In March 2024, Broken Keys Publishing & Press made the bold decision to stop publishing eBooks.
The reasoning was multifaceted.
From the high-resource, low-sales of eBooks, to supporting local brick-and-mortar bookstores, to becoming ecologically responsible, to supporting the forestry industry, to reduce our carbon-footprint through serious action not lip-service, and to stop poisoning our planet, to name only a few. If you are interested in learning more about this, please visit our website page here.
We called this initiative Sustainable Publishing©, and our titles carry the Sustainable Publishing logo.
As we approach 50 titles entering early 2025, 40% are Sustainable Publishing© titles, and this number will only go up!
We are proud to announce our efforts have been noticed!
The Faces Ottawa Awards 2025 have listed the finalists and in the category of Green Initiative and Broken Keys Publishing & Press has been nominated for this Sustainable Publishing endeavour.
Voting commences on February 14th and you can vote here, one vote per day per email address. We would greatly appreciate your support.
The more paper that is used, the more trees are planted.
The more trees planted, the more carbon is sequestered from the atmosphere.
It's counter-intuitive, I know. Sustainable Publishing© means printed books breathe oxygen into the atmosphere - literally. For every 3 tree harvested through sustainable forest management, 4 trees are replanted. It means a better and cleaner environment. The more paper that is used, the more trees are planted; the more trees planted, the more carbon is sequestered from the atmosphere.
But don't eBooks have a carbon-neutral footprint? you ask.
Actually, no. Not at all. eBooks require e-readers and e-readers require lithium batteries. Ultimately, e-books poison our environment.
eBooks = lithium poisoning the Earth
Printed books = trees breathing oxygen into the atmosphere
The Choice is simple
Are you ready to change the world?
The Answer is in your hands
You can check out common myths vs facts about paper, forestry, and lithium mining and batteries by following any of the Sustainable Publishing© links.
In the category of Book of the Year, 4 of the finalists are Broken Keys Publishing & Press Sustainable Publishing© titles:
Broken Keys Publishing & Press has also been nominated for Best Printing Company.
You can continue to support Sustainable Publishing© through numerous and various avenues.
You can choose to purchase Sustainable Publishing© titles. We have Sustainable Publishing t-shirts and mugs available at The Book's Better Bookshop*
Are you a bookstore? Did you want to support Sustainable Publishing© and sport our posters and/or logo? Bookstores can contact us at brokenkeyspublishing@gmail.com to inquire about the permission needed (there are no fees), and criteria to display this logo on your websites, storefronts, and social media. What does it mean for independent bookshop to support Sustainable Publishing©? It means the bookshop does not sell eBooks or e-readers, and carries Sustainable Publishing© titles.
*Be sure to visit The Book's Better Bookshop to pick up your "I Support Sustainable Publishing Mug."
Sustainable Publishing© t-shirts will be available late February 2025.
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