AAP’s Paper Issues Working Group (PIWOG)
PIWOG was established in June 2005 to provide AAP members with information and “a forum to discuss environmental issues relating to the production of paper used in books.” In February, it issued the “AAP Handbook on Book Paper and the Environment” (available for download at Publishers.org/main/Conferences/conf_Pub_01.htm).
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.
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AAP’s Paper Issues Working Group (PIWOG)
PIWOG was established in June 2005 to provide AAP members with information and “a forum to discuss environmental issues relating to the production of paper used in books.” In February, it issued the “AAP Handbook on Book Paper and the Environment” (available for download at Publishers.org/main/Conferences/conf_Pub_01.htm).
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.