The New York Times is reporting the release of the Finnish editions of the final book in author J. K. Rowling’s series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” printed on Finland paper has been blocked due to lacking ‘ecologically friendly certification’ standards of the particular paper used in the production of the book. It was the author’s wish, according to Tammi, the Finnish publishers of the novels, that paper be used which was ‘derived from wood grown and harvested in a way that promotes sustainable forest development.’ A spokeswoman from Tammi is quoted in the article explaining that, while the first Harry Potter novels were printed on recycled paper, “This time it’s a more specific demand.” Readers will remember prior to the book’s release in the States, US publisher Scholastic announced their commitment to print “Deathly Hallows” on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper, the same paper Ms. Rowling wished the Finnish editions to be printed on, according to the article. Scholastic also recently reiterated their commitment to environmentally responsible publishing practices, with the continued use of FSC certified materials.
The Finnish publication of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is set for March 7.
Cool, I assume JKR will let the ECO paper fly from Australia around the world up to Finland with her Private Jet which of course only flies with biogas made by cowpats.to save the nature.
very good of jo to go with the recycled paper but i got to feel for the finnish fans for having to wait so long to get a copy in their native tounge, but that being said i would not be surprised at all to see some of them having gotten copies in other languages the speak and read
So who’s blocking the release?
And who’s major blunder was it to allow them to be printed on the wrong paper? Isn’t someone at Tammi responsible for hiring the printers?
Gads, I agree with Matt and hope they don’t make them recycle these “bad” books, just to reprint them on the primo paper.
PK says to herself, “It does help to read the article.” Jo is blocking the release. Hmm. I hope that the rest of the story is reported…I’d like to know what happens.
Ok, so have any books actually been printed? If not, fine. If so, it strikes me as extremely stupid to not let those book be released.
OTOH, how much does it cost, in money and resources (fuel, etc), to import this paper? Will enough trees be saved that this even makes sense? The Finns do use recycled paper, after all; it’s not like the chop down new trees just for the books.
Finland has an OK paper recovery system but it is a large country (with an area appr. that of Great Britain and Ireland together) with a small population (5 million, or less than 10 % of GB + Ireland). This means that we don’t generate as much recovered paper as more densely populated countries. It may well be that in order to fulfil JKR’s demands, recovered paper will have to be imported, and it is justifiable to question the ecology in that.
75% of Finland’s total area comprises forest. The annual growth of those forests is more than what is harvested for industrial processing and fuel.
There are no blocks or halts or anything… The printing will go on normally, it won’t affect the publication schedule. Apparently Finnish eco-paper wasn’t good enough for Rowling so we had to transport the special paper all the way from Germany.
It’s a bit annoying that the article gives the idea of printing being stopped, when that’s not the case at all.
The smoky shadow of a young woman with long hair fell to the ground as Bertha had done, straightened up, and looked at him... and Harry, his arms shaking madly now, looked back into the ghostly face of his mother.[br]"Your father's coming..." she said qui
i think its nice that they use recycled paper =]