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JULY 7, 2005 at 9:30 AM
Posted by GERI
Source: New York Times
Environmental groups Greenpeace and the National Wildlife Federation are asking
Harry Potter fans in the U.S. not to buy the Scholastic version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince but to instead purchase the book from Canadian publisher Raincoast Books because it is printed on recycled paper.
Raincoast publishes the Harry Potter books on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, whereas Scholastic have disclosed that they use only paper that did not come from ancient or endangered forests.
Ms. Rycroft, campaigns director of Markets Initiative, a conservation group in Canada said:
If we get Harry Potter and the Bible, that pretty much covers the best sellers. Scholastic has failed to really meaningfully step forward to have Harry printed on the most environmentally friendly paper that it can be.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Scholastic, Ms. Kyle Good commented:
I think the fans who know Scholastic and the people who buy from Scholastic understand that we are an environmentally concerned company and we don't endanger forests ever with the paper we use.
Some larger publishers in the U.S. are concerned about the lack of forest-friendly paper as well as the cost and quality of the paper. Ms. Rowling's agent, Neil Blair from the Christopher Little Literary Agency said the author would not comment on the matter.
If you do choose to order your book from Canada please note that it will cost you $2 more, not including extra shipping costs. You can also check out this story from the BBC.
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Student
Points: 225
Balthazar says:
Good on Greenpeace for trying, but i don't think they're going to have much luck in getting people to wait for an environmentally friendly version.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 12:24 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 58
Weasly's_Girl says:
The reycycled paper thing is nice but, they are being a bit paranoid!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 12:30 AM EST
Squib
Points: 146
~Mrs. Manda Radcliffe says:
Yea, sure they're doing it for a good cause, but which one of us is really going to boycott HBP? We've all been waiting for the book for so long, I means seriously, who are they kidding. Yea I do community service to help clean up trash, but still! Anyway the books are already made, so it would just be a waste!
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 12:52 AM EST
Witch
Points: 902
Potter_Pal says:
OK, I want to save trees as much as anyone but what a bunch of rubbish! Like many have said "a little late for that" and let's talk about all of the paper that is wasted everyday on things that have no lasting value or moral content. I will personally pledge to use less toilet paper until the next book comes out,since I already pre-ordered on amazon! Hug a tree....
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 12:59 AM EST
The Faerie Queene
Points: 3277
merri maven says:
I understand where the conservation group is coming from but their call to boycott is awfully late. Most of the books sold in America will be within the first week (if not the first day!) and the general public will not want to wait or pay for the extra cost in trying to buy a Canadian copy of HBP.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 1:43 AM EST
Head Girl
Points: 467
the_pensieve says:
My first thought when I read the headline...boycott Harry Potter books, I think NOT, but then I read the rest of the article. Their arguement does have merit. The problem with this idea----thousands and thousands of people have already pre-ordered and paid for their books. Why did they wait until a week before the book came out? Why not a month before, when less people had already ordered the book.
I think they're just trying to take advantage of the media surrounding the book rather then make an actual bid to do some good.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 1:54 AM EST
Student
Points: 231
Ickle Dudleykins says:
If they had said this in like December . . .
The books are already made now, what would the poor tree think is he was chopped down to make books that aren't even going to be read?
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 2:31 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 4
luvstor_hpbooks says:
I think that the Canadians will get the chance to buy the enviro book, but I'm not paying for P+H to send it to Australia, and besides, I'm getting the book free from Scholastic on the release day.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 2:41 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1664
Looooney says:
I sure wish they'd have spoken up earlier. Honestly, I've bought the Deluxe edition online and would have taken this more into consideration had they said something more than 8 days before.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 3:19 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 7
hermioneishott says:
this isn't changing my mind!
ive Pre-Ordered
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 3:28 AM EST
Witch
Points: 933
Draco's # 1 babe says:
That is kind of stupid to tell people not the buy them the non recycled books. Cause if they make it with unrecycleable paper and no one buys them then they just wasted the paper.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 4:14 AM EST
Squib
Points: 190
harrys-spirit says:
I think it sucks, because they tell that.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 4:25 AM EST
Squib
Points: 103
Suko says:
It's too late for already printed books now, but they should start using recycled paper from now on.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 6:29 AM EST
Witch
Points: 537
em_watson_rox_on says:
Too late! Anyway, I, personally, don't sit and read the books and think, "hmmm, is the paper I'm looking at come from an endangered tree?" but that's just me. I don't really care, I just want a book with one cover on the back, one on the front, and a story written on paper in the middle!
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 7:27 AM EST
Witch
Points: 540
*~*~cArLa~*~* says:
Well when you really think about it all paper comes from trees. But really now is to late to mention this considering most people have already ordered their books. I would just like to add though that I do care about the environment.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 7:30 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2256
Harry Houdini says:
It always happens. A few days from a major release of a book the enviromental agencies jump on the publicity band wagon to promote their cause. They tell you not to buy the book now while all year where were they? The Bible is the most published book and I do not see them telling you not to buy it because it is not printed on recycled paper.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 7:44 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2315
Ovlac says:
I think that it´s a great initiative (we have to save all trees we can), but I know that´s too difficult to stop people buy this book. I´ll buy the english version, because it´s that what first come to Spain.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 8:03 AM EST
Witch
Points: 619
dance_girl says:
I think its too late for this. Many of the fans have ordered the book and some peopl dont even know about this. For me its also too late. Ive ordered mine and it the British version. But otherwise i think its a great idea to recycle paper. I learned this from school and im still doing it.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 8:04 AM EST
Wizard
Points: 599
chameleon says:
I think they are a bit to late with this.. I do care for the environment! But I will get my Bloomsbury copy. I ordered my copy more than a half year back..
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 8:35 AM EST
Queen of Magical Divas
Points: 4336
Ezzy says:
I still think that if we put the presure on scholastic they will change their practice of not using the recycle paper.
Ezzy
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 8:38 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1079
Invisible Touch says:
I get my regular bloomsbury copy, just think about the environment if thousand of books must be carried in some kinda way from Canada to other countries, that's not very useful, you need fuel and energy to transport the books, means the environment is damaged in this or that way ... nevertheless can bloomsbury print the books the next time on recycled paper ...
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 8:44 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 384
Mafalda Hopkirk says:
I wish we could buy the Brit version here. I paid huge shipping fees to get a box set of the Brit versions from Amazon.ca.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 9:06 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 88
draco's hot says:
Im an enviromental person just like the next guy,but dude whatever I just bought my book from scholastic,maybe the only reason there saying this is because they want to have bigger sales in Canada Im just saying its my theory .
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 9:22 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 398
Keona_Lavwna says:
This is way too late to start complaining, most people have indeed already ordered their books. It is a good idea to save trees, but a great deal of Harry Potter fans have to save their money up to buy the books. Why would we want to pay extra money?
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 9:47 AM EST
Head Girl
Points: 422
Dannylover says:
Yay for us in Canada! We've got the books that save the trees!! I understand though if Americans don't want to spend an extra $2 and not get it on time.
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 10:26 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1801
FatMike says:
Golly, they're just a little bit too late with this, don't you think? After all, I ordered my copy back in January, and I don't think those Canadian publishers are going to get the book delivered to me on July 16th!
Posted Jul 8, 2005 at 10:47 AM EST
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