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ABA and APA join forces on environment and digital working groups

Booksellers and publishers will come together on two major issues affecting the industry following discussions at this year's Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) annual national conference, which...

Buy a book, plant a tree

A new service, Eco-Libris, enables book buyers to have a tree planted in Central America or Africa every time they buy a new book, reports the Los Angeles Times....

Griffin Press receives FSC certification

Griffin Press has announced its certification by FSC Australia.  As part of the International Forest Stewardship Council, FSC Australia is designed to ensure the responsible management of the wor...

Plastic bags to be banned in SA

Legislation introduced to the South Australian parliament aims to ban most lightweight plastic bags from supermarkets and other shops by May next year.  The proposed legislation comes after a mee...

'Green' industry requires cooperation: APA environmental workshop

Delegates to the Australian Publishers Association (APA) environmental workshop held in Sydney on Thursday 1 May, have agreed on several areas where the industry would benefit from working together to...

Penguin classics go green

In the US, Penguin Classics has launched a major campaign supporting The Nature Conservancy's "Plant a Billion Trees Campaign." Penguin Classics is linking the promotion of some of its ...

Random reviews green progress

Random House US has reported on the progress made by its green committee in one year: the company has been focused on reducing its environmental impact by increasing its use of recycled paper and esti...

UK's AA launches green travel series

AA Publishing, the publishing arm of the UK's Automobile Association, is launching a new range of travel guides with an envirnmental message.

LBF underway

The 2007 London Book Fair (LBF) is currently underway.  Early reports suggest that the new venue at Earls Court has been received much more warmly than last year's controversial Docklands si...

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