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Are you about to publish
another great book? Do you want to green it up
by planting trees in developing countries to balance
out the printed copies? Eco-Libris has a special
offer for you!
Our program for publishers
and authors lets you print the Eco-Libris "One
tree was planted for this book" logo on your
book's cover, while we work to have the trees planted
and your books balanced out.
With Eco-Libris, it’s easy to go green.
We offer authors and publishers special rates
that make it easily affordable as well. Before
you know it, your next title will be balanced
out!
To join the program
or to learn more, drop us an email at bd@ecolibris.net.
Click
here to learn about authors and publishers
that have already partnered with us.
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What can we do for you?
• Give you the opportunity to
balance out your titles by planting trees and printing our
logo on the cover of the printed copies.
• Offer you a special price
to enable you to go green easily and affordably.
• Assist you with the marketing
efforts of the balanced out titles – we will present
your title on our website and in other online channels (blog,
MySpace, facebook) helping to get the word out.
Benefits to Publishers
and Authors:
• Take a leading position on
sustainability in the book publishing industry.
• Address readers’ concerns
about the environment.
• More marketing opportunities.
• A way to attract positive
media attention.
Latest
partnerships include:
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Simon
& Schuster Childern's Publishing
Simon
& Schuster Children’s Publishing, one of
the leading children’s book publishers in the world,
is comprised of the following imprints: Aladdin, Atheneum
Books for Young Readers, Libros para niños, Little
Simon®, Little Simon Inspirations™, Margaret
K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Readers, Simon Pulse, Simon Scribbles, and Simon Spotlight®.
While maintaining an extensive award-winning backlist,
the division continues to publish acclaimed and bestselling
books for children of all ages.
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In a
celebration of their new line of eco-friendly children’s
books, Little
Green Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s
Publishing has partnered with Eco-Libris in an educational
contest -
I CAN SAVE THE EARTH!, which provides children an
opportunity to share their personal green stories and
ideas.
More information on the collaboration can be found here:
http://www.ecolibris.net/littlegreenbooks.asp
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Raincoast
Books
Raincoast
Books is a leading Canadian book company based in
Vancouver, BC. It is best known in green circles as the
Canadian publisher of the green editions of the latest
Harry Potter books. Raincoast books has several distinct
but complimentary divisions: Raincoast Distribution which
provides full-service Canadian representation to a wide
range of publishers from the US, the UK and Canada, a
wholesale division (BookExpress) and Publishers Group
Canada.
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Raincoast
Books is celebrating Earth Day this year for the second
time with Eco-Libris in a special promotion, as part of
an ongoing effort to work towards being a greener company.
Raincoast will be offering many of its environemtal titles
in Canadian booksores, and for each of these books Eco-Libris
will be planting a tree. Eco-Libris sticker will be given
with every purchase.
More information on the collaboration can be found here:
http://raincoast.com/green/
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Flux
Flux is a Norwegian publisher that publishes
non-fiction with focus on wholeness and dialogue and
the quarterly Flux Magazine with a different basic theme
for each issue. Flux seeks to shed light on fundemental
questions through dialogue, fruitful interchange between
logic and intuition and crossfertilisation of subjects
and fields.
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with Eco-Libris, Flux will plant trees for various publications,
including 'Dyp
glede - Med Arne Næss inn i dypøkologien'
(Deep Joy: Arne Næss on deep ecology), 'Den
integrale visjonen' (the Norwegian translation of
Ken Wilber’s Integral Vision) and 'Rudolf
Steiner - Liv og tanker' (a biography of Rudolf Steiner)
More information on Flux can be found on their website:
http://www.flux.no
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Barefoot
Books
Barefoot Books is independent publisher of children's
books, with offices in the United States and in the UK.
Barefoot Books are available in bookstores and through
Barefoot Stallholders, individuals who sell the books
through home parties and community and school events.
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| In celebration
of Earth Day 2009, Barefoot Books are working together
with Eco-Libris this April to plant a tree for every
copy sold of their new book 'Earth
Tales'.
