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Green Books for Authors: By the Numbers
- 81 percent: Americans who feel they should write a book, according to a recent survey cited in the Publishers Weekly review of Zaid’s book, “How Many Books” on Amazon.com.
- 24: Trees saved from using one ton of 100% post-consumer content recycled paper instead of non-recycled paper.
- 116: Number of average weighted books (one pound) that can be created from an averaged sized paper-yielding tree.
- 100 Percent: Amount of post-consumer recycled content in the most environmentally friendly papers.
- 11.7: Trees saved in the printing of the first 1000 copies of The Green Guide Girls: Guide to Book Publishing; additional savings included 4400 gallons of wastewater, 1900 kilowatt hours of electricity, 524 pounds of solid waste, and 1020 pounds of greenhouse gases (prevented from being released into the atmosphere).
- 4.4: Gallons of water used to create one book.
Sources: www.Conservatree.org, The Green Guide Girls, Plant a Tree USA, Amazon.com
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