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Why publish online?

We believe that creating a greener world can be a part of every day life. Reducing paper use for publications, information sharing and education with online publishing is an easy way to start.
    How it can help you:
  • Expand your local audience to the world of the internet
    • 70% of US population is online
    • Internet usage has grown 300% in the last seven years
  • Purchasing online has become mainstream
    • 78% of internet users agree with the proposition that shopping online is convenient for them
    • 66% of online users have purchased a product online
  • Online sales of consumer books hit $4.2 billion in 2007, meanwhile academic and professional books are forecast to reach $3 billion in 2008.
    Facts about paper’s impact on the environment:
  • 42% of the industrial wood harvest is used to make paper.
  • The pulp and paper industry is the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases among manufacturing industries.
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified the decomposition of paper as among the most significant sources of landfill methane.
  • If the United States cut its office paper use by roughly 10 percent, it would be equivalent of taking 280,000 cars off the road for a year.
* Data provided by Internet World Stats, Pew Internet and American Life Project, Global Industry Analysts and the Environmental Paper Network
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