Hi everyone, I'm excited to share the call for papers for a special issue of the international academic journal Publishing Research Quarterly on the topic of environmental sustainability and book publishing. Please pass on to any publishing academics you know! Publishing Research Quarterly Volume 43, Issue 1, March 2027 Environmental Sustainability and Book Publishing Edited … Continue reading Call for papers: Publishing Research Quarterly – Environmental Sustainability and Book Publishing
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Sustainability in the Australian book industry
I've just completed a series of snapshots on sustainability in Australian publishing and bookselling, for Books+Publishing (subscription required): Part 1 provided an overall intro and looked at what publishers are doing. Part 2 looked at where most of the emissions come from, greener book production and printing practices, whether there are alternatives to the paper we currently use, and … Continue reading Sustainability in the Australian book industry
Yell, don’t whisper
Just want to pause the bookiness for a minute to tell you about a great project my sister, Sonja, is doing. 'Yell, Don't Whisper' is a three month design initiative that will enable her to work with a number of environmental non-profit organisations and action groups around Australia. She recently re-jigged the Port Phillip EcoCentre's image, pro-bono. They've … Continue reading Yell, don’t whisper
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