Harry Potter Publisher Saves Trees

The latest installment of the acclaimed Harry Potter series came out last week, and it’s said to be the biggest book launch in history. Raincoast Books is the exclusive publisher of the book in Canada… and it’s found a way to save a few thousand trees in the process. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Jenny Lawton reports:

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The latest installment of the acclaimed Harry Potter series came
out last week. And it’s said to be the biggest book launch in history. Raincoast Books is the
exclusive publisher of the book in Canada… and it’s found a way to save a few thousand trees in
the process. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Jenny Lawton reports:


At just over two pounds…”Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” is one of
history’s heaviest childrens’ books. The book fills 768 pages with Harry’s adventures.


Vancouver-based Raincoast Books used about 1200 tons of paper free
from fiber from certain old and protected trees. All 915-thousand books are
printed on 100-percent post-consumer recycled paper.


Raincoast reports the printing saved 47-million liters of water, and nearly 30-thousand
trees. Raincoast says author J. K. Rowling has praised them for saving valuable trees in the
muggle (or non-wizarding) world.


For the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, I’m Jenny Lawton.