Given the recent popularity of e-books and Kindle-type devices, print enthusiasts must confront the environmental impacts of the publishing industry if they are to remain dedicated advocates of old fashioned, tangible books. Print on Demand (POD), a digital printing technology that creates a complete book – printed and bound – in less than 4 minutes, [...]
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September 4th marked the beginning of Ooligan Press’ commitment to becoming a sustainable publisher. With the printing of the book Rethinking Paper & Ink: The Sustainable Publishing Revolution, Ooligan began moving toward its new OpenBook series. In addition to that book, this small party for the series is the start of a large move toward publishing [...] Rethinking the Way We Read: a Q & A with the founders of Ooligan’s Sustainable Publishing InitiativeIn September 2008, PSU received a grant from the Miller Foundation to support faculty—and student—created projects that focus on sustainability. One of the fourteen student projects recently funded by this grant is Rethinking Paper and Ink: The Sustainable Publishing Revolution, a teaching guide designed to push publishers toward developing sustainable practices in the creation of books. Melissa Brumer and Janine Eckhart are the co-writers of this book as well as the founders and co-managers of Ooligan Press’s Sustainable Publishing Initiative. As a part of the Sustainable Publishing Initiative, Ooligan Press is currently dedicated to publishing two books every year using the most sustainable practices available. These books will be a part of Ooligan’s recently created OpenBook [...] Rethinking Paper and Ink: The Sustainable Publishing Revolution launches Ooligan’s new OpenBook series, which will include two books per year produced using the best practices available to us. Because time, money, knowledge, and technology can limit our choices—or make “the best” choices difficult to decipher—Ooligan has decided to place our most sustainably-produced books in our [...] Ooligan’s newly formed sustainability workgroup has been granted funding for their proposed “The Sustainability Book,” which will serve both Ooligan Press and the PSU community in areas of environmentally sustainable photocopying, printing, and publishing, whether in the office or through outside vendors. Download Rethinking Paper and Ink |
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