The children’s book industry is currently dealing with a new and pressing challenge that is threatening publishers, bookstores, libraries and schools. It’s not the economy or school spending or reading rates—it is a recent act of Congress, which has blindsided the industry with the implementation of stiff safety standards on all children’s products, and whose application to books is vague. It has left many publishers, retailers and industry groups scrambling to interpret the law and determine what kinds of compliance will be required, and at what cost.

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Unsafe Books?

A recent act of congress know as the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (check out this video) is designed to protect children from dangerous toys or other products that might contain lead. These laws are in response to toys that were imported from China and found unsafe. The Act includes books no matter where they are manufactured, even though most books have lead levels that are well below the Act’s most stringent safety standards. The industry is fighting to have most books exempted.


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