TrekLit paper/recycling

[Octavia]

Just a quick question. I'm in the middle of one of my periodic "be a more responsible consumer" kicks, and while trolling the SFF section of my local bookstore this morning I noticed that the latest book by a favourite author of mine was printed on paper from managed forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. I was in a bit of a hurry (had to get to a meeting) but pulled half a dozen books randomly off the shelves and was pleased to find that most of them were the same - congrats to Orbit, Bloomsbury, HC and RH.

Then I passed by the Trek section, and on impulse pulled a few out to check. As I said, I was in a hurry so might very well have missed it, or might just be blind and stupid, but I couldn't seem to find anything similar (all the others carried their certification on the publishing information page near the beginning of the book).

Are TrekLit books published on recycled paper, or paper gotten from sustainably managed forests? I'm hoping so, but on the off-chance can anyone please tell me, if they know? Where could I go to find out?

 

[William Leisner]

Here you go... info from S&S's corporate site:

http://www.simonandschuster.net/content/feature.cfm?tab=1&feature_id=6224

 

[Octavia]

Thank-you very much, that's what I was looking for.

I see they're involved with FSC too - aiming to make 10% of its paper FSC approved by 2012. I wonder if they can be encouraged to do better? IIRC, the last Harry Potter hardback was 100% FSC certified, and I'm pretty sure that sold more copies than most Trek books. So there must be more environmentally-friendly paper available?

Lately I've begun to feel quite guilty about buying non-sustainable stuff so it's nice to know where things come from. Thanks again!

 

[Mike Farley]

Buy a Kindle and you never have to worry about paper again!

 

[donners22]

I have a handful of Trek books from the 90s which have very yellow paper and are noted as being recycled. There's also one with white paper which has a note saying it is recycled, and says that should not prompt comments about recycled ideas...