I've heard, it sounds like the real pain point is getting books from the US to Canada. Does that sound right? 00:55:31 Leigh Pierce: If you have books in other languages, publishing them through a service like IngramSpark would allow you to distribute globally and grow into those international markets 00:57:31 Leigh Pierce: Yeah, Colleen, let's talk 00:59:43 Leigh Pierce: #steinbeck 01:00:41 Leigh Pierce: Leigh.pierce@ingramcontent.com 01:01:00 Leigh Pierce: That's my email if anyone wants to connect and talk more 01:01:12 Josiah Prouten: Reacted to "That's my email if a..." with ❤️ 01:01:15 Molly Layton: Reacted to "That's my email if a..." with ❤️ 01:03:11 Colleen McCubbin | Siretona: www.siretona.com/tariffs 01:03:46 David Kitz: david@davidkitz.ca