This morning's PW Daily finally gave the answer to the question children's book publishers have been waiting for since August. On Friday the Consumer Products Safety Commission gave its final ruling on book publishers and the Consumer Product Safety Information Act, an act that would potentially render thousands of books unsaleable because of its strict lead testing requirements.
Fortunately for publishers, the CPSC decided that "ordinary" books will be exempt from the stricter testing requirements, given that they were published after 1985. According to the CPSC, an "ordinary" book is one that is ink-on-paper or ink-on-board. As of this most recent ruling, it will only be publishers of "special" books that involve plastics or other novelties who will need to prove their books' safety before sale.
This is wonderful news for publishers considering three weeks ago they were wondering if they were going to have entire warehouses of books that were unsaleable, but I can't help but ask the CPSC: why 1985?
Now instead of delving into the issues for publishers, we can attempt to answer all kinds of questions about the law's impact on the used bookseller...will used bookstores be a thing of the past in the near future?
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