Ok this is cool

[ebonlock]

For those who haven't bought HBP yet, consider purchasing it here.
via Boing Boing:

Kate Wing, an analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council, just informed me that JK Rowling's Canadian publisher, Raincoast Books, printed their edition of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. (Link to a 2003 post about Raincoast Books' eco-consciousness.) From National Geographic:

Consequently, the Vancouver-based (Raincoast Books) may save nearly 30,000 trees, according a study by Markets Initiative, a coalition of environmental groups, including Greenpeace Canada and the Sierra Club.

Raincoast isn't the only publisher seeking to put a green tint on the wildly popular Potter books. Publishers from Germany, Italy, Britain, and Israel also comitted to printing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on large percentages of recycled paper and/or "ancient forest friendly" paper.

Comments

[tersa.livejournal.com]

There's a statement in the back of the Scholastic book saying something similar. They caught flak from it last week when the Canadian publishers vow was made public, and were quick to defend themselves. :)

[rhi-silverflame.livejournal.com]

Is there really?

I don't know that I'd be willing to buy the Scholastic edition now, even in spite of that, because of how vague and question-dodgy they were in response to the Raincoast press release. Yeah, okay, so some of their books use recycled paper? Then why are they so reluctant to say which ones, and disclose their paper sources? That bothers me, somehow.

Raincoast is very up-front about it, and I like that. (To say nothing of how much more I prefer the formatting of that edition.)

[aelfsciene.livejournal.com]

Oh, even better, they're the same covers (and presumably size) as the UK editions I've been getting...I may have to throw over Bloomsbury for this. Cheaper shipping, too!