Big News on the “Green” Front
David F. Drake, the company’s former director, publishing operations projects, comments, “From bulk to hue, there are significant design considerations associated with paper selection, and these design decisions remain the sole purview of the editorial and publishing groups.”
Drake—who recently left Random House to pursue his doctorate, but continues to assist in an advisory capacity in the implementation of the paper policy he helped set—adds, “As the availability of recycled content can vary between papers, these design decisions will influence the allocation of recycled content across our titles. In implementing our environmental policy, we will ensure that we attain our targets in aggregate while preserving the publishing groups’ creative freedom for their individual book and publishing programs.”