Eco-Libris is also collaborating with Barefoot Stallholders
to provide their customers with the opportunity to plant
a tree for every Barefoot book they buy.
More information can be found here:
http://www.barefoot-books.com/us/site/pages/eco-libris.php
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Avrim
and Vicki Topel, authors of " Green Beginnings: The
Story of How We Built Our Green & Sustainable Home"
Avrim and Vicki Topel of Kennett Square, PA, have built
a green home that dispels all myths and proves that green
can be gorgeous too. And they''ve written a book about
their experience learning about, planning and building
one of the first U.S. Green Building Council LEED Silver
homes in the nation to help others learn about green homes.
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The
authors are partnering with Eco-Libris to plant a tree
for every sold copy of the book. Also, our sticker saying
"One tree planted for this book" will be provided
with every purchase of the book.
More information on the book can be found on their website:
http://www.greenbeginningsconsulting.com
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Process
This general trade publishing house is the collaboration
of West Coast publishers Adam Parfrey of Feral
House, and Jodi Wille of Dilettante
Press.
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Process
will now plant a tree with Eco-Libris for every book that
is ordered directly through its website. Each book will
come with a sticker from Eco-Libris to remind the buyer
of the tree planted for that book.
More information on Process can be found on its website:
http://www.processmediainc.com/
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Tania
Hershman, Author of "The White Road and other Stories"
Tania Hershman is a former science journalist and her
award-winning short stories combine her two loves: fiction
and science. Many of Tania’s stories, which have
been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in print and
online, are inspired by articles from popular science
magazines.
This is her first book, a collection of short stories,
and is published in the UK by Salt
Publishing.
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The
author plants a tree for every copy printed with Eco-Libris.
More information can
be found on her website:
http://www.thewhiteroadandotherstories.com/about.html
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Mille
Poetes Editions
This Montreal based, French language publisher have been
created for authors, poets and readers. Its main focus
is poetry and the facilitation of the publication process
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Mille
Poets Editions dedicate 2% of their monthly sales to
planting trees to combat deforestation, desertification
and poverty.
More information can be found on their website:
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Madeline
Kaplan, Author of
"Planet Earth Gets Well"
The book addresses environmental concerns in a child-friendly
format, based on the author’s awareness that future
generations must be prepared to preserve their planet
and its resources.
Madeline Kaplan holds a B.A. in English literature
and an M.B.A. from Baruch College. She has published
various business articles, but her three grandchildren
inspired the writing of Planet Earth Gets Well, her
first children’s book.
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The author plants a tree with Eco-Libris for every book
sold, with the exception of those books sold online.
More information on Parrot Press can be found on her
website:
http://www.planetearthgetswell.com
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Aaspirations
Publishing
A Canadian publisher that is going green all the way:
their books are printed within 24 hours when an order
is generated and are shipped directly from the printer,
all books are printed with a certain percentage of recycled
paper and no papers are sourced from endangered old
growth forests. And there's much more!
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A tree will be planted
for every copy of the new titles published henceforth,
which will also carry our logo ‘One tree planted
for every book’.
More information can be found on Aaspirations Publishing's
website: http://www.aaspirationspublishing.com
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David
Bruins, Author of "The Legend of Ninja Cowboy Bear"
An illustrated children's story about three friends
who discover an important truth about equality, diversity
and how to appreciate one another's unique traits. The
book is printed using vegetable-based ink, on 30% recycled
paper, by a FSC certified printer.
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David Bruins spends
most of his days as a computer programmer. However,
he'd much rather spend his time riding his bicycle,
playing guitar, or coming up with stories and telling
them to anyone who will listen. The book is beautifuly
designed by Hilary Leung.
For every copy printed of "The Legend of Ninja
Cowboy Bear", a tree will be planted with Eco-Libris.
You can also find our logo on the cover of the book!
More information on the book can be found on its website:
http://www.ninja-cowboy-bear.com
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