The BISG/Green Press Initiative (GPI) Report
The BISG Environmental Committee was formed in 2007 to provide oversight for a study conducted jointly by BISG and GPI, an environmental advocacy organization. Findings from the study, “Environmental Trends and Climate Impacts: Findings from the U.S. Book Industry,” were announced at the Publishing Business Conference & Expo in March, when a full report was made available to the industry. (The report is available [$95 for BISG members and $195 for nonmembers] at BISG.org/publications/index.html).
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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The BISG/Green Press Initiative (GPI) Report
The BISG Environmental Committee was formed in 2007 to provide oversight for a study conducted jointly by BISG and GPI, an environmental advocacy organization. Findings from the study, “Environmental Trends and Climate Impacts: Findings from the U.S. Book Industry,” were announced at the Publishing Business Conference & Expo in March, when a full report was made available to the industry. (The report is available [$95 for BISG members and $195 for nonmembers] at BISG.org/publications/index.html).
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.